Traxus Member Username: Traxus
Post Number: 15 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 - 11:38 pm: | |
Whilst crossing the pedestrian bridge over M10, I couldn't help but notice a casino framed by two housing projects. They couldn’t have planned to build it with more irony. Well at least they are making a ton of money for the city, right? |
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin
Post Number: 3135 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 - 11:42 pm: | |
Yeah that is kinda wild.... Its almost...prophetic... |
Traxus Member Username: Traxus
Post Number: 16 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 - 11:42 pm: | |
Next up we have Lee Plaza surrounded by nature gearing up for a Michigan winter It goes without saying that a tree cannot live forever without its leaves. |
Spiritofdetroit Member Username: Spiritofdetroit
Post Number: 13 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 - 11:43 pm: | |
well they are working on upgrades to those housing projects, inside and out. |
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin
Post Number: 3136 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 - 11:47 pm: | |
Well technically they are no longer projects as it is the sie of the Woodbridge development. Those towers the three of the original 13 will be seniors housing. BTW I remember the renderings from when they first announced this development back in 2000 with the mansard roofs on the towers. I didnt think that with the elevator housing on the roof that it would be possible to do, but passing by it the other day they made it work, and it looks nice too... |
Traxus Member Username: Traxus
Post Number: 17 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Wednesday, November 01, 2006 - 11:50 pm: | |
Senior Homes. Great thinking. Old folk love to gamble. |
Spiritofdetroit Member Username: Spiritofdetroit
Post Number: 14 Registered: 11-2006
| Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 12:42 am: | |
Haha, thats true.... |
Hudkina Member Username: Hudkina
Post Number: 12 Registered: 12-2004
| Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 12:55 am: | |
The roofing makes the buildings look 100% nicer. I'm surprised how such a minor change could improve the appearance so dramatically. |
Lmichigan Member Username: Lmichigan
Post Number: 4618 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 2:26 am: | |
Looks like they took a lesson from the Lee Plaza. Ironically, Lee Plaza's roof has been picked dry. lol Maybe the new roof atop the Woodbridge Senior Towers came from Lee Plaza... j/k It's probably cheap aluminium, fiberglass, or plastic. |
Gannon
Member Username: Gannon
Post Number: 6956 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 2:46 am: | |
Seniors just understand more than the rest of us what a gamble simply getting out of bed can be. Of course, getting INTO bed can be a greater gamble, depending upon who you're about to be horizontal with. No grammar nazis, I won't say 'with whom', sorry. |
Mrfrench Member Username: Mrfrench
Post Number: 55 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 9:00 am: | |
don't forget the classic example of juxtuposition, viewed when traveling south on I-75, where St Josephines church towers lay directly over the Ren Cen towers. also.. Gannon, I have a question on non-Detroit issues that others said you could help me with. thanks. |
Rsa Member Username: Rsa
Post Number: 960 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 9:55 am: | |
i wouldn't consider it architectural irony, rather planning irony. the one that strikes me a particularly humorous is the new greektown casino garage and hotel sandwiched between a church and a jail. |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 3217 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 10:13 am: | |
Ha. Good observation Rsa. Motorcity Casino in an old bread factory carries some double meaning too. |
Detroit_stylin Member Username: Detroit_stylin
Post Number: 3138 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 10:37 am: | |
lol How about MGM Grand being in the former IRS center? |
Dougw Member Username: Dougw
Post Number: 1400 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 2:35 pm: | |
quote:BTW I remember the renderings from when they first announced this development back in 2000 with the mansard roofs on the towers. I didnt think that with the elevator housing on the roof that it would be possible to do, but passing by it the other day they made it work, and it looks nice too...
I guess I haven't driven by that way in a while, but yeah, those mansard-style roofs actually look pretty good! Do you know if they're going to add them to the Brewster project buildings at I-75 & Mack also? |
Eric_c Member Username: Eric_c
Post Number: 878 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 2:39 pm: | |
The roofs will not be added to the Brewster buildings. The towers pictured above are NO LONGER PROJECTS, but market-rate senior high rises renovated as part of the Woodbridge Estates neighborhood. |
Detroit313 Member Username: Detroit313
Post Number: 229 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 3:42 pm: | |
Are they going to replace the other rooftops with the same material? It looks so much better. 313 |
Eric_c Member Username: Eric_c
Post Number: 880 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Thursday, November 02, 2006 - 3:59 pm: | |
Yes. |