The day is finally here. The first group of residents is moving in over the weekend. I got a chance to get over to the building this week and took a few more photos. I should mention that you’ll see a photo of a cistern being erected on a corner of the building. Right now …
Age does have its merits. I have been a witness to more than a century of Detroit growth, although, I concede, from a rather limited vantage point. As a very old building, mobility is not something I do well. But as I believe I have pointed out before, during my grander days (why does grander …
This is the third in a four-part series co-authored by Kimberly Williamson and Matthew Piper exploring walkability and the El Moore. So far in our series, we’ve looked at how walkable life will be for residents of the El Moore and explored the myriad benefits of walkable neighborhoods, from the individual to the social to the environmental. This …
The El Moore, built in 1898, was designed by prolific local architect A.C. Varney. In his first post for the El Moore blog, Detroit architecture & history enthusiast Jonathan Peters takes a look at another of Varney’s buildings in the neighborhood, “that old white house on the corner,” located just one block east of the El Moore. …
The venerable Detroit Public Library (DPL) celebrates its 150-year anniversary this year; it was founded in 1865 in a single room of the old Capitol High School which was located at State and Griswold Streets downtown. When it opened, the DPL had a total collection of 5,000 printed and bound books. The Burton Historical Collection …
Walking Around the El Moore: The Detroit Public Library Turns 150 Read More »
We’re heading towards completion, but things never move as fast as we’d like. We have our eye on June 1st, however, the date our first tenants are due to move in, and so completing detail work is becoming vitally important. As soon as painting is completed, we can add things like window shades, refrigerators and …
With our new residents getting ready to move into the El Moore on June 1, we were imagining what it was like when the first residents moved into the newly built El Moore in 1898. And here’s the story that emerged. Jonathan Chambers was determined to be in a good mood, despite it …
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When I say the word “cabin” — what do you think of? Are you remembering a specific place? Or are you imagining an ideal place? A dream of a cabin? I’d love to know about it. For now, let’s say you were a child — did you doze off in the backseat on the long …
