Yesterday
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
02:46 PM
Explorer death at Grand Trunk Warehouse & Cold Storage
There was an explorer death at the Grand Trunk Warehouse on East Ferry and St. Aubin next to the Incinerator on Friday night. A group was in the building and lost one of their friends according to local papers. They had to come back the next morning to continue searching and found him in a elevator shaft. I was out taking photos of St. Albertus on Saturday and I drove by the warehouse while authorities were recovering the body. I thought it was a fire at first and almost took pictures, but then it didnt look like there was any fire I realized it was probably a recovery of some kind.
Local media are repeating the police in describing this building as "The Packard Plant". The Arte Express company guy from Peru owns both properties, which is probably why the police keep saying that. I dont think the GT Warehouse was ever part of the Packard Plant which is almost two miles away.
If that building does not ring a bell right away, here are some photos, I am sure many people will recognize it.
http://detroitfunk.com/death-at-gran...-cold-storage/
Local media are repeating the police in describing this building as "The Packard Plant". The Arte Express company guy from Peru owns both properties, which is probably why the police keep saying that. I dont think the GT Warehouse was ever part of the Packard Plant which is almost two miles away.
If that building does not ring a bell right away, here are some photos, I am sure many people will recognize it.
http://detroitfunk.com/death-at-gran...-cold-storage/
January-18-19
12:24 PM
New tallest building in Detroit to be built on Hudson's site
UPDATE OF UPDATE: Project grows to 912 feet. New renderings released. Jump to latest discussion of this change >>
Attachment 36804
[Previous] UPDATE: Final Rendering - Ground-breaking takes place Dec. 14, 2017.
Finalized Design Rendering seen from the south. Jump to Ground Breaking. >>
They rendered in a Uniqlo Store. That would be awesome!
at 734 feet tall it's about 8 feet or so taller than the roof of the Ren Cen
Attachment 36804
[Previous] UPDATE: Final Rendering - Ground-breaking takes place Dec. 14, 2017.
Finalized Design Rendering seen from the south. Jump to Ground Breaking. >>
They rendered in a Uniqlo Store. That would be awesome!at 734 feet tall it's about 8 feet or so taller than the roof of the Ren Cen
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?
January-15-19
07:55 AM
Toledo commences study to resume Toledo-Detroit passenger rail
This is old news from a few month ago, but nobody has brought it up.
Toledo is considering resuming/funding passenger train rail service between it and Detroit. The routing would go from Toledo to near DTW to Detroit. Please see below articles:
http://www.wtol.com/2018/11/07/toled...G169iacKs4cXIs
https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/...es/20181101211
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire...ice-to-detroit
Toledo is considering resuming/funding passenger train rail service between it and Detroit. The routing would go from Toledo to near DTW to Detroit. Please see below articles:
http://www.wtol.com/2018/11/07/toled...G169iacKs4cXIs
https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/...es/20181101211
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire...ice-to-detroit
January-15-19
08:07 AM
The Retail Implosion Nibbling at 12 Oaks Mall
Front Page article on the Mall Implosion.
"...some analysts have predicted that up to 25 percent of malls nationwide could close by 2022."
The article then goes on to site the core of the implosion...
"Numerous malls have lost one or more department store anchors that they haven't replaced, including Eastland Center in Harper Woods, Westland Shopping Center, Laurel Park Place in Livonia, Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights and Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn.
https://www.freep.com/story/money/20...ls/1419217002/
That list could grow if Sears, still an anchor at several area malls, closes more Michigan stores."
"...some analysts have predicted that up to 25 percent of malls nationwide could close by 2022."
The article then goes on to site the core of the implosion...
"Numerous malls have lost one or more department store anchors that they haven't replaced, including Eastland Center in Harper Woods, Westland Shopping Center, Laurel Park Place in Livonia, Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights and Fairlane Town Center in Dearborn.
https://www.freep.com/story/money/20...ls/1419217002/
That list could grow if Sears, still an anchor at several area malls, closes more Michigan stores."
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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