Anyone remember Joni Mitchell from her days at the Verona?

[Henry Whalley]

The apartment building on Ferry east of Cass?

[jcole]

I don't remember it; I was a preteen at the time, but here's a nice article about it:
https://www.hourdetroit.com/community/sixties-folklore/

The apartment building on Ferry east of Cass?

[Henry Whalley]

The Verona was so Victorian that even the cockroaches wore bloomers and waistcoats.

[EastsideAl]

I know someone who has an apartment/office in the Verona, and it is still a beautiful building. In better condition now, I suspect, than it was back in the '60s when that type of architecture and decor was disdained. And certainly more expensive.

My parents were big on folk music in those days and spent a lot of nights at Chess Mate and Raven Gallery. The Chuck and Joni thing was really short-lived. Only a couple of years at most. And, as the article indicates, apparently a bit awkward as a performing duo. My parents liked them though and there are a couple of Joni's early albums that I have from my dad's record collection.

[jcole]

Joni moved on to Graham Nash in short order, so it was okay for her. But even shorter lived; 2 yrs

I know someone who has an apartment/office in the Verona, and it is still a beautiful building. In better condition now, I suspect, than it was back in the '60s when that type of architecture and decor was disdained. And certainly more expensive.

My parents were big on folk music in those days and spent a lot of nights at Chess Mate and Raven Gallery. The Chuck and Joni thing was really short-lived. Only a couple of years at most. And, as the article indicates, apparently a bit awkward as a performing duo. My parents liked them though and there are a couple of Joni's early albums that I have from my dad's record collection.

[Henry Whalley]

I don't remember it; I was a preteen at the time, but here's a nice article about it:

In this interview, Joni Mitchell talks about escaping from her marriage in Detroit:

A Conversation with Joni Mitchell [[youtube.com)

I remember a few interesting Verona residents including Gary Andrews, Linda Bradley, Mike Slaski, Ates Tanin, Roy Grigsby, Richard Rosenberg, Marlene Tyre, and Dave Darakjian. Also living there was a swarthy, hirsute, stocky, seldom-bathed, mentally ill person named Rick who IIRC was schizophrenic. Except for Richard Rosenberg -- who was kindly toward him and protective -- most people avoided Rick.

Next door to the Verona one building to the east lived Howard Weingarden, who had his days and nights mixed up. All night long he used to paint while blasting hideous IMHO Wagner operas right next to my bedroom window. The operas and summer heat forced me to vacate my Verona lodgings.

Looking back, it seems funny but at the time it pissed me off.

https://www.detroitartistsworkshop.c...garden-howard/