Quote Originally Posted by Ray1936 View Post
Right you are. Since I was always a west-sider, ez for me to forget.
Yeah, that mid-century modern style new 5th on St. Jean was always a favorite of my mom. The mentality of the big shots in Detroit in the 50s was that people were leaving because everything was "old", if they urban renewal-ed as much as possible. people wouldn't leave. Yeah, right. We lost a lot of good stuff that way. I'll get back to the 5th in a minute

You west siders should know, if you don't already [[and everybody for that matter), that there is a major effort to restore and re-use the 6th precinct at Mc Graw and Braden. I wish them TONS of luck and help, and a fairy godmother wouldn't hurt, either. They even have their own Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/6thprecinct If you're on Facebook, friend them and spread the word. I think our architectural treasures will be Detroit's saving grace. Everyone that can be saved is a feather in our cap, and all the great Detroit architects of the past smile down upon us. There's a nice photo and some info on the DetroitTurbex site here: http://www.detroiturbex.com/content/...raw/index.html

I have some old newspaper clippings about the purchase of the property and dedication of the new 5th precinct. I haven't found a photo of it in the clippings, but Lowell posted a photo of the St. Jean building from 2008 in the old thread: http://www.atdetroit.net/forum/messa...tml?1220436215

Here's when the property was bought [[January 12, 1960) and some history about the property. Sorry if these don't come out right, I'm still learning to do this.

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Dismayed at vandalism? I despise it, but unfortunately, it's nothing new in La Belle Detroit. This clipping is from July 25, 1961. I wonder if they did time?

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But, they got it all together by September 7, 1961...the first new police building construction since 1948.

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