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El Moore
This week, real estate blog Curbed Detroit published “El Moore Lodge: Midtown Hostel Aims for Summer Reveal,” a brief check-in on the El Moore project. (For the record, we’ve been punning on the “el” in “El Moore” an awful lot these last months, but the article’s “in the Moore immediate future” line takes it to a …
More about our neighborhood’s evolution in the media. This time, it’s coming from the Detroit News, which published “Detroit’s Cass Corridor makes way for new era,” last week. (The redeveloped El Moore isn’t mentioned in the article but is included in the photo gallery.) We’ve been thinking (and writing) quite a bit about how things are …
This week the group who has been writing and managing our blog (elmoore.com) took a tour of the building. This set of photos comes from that day. Jason Peet led the tour, which covered the rooftop cabins and patios, the 4th floor, the first floor and parlor, and the basement, which houses 2 hostel rooms. …
We’re within a few weeks of construction finally finishing. This week’s photos show new railings on the balconies, new decking being added to the back of the building, new light fixtures and small details, like cabinet hardware. Take a look at our progress.
“Unscrew the locks from the doors! Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs!” -Walt Whitman, “Song of Myself” “I’m trying to put myself in a resident’s shoes. What would make me feel more secure? If I lived in a building with a transitory population…” I don’t have time to finish my thought before Tom Brennan stops me …
We have some photos this week of probably the most beautiful architectural element that will be installed at the El Moore, the balcony railings. All but one of the original railings were destroyed by inept deconstruction practices. One railing, however, was saved, even though it was in pieces. It gave us enough material to work …