Buildings on Ewald Circle and San Juan

Hello Detroityeser's ! is that a word LOL it is now !
Anyhow, over the weekend I was visiting a family member in the city near Ewald Circle and cam across a group of very handsome row houses , I spoke to a gentleman name Steve that has lived in the area since the late 60's , He said the row houses were built by a German company .
I wanted to know if anyone has any other info on these very interesting row houses, they are very unique to Detroit .
I will try to post some pics ,I'm still dealing with trying to post via Iphone :-[[
If anyone knows about these places I would like to know the history
thanks

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Originally Posted by Detroitdave

Hello Detroityeser's ! is that a word LOL it is now !
Anyhow, over the weekend I was visiting a family member in the city near Ewald Circle and cam across a group of very handsome row houses , I spoke to a gentleman name Steve that has lived in the area since the late 60's , He said the row houses were built by a German company .
I wanted to know if anyone has any other info on these very interesting row houses, they are very unique to Detroit .
I will try to post some pics ,I'm still dealing with trying to post via Iphone :-[[
If anyone knows about these places I would like to know the history
thanks

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Working on it. I found a reference for a well known local architect for the town houses on the NW corner of Schoolcraft & Ewald Circle. I need to do a little research. I would appreciate the name of the builder if you can remember. The street is very impressive I did not know it existed until I stumbled across the area over the winter [[to much of an eastsider here).

Thanks p69rrh51 , I stumbled across them also.
I know the city pretty well , but this small neighborhood escaped me and I'm sure A LOT of other people. When I first saw the row houses I thought of row houses back in LA ,that were made to mimic a German village or a movie set.
The guy who lived there that I spoke to didn't know the name of the architect, but he knew it was a man and he was German, the row houses, were started before the depression , but during construction the depression hit so the buildings on the west side on Ewald were made better and once the started on the east side they started cutting corners , but they still look great they sit way back with huge lawns, trees , and each row house has a different feel but are all connected , still working on trying to post the pics for some reason I suck at posting pics on Detroityes with my Iphone :-[[ I'll try to load them on my computer and load them
thanks again

If you go to Google Maps and put in Ewald Circle & San Juan Detroit or an address if you have one you can get a street view and copy and post it here.

Oui, c'est sweet.

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Are these the buildings you're talking about? In looking at the Streetview I noticed that there are several of these buildings on both sides of Ewald Circle around there. The ones on the north side seem to be set back a ways from the street, with trees and curving walks in their front yards. To this eastsider the buildings look a lot like like some similar townhomes in the West Village.

Ok I'm slow but I got it here they are Attachment 20441

I took that pic myself :-) I think these places are gorgeous , they don't , and won't ,build them like this anymore :-[[ .
I'd take something like this over much of the "new" construction . These have so much more character.
@eastsideAL, those are the apartments , the ones in the picture you posted are the one's that were built during the depression , the ones I posted are the one's built right before , you can see the difference , but they still are great looking .
can you imagine if these were in midtown , they'd be filled .
Thankfully the ones in Palmer Park are being saved !

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Originally Posted by Detroitdave

I took that pic myself :-) I think these places are gorgeous , they don't , and won't ,build them like this anymore :-[[ .
I'd take something like this over much of the "new" construction . These have so much more character.
@eastsideAL, those are the apartments , the ones in the picture you posted are the one's that were built during the depression , the ones I posted are the one's built right before , you can see the difference , but they still are great looking .
can you imagine if these were in midtown , they'd be filled .
Thankfully the ones in Palmer Park are being saved !

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There's a set that appear to be very similar in design on Miller Road near Ford Road in Dearborn. I wonder if they were designed/constructed by the same architect?

I'll check it out when I'm over in Dearborn thanks for the info