The unusually cool and dry weather has provided pleasant working conditions for the crew working on the El Moore this week. Up on the roof, where cool breezes pour through the cabins, workers are installing new doorwalls and windows, providing spectacular views of the surrounding neighborhood. Weatherized metal siding is continuing to be added to …
As with many streets in towns and cities across the country, Alexandrine Street, where the El Moore is located, takes its name from a prominent citizen of the city’s past. Alexandrine Macomb Sheldon was born in Detroit in 1829, a descendant of the Macomb family, one of the founding families and land owners of …
Imagine our surprise and delight when we happened upon this June blog post referencing the El Moore development in, of all places, a model railroad building blog called 30 Squares. What, we wondered, does model railroad building have to do with our sustainable rehab of a historic Detroit apartment building? It turns out that the answer’s all in the name. Our railroad …
Some people walk by a construction project like the El Moore and wonder “What’s inside the building?” When I walk by I always wonder “What’s inside the people? Ever since I can remember I have always been fascinated with the people behind the scenes of great works such as the El Moore Project. I, like you (I …
Recently, America said goodbye to radio icon Casey Kasem, longtime host of “American Top 40.” (Maybe some of our younger readers will recognize him as the voice of “Shaggy” on the Scooby Doo cartoons.) What’s the connection to the El Moore, you ask? As with the Green Garage, part of the research we’ve done on …
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 …
It was pouring rain. The kind of rain where you park your car in a certain location, perhaps only a block away. You are relatively dry when you step out of your car, but by the time you reach your destination, you look as if you have been deep sea diving in all of your …
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So the thing I want to know now is how and when did A.C. Varney meet up with Charles W. Moore, and what was the nature of their relationship in the creation of the El Moore? One question leads to another question, which might lead to an answer, but then that answer leads to another …
