Ransom Gillis House in Brush Park

**DetroiterOnTheWestCoast** · September-08-15, 08:27 PM

Windows being installed make a house look alive again.

**Honky Tonk** · September-09-15, 04:56 AM

She's not "restoring" anything, she's rehabbing, or "remuddling", as Old House Journal likes to call it, an old house. To "restore" it, it should end up looking like the black & white photo dbest posted, which, of course, it won't. The Twitter feed was amusing. It reads like a bunch of giddy schoolgirls creaming over the school jock.

**gumby** · September-09-15, 06:37 AM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

She's not "restoring" anything, she's rehabbing, or "remuddling", as Old House Journal likes to call it, an old house. To "restore" it, it should end up looking like the black & white photo dbest posted, which, of course, it won't. The Twitter feed was amusing. It reads like a bunch of giddy schoolgirls creaming over the school jock.

Would you rather they tore it down? Because that was the only other option.

**Honky Tonk** · September-09-15, 07:46 AM

Originally Posted by gumby

Would you rather they tore it down? Because that was the only other option.

What's the point of your post? Why are you bringing up "tearing it down"? Did I say I wanted it "tore down"? My point is it's not a restore, what's yours?

**gumby** · September-09-15, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

What's the point of your post? Why are you bringing up "tearing it down"? Did I say I wanted it "tore down"? My point is it's not a restore, what's yours?

Did you have a worthwhile point to your post. My point was instead of bitching that it isn't an exact restoration perhaps we can be happy it isn't in a landfill now.

**Honky Tonk** · September-09-15, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by gumby

Did you have a worthwhile point to your post. My point was instead of bitching that it isn't an exact restoration perhaps we can be happy it isn't in a landfill now.

I already told you my point. Reading is fundamental. Inserting your own BS, isn't.

**Danny** · September-09-15, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by Honky Tonk

She's not "restoring" anything, she's rehabbing, or "remuddling", as Old House Journal likes to call it, an old house. To "restore" it, it should end up looking like the black & white photo dbest posted, which, of course, it won't. The Twitter feed was amusing. It reads like a bunch of giddy schoolgirls creaming over the school jock.

What Ms. Curtis is doing is saving what's left of the Ransom Gillis House. The home is very historic and it represents 19th Century Americana before all the process "Levittown"-esque cardboard bungalows. Years ago those Canucks from Windsor tried to rehab most Brush Park homes, but when they ran out of funding, Mayor Young told them to leave. I'm glad that Ms. Curtis save the Ransom Gillis house. Hopefully she would restore the rest of the remaining homes in Brush Park.

So be glad that most historic Detroit homes and buildings are being saved. For a long time folks in Detroit's inner city hoods don't have any money or time to restore their homes and buildings. Just live in and tear em'up and burn them down.

**Honky Tonk** · September-09-15, 10:02 AM

Originally Posted by Danny

What Ms. Curtis is doing is saving what's left of the Ransom Gillis House. The home is very historic and it represents 19th Century Americana before all the process "Levittown"-esque cardboard bungalows. Years ago those Canucks from Windsor tried to rehab most Brush Park homes, but when they ran out of funding, Mayor Young told them to leave. I'm glad that Ms. Curtis save the Ransom Gillis house. Hopefully she would restore the rest of the remaining homes in Brush Park.

So be glad that most historic Detroit homes and buildings are being saved. For a long time folks in Detroit's inner city hoods don't have any money or time to restore their homes and buildings. Just live in and tear em'up and burn them down.

What Ms. Curtis is doing, is rehabbing what's left of the Ransom Gillis House, creating an audience for her TV show, selling air time, and making money. There's nothing wrong with any of that, but it's not a restore, Ok? I'm familiar with that neighborhood. Back around 1990, several people with way less clout than Ms. Curtis, fought tooth and nail, and tried to restore a few of those homes, down to the period wallpaper, ornamentation, and furniture. They were offered no assistance from the City. These homes were eventually ransacked, stripped, and burned. People then gave up. Few people managed to fence off the homes to protect them, and after you had "development" in that area, you see what is left in Brush Park now. You want to see "restored" homes, try Romeo, IV, or maybe some in BE.

**Towne Cluber** · September-09-15, 01:35 PM

According to her Facebook page, she was just the victim of a robbery and attempted car jacking.

**TTime** · September-09-15, 05:31 PM

Originally Posted by Towne Cluber

According to her Facebook page, she was just the victim of a robbery and attempted car jacking.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=350bA-3UGH8

**warsaw7** · September-09-15, 06:16 PM

Originally Posted by Towne Cluber

According to her Facebook page, she was just the victim of a robbery and attempted car jacking.

But with Dan G's group of Rock mercenaries and his endless bevy of cameras downtown, how was this criminal able to get able with this dastardly deed?!?!

Sounds like a job for Captain Hindsight!

**masterblaster** · September-09-15, 04:34 PM

This is very, very, very embarassing. I am so sorry that this happens to her. I hope she still is optimistic about the city and continues to do these inspiring restorations.

