  Aschar76 Member Username: Aschar76 Post Number: 31 Registered: 11-2006 |
55WEST Party! Come out December 8th and Celebrate the Grand Opening of the Lofts at 55 West Canfield. One more in a long line of success stories for the city! Don’t miss your chance to bump elbows with lots of other fans of the ‘D’, including our Mayor! LaSalle Bank and The Hubbell Group are springing for the appetizers and libations, so don’t be shy!! Party starts at 5:30, ribbon cutting at 6:30, Valet Parking Available, DJ. And if the beer and wine don’t cut it for you, there is a cash Martini Bar! See you there! http://createdetroit.com/categ ory/design/ | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 105 Registered: 10-2006 |
Colin Hubbell is the coolest Detroit 'developer.' I love that guy. | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 501 Registered: 10-2003 |
55 West Canfield used to be the Audio Visual Technical Center for the Detroit Bd of Ed. I wonder how much the board gave it away for. | ||
Detroitrulez Member Username: Detroitrulez Post Number: 45 Registered: 12-2006 |
ah yes.....the AV Tech Center. Good memories, good times, right Ed? | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 1317 Registered: 01-2004 |
 Ribbon cutting  Kwamster laying out a pretty good little speech  Ken Jr.  Mr. Granholm, looking quite the dandy in his yellow shirt. | ||
Quinn Member Username: Quinn Post Number: 1071 Registered: 01-2005 |
It was a great event...really. We missed most of the Mayor's speech, the last speech I think, but the crowd was great. All of our favorite Detroiter's. The condo's a really nice too. I particularly appreciated the shockcrete ducting that is masked to look like columns on the third floor. I have to say I'm really proud of Colin. I don't know him very well, but I heard so many great stories about him last night. I'm also proud of our current leadership...Kilpatrick really seems focused on development in the city.. Yay for everyone! | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 1541 Registered: 06-2004 |
except those who can't afford it many empty buildings, almost 14,000 homeless people on any given night hmm... | ||
Kris Member Username: Kris Post Number: 6 Registered: 03-2006 |
alright debby downer... | ||
Apbest Member Username: Apbest Post Number: 329 Registered: 03-2006 |
negative nancy | ||
48202 Member Username: 48202 Post Number: 16 Registered: 10-2003 |
Lilpup: Colin Hubbell is working his &%% off to improve this city. Are you? (Message edited by 48202 on December 09, 2006) | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 1546 Registered: 06-2004 |
I do what I can to look out for the little people - but I doubt you're interested in them | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 1547 Registered: 06-2004 |
How is someone who works full time yet still earns under 30K supposed to buy a place in this area? How can someone who works full time yet makes even less than that afford a decent place to live? Why is there not more affordable housing around here? | ||
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua Post Number: 965 Registered: 01-2004 |
More affordable housing in Detroit in general, or in Midtown Detroit? The city itself has some of the cheapest housing of all major cities. | ||
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek Post Number: 2190 Registered: 12-2004 |
Amen, just because someone builds a condo project that with units in the low 6-digit range doesn't mean that there isn't lots of affordable housing in Detroit. If you can't find something decent under $100K in this city, you're not looking. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 1548 Registered: 06-2004 |
then why are homelessness and foreclosures skyrocketing? (do you know how fuckin' tired and depressed I am from seeing people picking through trash cans and sleeping outside? PEOPLE SHOULDN'T HAVE TO LIVE LIKE THAT!!) (Message edited by lilpup on December 09, 2006) (Message edited by lilpup on December 09, 2006) | ||
7051 Member Username: 7051 Post Number: 25 Registered: 02-2006 |
Lilpup, You had better hope a lot more middle to high income earners move into the city as they pay large amounts of taxes which can pay for various programs to help the poor and homeless. More poor people moving into the city or staying in the city does does not help increase tax revenues(as they pay little or no taxes), which in the long run, means less programs for the poor and homeless. | ||
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek Post Number: 2191 Registered: 12-2004 |
Foreclosures have more to do with unemployment. If you don't have any money coming in, you can't afford a cheap house or an expensive one. | ||
Royce Member Username: Royce Post Number: 1953 Registered: 07-2004 |
