Upbeat Detroit Pictures

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September-07-19, 10:30 PM
Lowell

Upbeat Detroit Pictures

I come across so many upbeat and feel good Detroit images that I thought I would start a thread on just that. Please feel free to add yours pictures and/or your comments. I'll lead off with photos from around Labor Day 2019.

Diners at the San Morino outside the new Shinola Hotel on a once long-dead strip of Woodward Avenue.
[Click the pictures if you wish to see them larger]
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Inn on Ferry Street Addition and Restoration progresses.
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Diners at Prime+Proper on a once dead corner of Capitol Park.
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The gorgeously restored Stott soars above Capitol Park and beams in the late summer sun.
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A full house at the the Detroit Institute of Arts Rivera Courts enjoy a free Friday night concert.
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The formerly abandoned Free Press Building nears restoration completion.
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City Club Apartments fill the footprint of the demolished Statler Hotel on Grand Circus Park. [Oh, and int the far background to the right the Book Tower nears restoration completion.]
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And one for my passion--handball. The restored handball courts of Palmer Park glisten [and offer lessons if you're interested] thanks to volunteer efforts and donations of Detroit's handball community.
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Your turn.
September-08-19, 07:49 AM
canuck

Superb architecture, Lowell. Thanks for the tour which bears witness to the renaissance of Detroit. Rock on!
September-08-19, 10:54 AM
Former_Detroiter

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I shot these pictures during my last visit to Detroit in 2017.

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September-08-19, 11:09 AM
renf

Thank you for these excellent pictures.
September-08-19, 12:00 PM
p1acebo

Thanks for the pictures... I miss living in downtown Detroit, looks great!
September-08-19, 12:24 PM
401don

Very nice but "upbeat Detroit pictures" and "drive by shooting" together in the same pictorial?
September-08-19, 12:53 PM
SammyS

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City Modern phase 1 TH’s with landscaping.
September-08-19, 02:39 PM
JonWylie

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Originally Posted by SammyS

City Modern phase 1 TH’s with landscaping.

I drove through there yesterday and was very suprised how well the townhomes vibe with the street. The landscaping is very well done.
September-08-19, 02:42 PM
SammyS

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Quote:

Originally Posted by JonWylie

I drove through there yesterday and was very suprised how well the townhomes vibe with the street. The landscaping is very well done.

the recessed trees between TH’s are a great touch.
September-08-19, 03:21 PM
ILKSGAMI

Nice pictures! Thanks for sharing
September-08-19, 06:46 PM
Király

Wow! Would love to hear more about those Palmer Park handball courts. I'm guessing built in the 1930s?
September-09-19, 08:51 AM
ndavies

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I received the Certificate of Occupancy and moved into my new Detroit house.Attachment 38901
September-09-19, 09:25 AM
Lowell

Beautiful ndavies, and congrats!
September-09-19, 12:11 PM
One Shot

Drove through downtown yesterday and its soo cool to see people walking around and the many different and VERY nice establishments. Detroit has come further in the last 5 years than it has in the last 50!
September-09-19, 01:15 PM
Danny

Now that's real Detroit on its third renaissance.
September-09-19, 02:34 PM
Gistok

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The recently [[2018) restored Fillmore [[State) Theatre auditorium...

The magnificent chandelier and ornate ceiling of the Fox Theatre...

The restored auditorium of the Detroit Opera House, nearly 25 years after restoration...
September-09-19, 05:25 PM
Ray1936

There are some guys on YouTube who post videos of Detroit that are at the opposite sides of what I see above. Send someone out to kneecap them, please. :)
September-10-19, 03:07 PM
Honky Tonk

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Originally Posted by ndavies

I received the Certificate of Occupancy and moved into my new Detroit house.Attachment 38901

Hi ndavies, Can I ask what it ran? [[ballpark or a link is fine) Thanx.
September-11-19, 07:41 AM
ndavies

Just under $400,000. I did spend about $50k on upgrades
that most people wouldn't buy. Items
such as increased insulation, increased longevity building materials and a very tall garage with beefed up structure.

I plan to retire in this house and wanted to minimize future maintenance. The only thing that should ever need painting in my lifetime is the trim around the doors.
September-11-19, 08:54 AM
JonWylie

Quote:

Originally Posted by ndavies

Just under $400,000. I did spend about $50k on upgrades
that most people wouldn't buy. Items
such as increased insulation, increased longevity building materials and a very tall garage with beefed up structure.

I plan to retire in this house and wanted to minimize future maintenance. The only thing that should ever need painting in my lifetime is the trim around the doors.

Just let us know when the house warming party is.
September-11-19, 12:23 PM
hybridy

Quote:

Originally Posted by ndavies

Just under $400,000. I did spend about $50k on upgrades
that most people wouldn't buy. Items
such as increased insulation, increased longevity building materials and a very tall garage with beefed up structure.

I plan to retire in this house and wanted to minimize future maintenance. The only thing that should ever need painting in my lifetime is the trim around the doors.

