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Detroit_stylin
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Posted on Monday, April 03, 2006 - 3:20 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Everytime I travel up the Lodge by MotoryCity I see two massive columns going up where they are building the new hotel.

Does anyone have a recent (relatively recent) of how it will look?
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Jjaba
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Posted on Monday, April 03, 2006 - 3:29 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

stlin, keep your eyes on the road.
The Lodge is not a designated scenic highway.

jjaba, on the Dexter bus.
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Detroit_stylin
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Posted on Monday, April 03, 2006 - 3:35 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

lol normally Jjaba I am in the back of a cab when I am taking that route or the passenger seat of my brother's car...:-)
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623kraw
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Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 6:17 am:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Drove by there on the way to the Greyhound station. Several cranes are in position. I'll try to get over there with a camera soon (I need a new camera).
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Lmichigan
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Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 6:58 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Detroit Stylin, here is a small rendering (a very general one) of what the hotel tower will look like:

Motorcity

Plain and uninspired, as usual, but 400 new hotel rooms can't hurt.
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Restoretheroar
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Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 7:28 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

that plan doesn't even look right for 17 stories.
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Llyn
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Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 8:19 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Ugh.
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Detroit_stylin
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Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 9:38 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Hoestly....

That looks like ass on a stick. I am almost sorry I asked....
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Motorcitymayor2026
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Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 9:41 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thats the original rendering released, right?

I am sure it has changed, as the other two have... I would guess it would match what they have already got going on at MotorCity?
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Lmichigan
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Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 10:07 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

It's similar to the original design, but is actually the most recent. The second design was a PoMo design that looked like a French Chateau, and then they went back to the original and refined it, and this is what we get, today.
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Eric
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Posted on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 8:02 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

You'd think they'd provide a more detailed image. I found this additional description on the Planning Commission site


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A high quality metal panel will be used as the primary cladding for the casino, the hotel and the food service and events building. Precast concrete, stone, glass and other materials will be deployed throughout to complement and articulate the facades. The hotel tower has been enhanced by wrapping the glass curtain wall around the building corners to partially enclose the east and west facades. The storefront treatment will include a stone ledge and will define the ground floor façade for much of the complex excluding the parking decks.

The casino building is to be clad with the metal panel and decorative fins along with the ground floor storefront treatment described above. The tallest portion of the building, the third and fourth stories of the Wagner Building, along Grand River at Temple, includes a mechanical screen atop the roof, inspired by the top floor of the hotel tower. The screen sets off this end of the building and begins to denote the vehicular entrance to the complex. A band of super graphic images similar to the previous vision but less imposing will be placed at the south end of the building. The metal panel portions of the façade include small random rectangular recesses of varied sizes to imply window openings. The casino is still exploring other refinements and variations to the façade


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Gistok
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Posted on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 8:17 pm:   Edit PostDelete Post   Move Post (Moderator/Admin Only)

Thanks Eric.... but why is it when I read that my mind wanders to the Boulevard Building, and the wrap-around pre-cast concrete of that structure.

"The metal panel portions of the facade include small random rectangular recesses of varied sizes to imply window openings". Gee that means that they are going to "imply" architectural embellishments on their implied fortress.

I never liked this design from day one.

(Message edited by Gistok on April 05, 2006)

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