  Sharmaal Member Username: Sharmaal Post Number: 1089 Registered: 09-2004 |
http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll /article?AID=/20070424/BUSINES S06/70424036 | ||
Genesyxx Member Username: Genesyxx Post Number: 711 Registered: 02-2004 |
Hmmm... are we converting it back to an old box factory? | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 8903 Registered: 10-2003 |
If anything is financially feasible I hope they knock the addition of the back as part of the project. | ||
El_jimbo Member Username: El_jimbo Post Number: 108 Registered: 12-2006 |
I would be shocked if it wasn't a loft development of some kind. | ||
Ndavies Member Username: Ndavies Post Number: 2561 Registered: 10-2003 |
Hmmm, A landlocked site with no parking. I see another madison lenox in the picture. | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 657 Registered: 04-2006 |
Yeah, I hope they remove the addition and then redevelop it. I have heard that they couldn't tear it down for 2 or 3 years because it sits so close to the new building which needs to settle first. | ||
Gumby Member Username: Gumby Post Number: 1572 Registered: 11-2003 |
Yeah Ndavies kinda like the Vinton. Oh wait, you guys added parking into the basement, right. | ||
Wpitonya Member Username: Wpitonya Post Number: 41 Registered: 08-2005 |
How about a new police headquarters?? | ||
Valkyrias Member Username: Valkyrias Post Number: 453 Registered: 02-2005 |
i thought the whole reason of them building a new cass tech was because there were major structural problems with old cass tech. so how can it be redeveloped if that's the case? and if that's NOT the case, then...why did they build a new cass tech? | ||
Jt1 Member Username: Jt1 Post Number: 8907 Registered: 10-2003 |
quote: On going maintenance costs and additional capital expenditures that would be required. | ||
Bumble Member Username: Bumble Post Number: 71 Registered: 11-2004 |
Among other things, Jt1, among other things. There's nothing structurally wrong with the building that would rule out re-use. | ||
Thejesus Member Username: Thejesus Post Number: 1005 Registered: 06-2006 |
what's the deal with cass tech...would someone care to fill me in? I know that some well-known people went there and all...but what kind of funding does the school receive...better than other Detroit schools? What do kids have to do to get in there? what's their graduation rate and what kinds of colleges do their grads get into? (Message edited by thejesus on April 24, 2007) | ||
Iheartthed Member Username: Iheartthed Post Number: 658 Registered: 04-2006 |
It wasn't structural. It was either do a total renovation of the old building or build a new one. DPS finally opted for the new building. They'd been pulling for a new Cass building a good 20 years before it was actually built. The new addition was actually a bone thrown to them because they couldn't get a new building approved. My class (along with several classes before and after) was teased as possibly being the first class to graduate from the new building. Yet, when I left it was still a football field. | ||
Quinn Member Username: Quinn Post Number: 1258 Registered: 01-2005 |
This building should be a Merchandise-Type Mart Thingamabob. A design center for the whole south-eastern region. It's perfect for it...rooms set up already. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 840 Registered: 10-2006 |
Too bad that it is in such an odd location: neither here nor there. | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 1561 Registered: 10-2003 |
Just for the record, myths about the old Cass Tech originally being built as a box or pickle factory are not based in fact. | ||
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn Post Number: 384 Registered: 04-2006 |
this topic is actually already in circulation a little: https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/5/100921.html?1178032976 | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 1061 Registered: 02-2007 |
Uh, Andylinn, what you just did would be like trading in a new car with low maintenance and works for a brand new car that has multiple issues just because one is older than the other. (Message edited by Urbanize on May 01, 2007) | ||
Detourdetroit Member Username: Detourdetroit Post Number: 295 Registered: 10-2003 |
Here's RFP information... http://casstechhistoric.org/ | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 900 Registered: 10-2006 |
Wow! I didn't know that the existing conditions report was done by UDM School of Architecture. That is really pretty cool. Lots of times in the studios at school you get to do fun projects and cool designs, but often nothing comes of it. Glad to see this isn't the case with these students. |
