  Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 487 Registered: 02-2007 |
What's the history of this street. What class of folks usually lived along this strip? Any rehab plans in place and prepared to start soon? Oh, and please, I sense a Hockey Stadium joke is coming, SAVE IT! | ||
Sharmaal Member Username: Sharmaal Post Number: 1056 Registered: 09-2004 |
I may be wrong, but the CBD was never very populated at anytime in history. | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 488 Registered: 02-2007 |
Oh, ok Sharmaal, so can anyony tell me what class of folks usually hung out along this strip? | ||
Leland_palmer Member Username: Leland_palmer Post Number: 269 Registered: 08-2004 |
Does anyone know what type of folks hung out on the corner of Brush and Alfred from June 1st till August 15th 1950 from the hours of 9am until 3:30 pm? Were they taking care of business? Would they be interested in buying a condo in the Book Cadillac? | ||
Eric_c Member Username: Eric_c Post Number: 927 Registered: 11-2003 |
Were they wearing suits? How many appeared to be upper class? | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 493 Registered: 02-2007 |
Hmm hmm, so since the Hockey Stadium joke was ruled out, y'all had to joke about past stuff. The ignorance on the site is hilarious. Eric, you're already one of my most disliked members, so I'll ignore your posts. Could someone just start something up about Park Ave. that's interesting. There must be some history behind it. (Message edited by Urbanize on March 31, 2007) | ||
E_hemingway Member Username: E_hemingway Post Number: 1126 Registered: 11-2004 |
There is a little bit of recent history about Park in this story. I do know that the building that houses the Park Bar and Cliff Bells was built by Joseph Campau. I had heard a story that it was supposed to be built a few stories taller but wasn't because of the depression. That's only something I heard in passing though. Model D-troiter: Jerry Belanger http://modeldmedia.com/feature s/Belanger81.aspx I still like ya Eric. BTW, anything new with the houses on your block in need of restoration? | ||
Ndavies Member Username: Ndavies Post Number: 2508 Registered: 10-2003 |
I'll give eric_c a polite golf clap for that one. | ||
Downtown_remix Member Username: Downtown_remix Post Number: 111 Registered: 03-2007 |
the womans club is gettin rehab,also the life building, two significant projects | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 498 Registered: 02-2007 |
great. Hopefully, these and the Grand Circus park development will spark more projects along Park ave. | ||
Detroitej72 Member Username: Detroitej72 Post Number: 506 Registered: 05-2006 |
I red that Park Ave. was named as such because of the trees that were planted along it giving of a "park-like" feel. The book I read it in was from the 1920's, and there were quite a few upscale apartments located there. | ||
Urbanize Member Username: Urbanize Post Number: 504 Registered: 02-2007 |
I saw a picture of the lobby of the at the Hotel Park Ave., VERY underrated Hotel in Downtown Detorit. | ||
Scs100 Member Username: Scs100 Post Number: 680 Registered: 12-2006 |
Has work started on the Life building yet? | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 4004 Registered: 08-2004 |
Well Urbanize... I ain't no troll...  Park Ave. used to cross over into Midtown. But with the last freeway redo, they removed it... probably for redo of the Woodward exit (for the Comerica Park and Ford Field redo). I'm not sure it helped the development of the street, but Park Ave. was definitely one of the most run down sections of downtown before the rebirth of the entertainment district. Also, in one of the other threads last year there was a very beautiful public space in one of the Park Ave. buildings... The Century Club (across from the Town Pump), a Chuck Forbes owned building. It had a wonderful French 18th century Louis XV style 2 story ballroom that is absolutely beautiful! This ballroom takes up part of the 2nd & 3rd floors of the building. The 3rd floor elevator lobby looks down onto this space as a balcony. Just an amazing space that I didn't even know existed downtown. From the outside you can see the huge arched windows for the ballroom inside. Anyone have any of the pics? (Message edited by Gistok on April 01, 2007) | ||
Royce Member Username: Royce Post Number: 2154 Registered: 07-2004 |
Park Avenue probably has the best scale of any street downtown. I think it is one of the best lit streets downtown. Being narrow and a one-way probably has a lot to do with that. Too bad they cut it off from the CBD with that new freeway entrance. BTW, isn't it interesting that Park Avenue bisects Woodward and Cass, but north of Peterboro, Woodward and Cass are separated only by an alley. | ||
Eric_c Member Username: Eric_c Post Number: 928 Registered: 11-2003 |
Hemingway, ecriteser@hotmail.com, please. |