DetroitBoy · September-10-15, 05:00 AM

It was only a matter of time before this happened. I am surprised she wasn't knifed when she was working on the house on Grand Boulevard. Even though she tries to put a smile on it, she saw her entire life pass before her eyes. Typical, daily occurrence in the City of Detroit. When will the city ever get serious and get the thugs like this off the street?

The more things change in Detroit, the more they stay the same.

http://www.wxyz.com/news/region/detroit/rehab-addict-star-nicole-curtis-robbed-in-detroit

**Danny** · September-10-15, 06:09 AM

I got robbed at gunpoint. That will not stop me from coming to Detroit.

Nicole Curtis got robbed by thug hoodies. That will not stop her from coming to Detroit.

Doesn't matter if you're a Detroiter, suburbanite, or from somewhere. Thugs and folks wearing Trayvon Martins will rob, shoot and kill anyone who resists. It's a crime of opportunity. If folks don't a job, education or money. They will rob, shoot and kill and take to get it. It's being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

DetroitBoy · September-10-15, 06:20 AM

Originally Posted by Danny

I got robbed at gunpoint. That will not stop me from coming to Detroit.

Nicole Curtis got robbed by thug hoodies. That will not stop her from coming to Detroit.

Doesn't matter if you're a Detroiter, suburbanite, or from somewhere. Thugs and folks wearing Trayvon Martins will rob, shoot and kill anyone who resists. It's a crime of opportunity. If folks don't a job, education or money. They will rob, shoot and kill and take to get it. It's being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Since you are saying they will do anything and kill anyone they want, I think the police should have the ability to shoot first and ask questions later. Lots of immigrants come to the U.S. and have no jobs, education or money and they WORK to improve themselves. Why should other people in this country expect anything less from their own people?

Getting mighty tired of hearing how certain people think they can continue to get away with this shit and crowds of people screaming 'black lives matter' when the police take them out.

**Gpwrangler** · September-10-15, 07:57 AM

Originally Posted by Danny

I got robbed at gunpoint. That will not stop me from coming to Detroit.

Nicole Curtis got robbed by thug hoodies. That will not stop her from coming to Detroit.

Doesn't matter if you're a Detroiter, suburbanite, or from somewhere. Thugs and folks wearing Trayvon Martins will rob, shoot and kill anyone who resists. It's a crime of opportunity. If folks don't a job, education or money. They will rob, shoot and kill and take to get it. It's being at the wrong place at the wrong time.

Sometimes the criminal can be at the wrong place at the wrong time too, so be careful who you rob.

**gumby** · September-10-15, 06:40 AM

I love how people are trying to make it sound like her life was in danger or this was some sort of attempted carjacking. According to the article I read someone snatched a purse through an open window in her car.

**Scottathew** · September-10-15, 07:39 AM

Originally Posted by gumby

I love how people are trying to make it sound like her life was in danger or this was some sort of attempted carjacking. According to the article I read someone snatched a purse through an open window in her car.

[sarcasm]Yeah, why would she be in danger? It's not like people ever get killed when they're being robbed. Usually these people are nice folks that thought it was their stuff.[/sarcasm]

When thugs do stuff like this the threat of force is implied. If you try to get your stuff back you might be staring at a knife, gun, or a multiple thugs looking to do you harm for resisting, and this case, being being a part of the majority.

I don't think this is a huge setback for Detroit, but it is a reminder of the reality of the problems we need to fight.

**Dbest** · September-10-15, 06:58 AM

DetroitBoy= DB

**gumby** · September-10-15, 07:57 AM

She wasn't "robbed". That denotes taken by force. This was a larceny. It was a snatch and run. Plus lets not ignore the racist tones this thread has taken. People here should be ashamed of themselves.

**Scottathew** · September-10-15, 08:01 AM

Originally Posted by gumby

Plus lets not ignore the racist tones this thread has taken. People here should be ashamed of themselves.

It's reality. Just as black people have to worry about themselves around cops, white people have to worry about themselves when in predominately black areas. Ask Steve Utash, he'd probably agree.

**Hypestyles** · September-10-15, 09:56 AM

Originally Posted by 48307

It's reality. Just as black people have to worry about themselves around cops, white people have to worry about themselves when in predominately black areas. Ask Steve Utash, he'd probably agree.

no they don't. They're actually safer vs. the cop situation.

**iheartthed** · September-10-15, 10:09 AM

Originally Posted by 48307

It's reality. Just as black people have to worry about themselves around cops, white people have to worry about themselves when in predominately black areas. Ask Steve Utash, he'd probably agree.

Whoa......

**Scottathew** · September-10-15, 10:18 AM

Originally Posted by iheartthed

Whoa......

So you're telling me that you honestly believe that white people don't have to worry about going through black neighborhoods? You don't think Steve Utash's near-death beating had anything to do with race?

I think all racism is bad. The racism that still exists that black people are the victims of, as well as the other way around. We can deny it, or we can recognize that it does exist, it's a bad thing, and do our best to teach our children to be better.