Geodesic-dome-like houses on Vernor

[gravitymachine]

do tell more about this tunnel...

there isn't much more to tell, its where vernor passes under the railroad tracks behind the MCS, its dark and sketchy.

[ThaFuzz]

You can see them on Google Maps [[with the satellite view turned on)

[brandon48202]

The folks at O'Connor Real Estate in Corktown have them up for sale.

www.oconnordetroit.com

[reddog289]

Having seen them for sale now I remember them, I'll trade them my house for theirs. Well maybe not the garage is too small.

[nickstone]

You can see them on Google Maps [[with the satellite view turned on)

or... you can venture in there after getting incredibly high and arrogant and make a video before you head back to Grosse Pointe or Bloomfield and it'll show how unique, quirky, and original you are [[aren't you tired of those vids?)... anyhow I'm getting really tired of that area being what it is when some business owners are trying so hard....

[East Detroit]

I think I would get claustrophobia living in that house.

http://www.oconnordetroit.com/proper...667_vern/1.htm

[Gsgeorge]

there isn't much more to tell, its where vernor passes under the railroad tracks behind the MCS, its dark and sketchy.

I never really considered this a tunnel, just a bridge underpass. It's scary but c'mon, its by the train station, you're only gonna see photographers and suburban highschoolers over there.

[gazhekwe]

There was a thread on these places on the old forum. I've been trying to find it for awhile but the search function over there is off due to maintenance.

The place was for sale by owner at the time, and he came in and talked about how he built the place by hand. I think he was asking well over $100,000.

I love the idea of that place, but I have to have windows to see outside. Also, I find the surroundings a bit depressing. Right on the lots where the house is, there are the remnants of another house, buried foundation, remains of cement steps leading up from the sidewalk, some very old landscaping. Also, I couldn't stand to have the ruins of MCS towering over me like that.

[LodgeDodger]

There was a thread on these places on the old forum. I've been trying to find it for awhile but the search function over there is off due to maintenance.

The place was for sale by owner at the time, and he came in and talked about how he built the place by hand. I think he was asking well over $100,000.

I love the idea of that place, but I have to have windows to see outside. Also, I find the surroundings a bit depressing. Right on the lots where the house is, there are the remnants of another house, buried foundation, remains of cement steps leading up from the sidewalk, some very old landscaping. Also, I couldn't stand to have the ruins of MCS towering over me like that.

Call me a nut-case, but I love the look of that building. I know it's a ruin, but there's just something about it.

[Lakesuperior]

for what it's worth, i lived on st. anne about four houses away from those domes for a year and i never experienced anything sketchy or weird in that neighborhood. and from what i remember, the owners of the geodesic domes were raising kids there.

i covet that property-- the domes look sweet and that's a pretty [[and sizable) lot.

[exdetroiter]

Why would anyone want to live in such a proverty stricken area?

[Homer]

Exactly why you are ane ex-detroiter. To each his own.

[texorama]

i covet that property-- the domes look sweet and that's a pretty [[and sizable) lot.

Heck, listing for $70,000, they'd probably take a good deal less. It's right there by the bridge . . . I'm half tempted myself.