At some point you really do have to have to ask yourself exactly what it was that the El Moore was (is…?) afraid of. St. Benedict medals above every window. Crosses over every door. And now we have this “Paint by Number Jesus with Lambs” that was found hanging on a wall. Certainly there has […]
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One of the more fascinating aspects of resurrecting an historic old building such as the El Moore is what you can learn about the character and personality of the building in the process. Sometimes it seems like the building opens itself up and invites us in, sharing all sorts of interesting tidbits and helping us to
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Built in 1898 at 624 West Alexandrine, the El Moore has seen a lot of neighbors come, then go, then come and go some more. As the Midtown neighborhood once known as Cass Corridor continues to flourish, there are
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Detroit is widely known for its unique historic architecture, boasting a surplus of both commercial and residential structures built with a precision and intricacy of design of the sort that is increasingly hard to find anywhere else in the United States. These buildings have many stories to tell about the growth and evolution of Detroit,
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The El Moore which is in Midtown, which used to be the Cass Corridor, which is in Detroit, which is in Michigan. The point being that there are so many different lenses through which to view the El Moore and the surrounding neighborhood. History is not a single stream, and nothing/no one exists out of context.
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Context is everything, and location is most certainly context. To get a better idea of where the El Moore is located, and thus a better understanding of its context, you need to know where we are. From Wiki: Midtown Detroit is a mixed-use area containing a business district, cultural center, university, and residential neighborhoods located
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Not that we do it for the recognition, but when recognition does come our way we must say it feels good. So when we noticed that our very own El Moore was recently reviewed in CURBED Detroit, well, that was pretty cool. Here is some
It’s hard to designate any one specific point as the definitive place to start when digging into and unraveling the history of the El Moore, so I’m just diving into the deep end of the river and grabbing onto passing items of interest to see where they take me. Charles W. Moore, who constructed the El
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