When Marilyn Sundstrom was first presented with the idea for a community garden across the street from her home on Second Avenue, she wasn’t exactly confident this was something that could work. In fact, let’s just say she wasn’t confident at all. “It was sort of interesting; Sue Mosey approached me one day – I’ve […]
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“I’ve seen the good, the bad, and the ugly.” When asked how long he has lived in Detroit, Mr. Jackson, a fixture in the neighborhood around the El Moore, responds, “I have been here since nineteen hundred and sixty nine.” Not quite elderly just yet, Mr. Jackson makes his way around his Midtown neighborhood somewhat
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“This is the first image that I did, and it’s more illustrative. I wanted this to be a sketching project, which is why I went back to my sketchbook. With this one, it probably took me about an hour, and I just wanted to focus on that turret. And so there’s a little bit
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So Tomboy Supermarket (some might say the ‘notorious’ Tomboy Market) is no more. Perusing the handful of articles and posts about the location over the years offer a conflicted portrait of the El Moore’s rugged neighbor on the east side opposite corner of Second Avenue. If there is any kind of common thread among the commentators,
“This whole area was big automotive when it started.” –Pat Dorne, Executive Director, Cass Corridor Neighborhood Development Corporation Cass Corridor has been a lot of things throughout the years, but in those early years during the latter part of the 1800s when the area was really coming to life, the area surrounding the El Moore and
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“This is the second image that I did, and it kind of captures another moment in time. It’s a front doorway, but it’s the most iconic part of it. You’re seeing the El Moore sign in it, but at the same time you’re seeing how rough the stairway to it is, the overgrown brush
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The early days of the El Moore, as captured by artist Kevin Gardner, reveal snapshot portraits that seem to highlight a certain mood that a photograph could never quite yield. For example this image, “Danger: Hard Hat Area”, drawn from the vantage point of the alley located behind the building, offers a sparse yet focused
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Pat Dorn, Executive Director of the Cass Corridor Neighborhood Development Corporation (CCNDC), describes what his organization does in the following way: “Our purpose is strictly to provide safe, clean, affordable housing for the residents of the Cass Corridor. We work only in the Cass Corridor. And after we accomplish that mission, then to improve
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