Yesterday
11:34 PM
What is going on at Red Wings arena site?
I want to change the subject to hopefully a more critical question:
"IF Ilitch agrees (or was 'forced') to keep both buildings does he need to have his architects, engineers, etc. re-do their work? "
Wouldn't that require a MAJOR design change regarding the loading dock, parking deck, etc.?
I assume that would take months and change the design concept. And, BTW, the loading dock isn't where it was last week. Now it opens into the visitor's lockerroom. Oops. :o
It isn't simple like politicians who will get a word processor and insert the word, "Not" into a single sentence and say the problem has been resolved.
"IF Ilitch agrees (or was 'forced') to keep both buildings does he need to have his architects, engineers, etc. re-do their work? "
Wouldn't that require a MAJOR design change regarding the loading dock, parking deck, etc.?
I assume that would take months and change the design concept. And, BTW, the loading dock isn't where it was last week. Now it opens into the visitor's lockerroom. Oops. :o
It isn't simple like politicians who will get a word processor and insert the word, "Not" into a single sentence and say the problem has been resolved.
Yesterday
01:38 PM
2018-19 Detroit Pistons
They started the season off with a bumpy win against a weak team that easily could have been lost, but made a clutch defensive play in the end to salvaged it. In their defense, Reggie Bullock and Stanley Johnson were both out.
The big guns looked good, Drummond and Griffin dominating the paint and Reggie Jackson doing well, all playing with energy under the new coach Dwane Casey.
So what do you think, is this their year?
The big guns looked good, Drummond and Griffin dominating the paint and Reggie Jackson doing well, all playing with energy under the new coach Dwane Casey.
So what do you think, is this their year?
Yesterday
09:39 AM
2019 Detroit Auto Show
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/bu...al/2513076002/
Why would Ford unveil the Explorer 5 days ahead of the show before most journalists are in town? Are they trying to kill any reason for the remaining ones to show up?
Why would Ford unveil the Explorer 5 days ahead of the show before most journalists are in town? Are they trying to kill any reason for the remaining ones to show up?
January-19-19
12:57 AM
It's Back! I-94 rebuild in Detroit returns
M-DOT has announced that the United Sound Studio would be relocated to an adjacent parcel.
A sound decision: MDOT purchases Detroit
- MDOT has purchased the United Sound Studio and adjacent parking lot for $1.7 million.
- The purchase was made in advance of the I-94 modernization project and subsequent replacement of the Second Avenue bridge over I-94.
- MDOT will relocate the structure to the adjacent parking lot to preserve the facility and retain its historical designation.
January 11, 2019 -- On Dec. 14, 2018, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) became the owner of the United Sound Studio located at 5840 Second Ave. in Detroit. The purchase includes the adjacent parking lot along with the recording/engineering equipment. The final negotiated price was $1.7 million. The United Sound Studio was listed for sale in June 2018, and the funding for the purchase came from the project's dedicated right-of-way funds. After relocation, MDOT will work within federal and state guidelines to sell the studio.
The decision to purchase the studio was made to preserve its history and to protect the structure from future construction impacts. The I-94 modernization project involves rebuilding the freeway to current design standards, replacing 67 bridges, and adding an additional through-lane in each direction between Conner Street and I-96. The physical structure will be relocated to the adjacent parking lot, increasing the distance from the proposed retaining walls that will be constructed in conjunction with the modernization project. The move will allow the studio to remain in its historical district designated by the Detroit City Council in 2015.
Prior to the purchase, MDOT studied several avoidance options to move the proposed I-94 construction away from the studio. Options included narrowing the freeway lanes and shoulders and shifting the freeway south in the vicinity of Second Avenue. The results of these options resulted in either additional impacts ornot fully protecting the studio from construction impacts. The current project environmental study is governed by federal laws that require MDOT to investigate means of avoiding or mitigating impacts on historical structures. In consultation with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), moving the building onto current United Sound Studio property is a viable way to preserve its history. The building is eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places as Detroit’s first major independent recording studio.
recording studio to preserve history
Fast facts:- MDOT has purchased the United Sound Studio and adjacent parking lot for $1.7 million.
- The purchase was made in advance of the I-94 modernization project and subsequent replacement of the Second Avenue bridge over I-94.
- MDOT will relocate the structure to the adjacent parking lot to preserve the facility and retain its historical designation.
January 11, 2019 -- On Dec. 14, 2018, the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) became the owner of the United Sound Studio located at 5840 Second Ave. in Detroit. The purchase includes the adjacent parking lot along with the recording/engineering equipment. The final negotiated price was $1.7 million. The United Sound Studio was listed for sale in June 2018, and the funding for the purchase came from the project's dedicated right-of-way funds. After relocation, MDOT will work within federal and state guidelines to sell the studio.
The decision to purchase the studio was made to preserve its history and to protect the structure from future construction impacts. The I-94 modernization project involves rebuilding the freeway to current design standards, replacing 67 bridges, and adding an additional through-lane in each direction between Conner Street and I-96. The physical structure will be relocated to the adjacent parking lot, increasing the distance from the proposed retaining walls that will be constructed in conjunction with the modernization project. The move will allow the studio to remain in its historical district designated by the Detroit City Council in 2015.
Prior to the purchase, MDOT studied several avoidance options to move the proposed I-94 construction away from the studio. Options included narrowing the freeway lanes and shoulders and shifting the freeway south in the vicinity of Second Avenue. The results of these options resulted in either additional impacts ornot fully protecting the studio from construction impacts. The current project environmental study is governed by federal laws that require MDOT to investigate means of avoiding or mitigating impacts on historical structures. In consultation with the State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO), moving the building onto current United Sound Studio property is a viable way to preserve its history. The building is eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places as Detroit’s first major independent recording studio.
Yesterday
04:25 PM
Fernando Palazuelo's accomplishment in Spain and Peru
https://www.ozy.com/rising-stars/fro...uildings/92000
This is an interesting story in OZY but it mentions nothing about the Packard plant on East Grand
This is an interesting story in OZY but it mentions nothing about the Packard plant on East Grand
January-17-19
07:44 PM
Ren Cen basement parking garage at the hotel entrance
Was there a parking garage with ramps at that entrance? There are driveways on each side that appear blocked off. Was it the original garage for the hotel?
Instagram
Restoration proceeds on the Henry Glover House in Detroit's formerly derelict Brush Park.
The Boblo Boat moored and moldering in ruin in the Rouge River in 2016.  Sadly it was destroyed my fire July 5, 2018 during a restoration attempt. The second picture was taken a few days before the fire shows Downtown Detroit in the background. For several years it was moored in the down river Nicholson Marina in River Rouge as seen in 2015.
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