Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood to get National Treasure status

[Lowell]

I always thought this neighborhood had great potential, being along the river and with the stability of Grosse Pointe adjacent. Hopefully this will send it into overdrive.

"The National Trust for Historic Preservation is to announce this morning that the Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood on Detroit's far east side has been designated a National Treasure.

This will be Michigan's first National Treasure, and just one of 70 in the United States.

The Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood, with residential and commercial buildings built primarily in the 1920s, runs along East Jefferson Avenue from Alter Road to Conner Avenue.

The designation means the neighborhood will have the attention and resources of the national organization to preserve and improve its buildings, said Mary Lu Seidel, National Trust for Historic Preservation Chicago field director who also is project manager for the Jefferson-Chalmers project."
http://www.crainsdetroit.com/article...reasure-status

This could help add momentum to saving the Vanity Ballroom being discussed here.
http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthr...llroom-Emerges