Money well spent on those kind of upgrades. Throw a PV array on the garage and some rain-harvest barrels at downspouts and you can almost be off the grid!
September-12-19, 01:00 PM
Honky Tonk

Quote:

Originally Posted by ndavies

Just under $400,000. I did spend about $50k on upgrades
that most people wouldn't buy. Items
such as increased insulation, increased longevity building materials and a very tall garage with beefed up structure.

I plan to retire in this house and wanted to minimize future maintenance. The only thing that should ever need painting in my lifetime is the trim around the doors.

Thanx ndavies. "Most people wouldn't buy" but you're thinking ahead, and I agree with you. Let me what you'd like me to bring to the house warming party!
September-23-19, 09:28 AM
Lowell

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A great and upbeat Detroit story has been the Detroit City Chess Club and the source of and driving-force behind it, Kevin Fite. Started several years ago DCCC has spread chess clubs now into 45 Detroit pubic schools and resulted in regional and national championships. The DCCC plays most Friday's in the foyer of the John R entrance.

It is free and open to all. Having a life-long passion for the game and being a former tournament player, I am delighted to see this game, which trains the mind and teaches patience, being spread to the city and region's youth. If you see some old guy playing, and maybe getting his behind kicked, by some youngster, that just might be me.
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Kevin Fite with DCCC board members Bridgette Motley [L] and Catherine Martinez.
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Feature article in US Chess Federation Magazine praising the DCCC.
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September-23-19, 09:37 AM
Lowell

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...And from Sunday's Free Press a nice article on Cass Tech freshman Charisse Woods, a DCCC product, who is now an international level player for her age.

Article from: Detroit Free Press - September 22, 2019

CHESS PRODIGY ENVISIONS HER NEXT MOVE
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September-23-19, 11:26 AM
mallory

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As a transplanted Detroiter now living in Florida, we make a trip home at least once a year. This time it was Labor Day weekend. Detroit continues to amaze and impress me. And the Tigers won! Damn! Here's a picture we took from the Monarch Club:

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September-23-19, 06:18 PM
NSortzi

For those of you interested, I just posted 100+ photos of renovations and new construction across the city on this thread: http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/show...02019&page=290

The thread in general contains hundreds of pages of real estate developments covering over a decade. Lots to be excited about in the city nowadays!
September-25-19, 01:42 AM
archfan

Quote:

Originally Posted by mallory

As a transplanted Detroiter now living in Florida, we make a trip home at least once a year. This time it was Labor Day weekend. Detroit continues to amaze and impress me. And the Tigers won! Damn! Here's a picture we took from the Monarch Club:

Great photo from the Monarch Club! I have to get up there...
September-28-19, 10:09 AM
artds

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September-28-19, 11:20 PM
Bigdd

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The guardian Building once had a major bank inside it.

I have a $20 bill printed in 1929 from the Guardian National Bank of Detroit.

Anyway,. it's the bank that started the Great Depression. It supposedly held the reserves of 300 smaller banks,.. and when it fell, it took them with it.

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September-28-19, 11:23 PM
DetBill

Great pics from everyone, thanks, as a long time Detroit resident it makes one feel so good to see the city turning around the way it is, we’ve come along way, And have a long way to go still but I really think we are finally on the right track together.
September-29-19, 03:49 PM
Kathleen

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Originally Posted by SammyS

Inn on Ferry Street Addition and Restoration progresses.

This Ferry Street house was sold by Midtown Detroit to Nancy Tellem who "intends to transform the 1887 Queen Anne home into a business accelerator and co-working space for local creatives and media-focused entrepreneurs" [[Crain's Detroit).

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/voices...forms-historic
September-29-19, 11:27 PM
Gistok

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bigdd

The guardian Building once had a major bank inside it.

I have a $20 bill printed in 1929 from the Guardian National Bank of Detroit.

Anyway,. it's the bank that started the Great Depression. It supposedly held the reserves of 300 smaller banks,.. and when it fell, it took them with it.

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Nice image of local national bank currency.

The Union National Trust Bank is the bank that built the Guardian Building, and there were several banking mergers that took place in the late 1920s that produced the Guardian National Bank of Detroit.

Saying that this bank started the Great Depression... not sure I would agree with that. It started on Wall Street. The panic on Wall Street caused many banks nationwide to go under, which precipitated the Great Depression.
September-30-19, 01:40 AM
archfan

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Originally Posted by Gistok

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Saying that this bank started the Great Depression... not sure I would agree with that. It started on Wall Street. The panic on Wall Street caused many banks nationwide to go under, which precipitated the Great Depression.

The rumored failure of Guardian [[and First National Bank of Detroit) led to the wave of bank holidays first in Michigan and then 36 other states in February and March 1933. Eventually, the new Roosevelt administration declared a federal bank holiday before reopening in late March. Guardian and First National were forced to merge to form National Bank of Detroit.

This was three years into the Depression, and things had slowed down a lot by then. Detroit may have had over 400,000 unemployed. The link has many more details.