Eric Member Username: Eric
Post Number: 419 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 35.11.210.161
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 2:16 pm: | |
What's the timetable for work on this part Campus Martius? |
Valkyrias Member Username: Valkyrias
Post Number: 232 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 66.238.129.197
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:07 pm: | |
they are supposed to start working on it very soon, and should be done in time for the jazz fest in september. |
Sharmaal Member Username: Sharmaal
Post Number: 780 Registered: 09-2004 Posted From: 136.1.1.101
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:21 pm: | |
I heard that they are shooting for June. With a guarantee that it'll be done for the jazz fest. |
Nellonfury Member Username: Nellonfury
Post Number: 136 Registered: 03-2005 Posted From: 68.43.156.135
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:26 pm: | |
About time!!!!! The city must be having plans about the future buildings on Woodward Block(old hudson's site)and the Monroe Block to complete the Campus Martius project!! |
Detroitkev Member Username: Detroitkev
Post Number: 66 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 70.91.120.106
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:26 pm: | |
What is the desing plan for the park? |
Sharmaal Member Username: Sharmaal
Post Number: 781 Registered: 09-2004 Posted From: 136.1.1.101
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:29 pm: | |
The layout is similiar to the image Nellonfury posted. One end will be the fountain. The landscaping from the main park will be copied running the length of the strip on both sides. |
Eric Member Username: Eric
Post Number: 421 Registered: 11-2004 Posted From: 35.11.210.161
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:46 pm: | |
Thanks for info it'll be nice having Bagley Fountain back Nellonfully CM is privately operated/funded completion of this part was tied to raising money not whatever the city is doing. |
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 1359 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 141.213.173.94
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 3:57 pm: | |
What a thought...a privately run (and largely privately funded park) for public use. I still can't believe how well the whole CMP deal has gone over. And yes, the Bagley fountain will be a great element to have there. Isn't the proposed location actually its original spot? |
Downtown_dave Member Username: Downtown_dave
Post Number: 65 Registered: 07-2005 Posted From: 63.77.247.130
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 5:04 pm: | |
The Bagley Fountain was originally on the point where the old Woodward and Monroe streets intersected before the current Campus Martius "roundabout" scheme. The new location is a bit northeast of that - further down Monroe toward Greektown. I have many old postcards showing it in the original location. I think this is (will be) Detroit's only example of H. H. Richardson's work. Erected in 1887, the fountain was Gov. John Judson Bagley's gift to the city. Richardson designed the fountain base so that ice could be packed around the pipes to provide water "cold and pure as the coldest mountain stream" just as its donor wished. |
Eastsidedog Member Username: Eastsidedog
Post Number: 199 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 68.20.140.8
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 6:32 pm: | |
This is exciting. I love Campius Martius and budget woes can't hold this back. It's going to be a great summer. |
Eastsidedog Member Username: Eastsidedog
Post Number: 200 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 68.20.140.8
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 6:32 pm: | |
I can't remember what the Bagley Fountain looks like. pics anyone? |
Eric_c Member Username: Eric_c
Post Number: 697 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.21.62.206
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 6:40 pm: | |
If I remember correctly, Bagley Fountain sort of looks like an old-fashioned well. I recall it being made of brown stone. It has a squareish carved base with four decorative poles leading up to a hip-style roof. It's not very big - maybe a six by six foot base and twelve feet high? Could be wrong about the dimensions - it's been removed for nearly ten years, and I don't recall it working then! |
Pam Member Username: Pam
Post Number: 155 Registered: 11-2005 Posted From: 4.229.102.183
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 10:17 pm: | |
Link with pic of fountain: http://www.detroithistorical.o rg/collections/vewebsite2/exhi bit3/e30002b.htm |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 1036 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.149.13
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 10:23 pm: | |
WSU/VMC |
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua
Post Number: 571 Registered: 01-2004 Posted From: 69.246.26.190
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 10:34 pm: | |
I can't wait to see that at its new home, it looks really nice. |
1953 Member Username: 1953
Post Number: 759 Registered: 12-2004 Posted From: 65.54.154.145
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 10:47 pm: | |
I hope they find a nice place for the bums who really enjoy that area today! |
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker
Post Number: 1037 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.2.149.13
| Posted on Tuesday, April 11, 2006 - 11:01 pm: | |
Cadillac Square, for as long as I can remember was one of the seedier areas of Downtown. Mostly parking, dive bars, and for your entertainment needs, the Gayety Theatre. Anything will be a big improvement over the good old days. WSU |
Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 1361 Registered: 02-2005 Posted From: 141.213.173.94
| Posted on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 12:28 am: | |
Wow look at us bowing to the almighty car even in that photo (early 50s I'm guessing?). I'd like a few of those old buildings back, but Cadillac Square as a park will be better than using it as a parking lot or empty median. |
Eric_c Member Username: Eric_c
Post Number: 698 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.250.202.175
| Posted on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 8:43 am: | |
The fountain is definitely bigger than I remembered it! Between the picture of Cadillac Square posted above, and those recently posted 8mm films from '54, it shows how the "good old days" were awesome, but we certainly had/have room for improvement. From century to century, Detroit has done the best it could with what it had. |
Busterwmu Member Username: Busterwmu
Post Number: 233 Registered: 09-2004 Posted From: 24.247.221.241
| Posted on Wednesday, April 12, 2006 - 11:13 pm: | |
I'm excited that work will soon begin at Cadillac Square. It'll be nice to have the Bagley Fountain back in operating order and as a headpiece at the end of the park. I hope they do some good flowerbed work in this park, and also that some of the trees they plant be flowering varieties, so that this time next year it'll look spectacular! Does anyone know if any work is being planned for the Lower Woodward median from Campus Martius to Jefferson in terms of landscaping? That grass looks ok, but some ornamental trees, etc along there would be great. Otherwise tear out the grass and lay the streetcar rails back down! |