3D Space Tour of Alternative Space in Detroit
This 3D rendering of the Detroit space was just completed and allows a first look at the interior. This does not include many of the architectural details. Refer to the photos that were also recently…
When Life Gives You Ruins, Make…
It is possible to bring this fire-damaged house to a state of livability and to do so affordably and with low impact on the environment. It can be done with style and beauty so that…
The Curse of Urban Blight
Detroit doesn’t have a corner of the market when it comes to urban blight. Cities like Philadelphia, Chicago, Cincinnati, St. Louis and even New York all have their share of neighborhoods suffering urban decay. Interestingly,…
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The Field Street Renovation Project: Phase One
This summer we’ll be renovating The House on Field Street as part of a community building project in collaboration with The Boggs Center to Nurture Leadership. Some of the work will need to be handled by a profession contractor who has already done an appraisal…
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1905: A Year for Progressive Social Change
In 1905 America was at the height of the Progressive Era, a time of political reform that swept the country from the turn of the century through the first decade of the 1900′s. Theodore Roosevelt was President of the United States. The country was being…
Broom Cleaning Reveals More Details
The amount of trash inside the house is most likely what kept most folks from even entering the house. You night not have paid me enough to enter the place as it was, if not for having travelled over 600 mile to see the thing…
Urban NYC Rises to ReImagine the City
I can’t think of anything that would inspire a person to re-imagine the world like feeling the cold-handed slap of their current reality hard across the face. I received such a slap two days before attending the Urban Uprising: ReImagine the City Conference, co-sponsored by…
With Michael Hodges at Central Station
I visited Detroit’s Grand Central Station with Detroit News fine arts critic Michael Hodges. Michael was awesome and took me on a tour of some of Detroit’s lesser known neighborhoods that, despite the city’s reputation for being a wasteland for “ruin porn”, are thriving communities.…
The House on Field Street
Though the Field Street house has worked it’s charm on a few folks since it appeared in a Curbed Detroit article a few years back. It was not an easy sell. The fire damage alone was enough to keep most would-be buyers at bay. Here…