I was there. It was a great event. Lots of people were there. The dignitaries had a lot of great and amusing things to say about Colin Hubbell. The units on displayed were OK. I would have liked to have seen a model of a larger unit eventhough you could peer through the door of them and see the amount of space you would have. I did like the unit with the bed with rose petals on it. BTW, how do people who live in these rehabbed buildings deal with the concrete floors 24/7? Not a slight, just curious. | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 1319 Registered: 01-2004 |
Hey Royce - youre not a singer are you ? Lilpup is threadjacking. Most homeless situations are mental health issues, not necessarily economic. You need to be looking higher up at people who can do something about mental health services in our country. To slag a developer for saving yet another portion of the City is nothing less than crappy and small minded. That structure is now going to be feeding precious tax dollars back into the system. Talk to the people running the shitstem about taking care of those dumpster divers. | ||
Imperfectly Member Username: Imperfectly Post Number: 165 Registered: 06-2004 |
I actually had a deposit down on one of those spaces...put it down in january. Come August I couldnt wait and had to move, plus I found double the space somewhere else. 730sqft not enough room for 2 people. Still cool project for the area. | ||
Royce Member Username: Royce Post Number: 1955 Registered: 07-2004 |
No, Mauser, I'm not the singer/rapper. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 1550 Registered: 06-2004 |
didn't slag the developer - didn't even mention him sorry if you can't deal with the reality of poverty and homelessness in the city | ||
Sknutson Member Username: Sknutson Post Number: 756 Registered: 03-2004 |
If there is any major city in the country where someone can earn less than 30k and buy a house, its Detroit | ||
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua Post Number: 966 Registered: 01-2004 |
Check out the rent at this place if you think it's expensive here Lilpup. 560 sq ft for 1300/month http://www.avaloncommunities.c om/CA%20North/Avalon%20Silicon %20Valley/ | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 1551 Registered: 06-2004 |
doesn't matter what other cities cost - what matters is what's happening HERE, NOW almost 14,000 homeless on any given night | ||
Spiritofdetroit Member Username: Spiritofdetroit Post Number: 104 Registered: 11-2006 |
the reason there are 14,000 homeless is NOT because there is a lack of affordable housing. | ||
Adamtc1 Member Username: Adamtc1 Post Number: 9 Registered: 10-2006 |
Lilpup, you are blind and oblivious to how the economics of a city actually work. If you want there to be the tax dollars to fund ways to help the homeless then you need the tax dollars. Tax dollars are something that Detroit lacks and projects such as 55 West Canfield will help to bring more people into the city to provide those needed tax dollars. You can't just focus on a single class of individuals. For a city to truly function you must have and provide for all classes. | ||
Fnemecek Member Username: Fnemecek Post Number: 2197 Registered: 12-2004 |
Amen, Detroit has some of the cheapest housing in the nation. In spite of that, we still have homeless folks among us. There are lots of things that need to happen both within our job market as well as our mental health sector in order to change that. However, having more tax-paying residents in the City has the potential for doing a lot to help both of those aspects. | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 1323 Registered: 01-2004 |
"sorry if you can't deal with the reality of poverty and homelessness in the city" Um. Yeah, I was just thinking that about your line of thought. threadjacker. | ||
Zephyrprocess Member Username: Zephyrprocess Post Number: 172 Registered: 08-2006 |
Imperfectly wrote:
I dropped by the event because I work nearby, and had watched the construction with some curiosity. I agree that the project is a cool one, but the units are small. Imperfectly--where did you wind up buying? | ||
Mauser765 Member Username: Mauser765 Post Number: 1332 Registered: 01-2004 |
Heyo - BTW, I won the door prize.... WOOT!!!!!! | ||
Futurecity Member Username: Futurecity Post Number: 411 Registered: 05-2005 |
I think the units are small so that they could keep the sale price as low as possible. Which seems to make some sense, as many will be first-time buyers, who are trying to qualify for a mortgage. | ||
Bussey Member Username: Bussey Post Number: 450 Registered: 12-2003 |
Homelessness and poverty have more to do with our CAPITALIST structure in general than basic housing market realities. You can't sell Mcdonalds combos so cheap unless you are paying people very little to grow, transport, prepare and distribute the product. It is the system you should be frustrated at Lilpup, not the condo developer. I don't know about you but if I was on the 'skids" i would be trying every avenue I knew to stay off the street. i.e. family, minimum wage job, shelters...there are solutions for those who want to better themselves, however for those who can't, mentally ill and the like, it is a sad reality that cheap condos wont correct. |
