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The Voices of Detroit: Neighborhood Rising Summit

Neighborhood, People / Pamela Hilliard Owens

ARISE Detroit! is a coalition of community groups primary focused on improving the neighborhoods of the City of Detroit, including volunteers from the El Moore in Midtown. According to Luther Keith, Executive Director of ARISE Detroit!, the goal of the organization is to unite the entire volunteer efforts of our Detroit community, including nonprofit organizations, churches, schools, […]

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Want a better Detroit? Build a better Detroit

Neighborhood, People / Keith Owens

When asked how long he has been involved with property development in Detroit’s Midtown area, Bob Slattery relays a memory from when the native eastsider was a young man growing up in the city. “It’s a funny story, my brother took me down here in 1974. He was a year ahead of me in school, and he

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Bob Sestok – metal artist neighbor

Cass Corridor Stories, Neighborhood, People / Keith Owens

Before the fresh, exuberant hipness of Midtown, there were the sharp edges of the Cass Corridor. And in the early days of the Cass Corridor, back in the ‘60s and’70s, there was the Cass Corridor Arts Movement, which became an internationally recognized movement. Local artist and native Detroiter Bob Sestok, who still lives in the

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Voices of Detroit: A Visit by Mary Sheffield

City of Detroit, Neighborhood, People / Pamela Hilliard Owens

The El Moore, a residential apartment complex that is designed to be a model of urban sustainable living, is located on the 600 block of West Alexandrine, which is considered part of the Midtown area of Detroit. The El Moore, and its affiliated project, the Green Garage, a model of an urban sustainable work environment,

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The Greenhouse – Using Our Past to Build Our Future (podcast)

City of Detroit, Construction, History, Images, Neighborhood, Podcasts, Sustainability / Peggy Brennan

This episode of our podcast series Stories of the El Moore shares the stories about the new Greenhouse building at the El Moore project in Detroit. It is part of a larger project to explore the nature of sustainable urban living centered on an 1898 abandoned apartment building in a small neighborhood in Detroit. It describes

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The Gathering

Neighborhood, People / Kimberly Williamson

When we speak of community as being one of our triple bottom line margins for the El Moore project, to be clear we are including the people who already have a relationship with the El Moore because of their proximity to the El Moore site – our neighbors. What exactly is the best way to get

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Mr. Varney’s Neighborhood

History, Neighborhood / Martha Peterson

As we’ve mentioned in earlier posts, the El Moore was designed in 1898 by local architect Almon Clother Varney. Besides being an authority on gracious living in late 19th century Detroit (see Our Homes and Their Adornments , 1883), Varney was a prolific architect. His creations, which included apartment buildings, factories and offices, hotels and private residences,

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Marilyn Sundstrom tells how the North Cass Community Garden grew

Neighborhood, People, Sustainability / Keith Owens

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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