New riverfront arts destination Stanton Yards coming to Detroit’s Little Village

[Airforceguy]

Never heard of this project, but it looks like it will be a nice addition to the east side.

New waterfront cultural arts destination Stanton Yards coming to Detroit’s Little Village

Multiple boat storage and service facilities lining the Detroit River are transforming into Stanton Yards, a forthcoming waterfront arts destination spearheaded by Library Street Collective co-founders JJ and Anthony Curis.The development is part of the ambitious partners’ new arts corridor Little Village in Detroit’s East Village neighborhood. Once completed, Stanton Yards will be directly across Jefferson Avenue from the other anchor sites in Little Village, including the Shepherd, LANTERN, and Louis Buhl & Co.

“Stanton Yards is an extension of the community-based principles we’ve applied to other cultural developments in Little Village,” the Curises shared in a press release. “The adaptive reuse will breathe new life into a series of maritime buildings while transforming the storage-based marina into a public asset on the waterfront.”
The location got its name from the waterway’s original title, the Stanton Canal, a nod to the site’s industrial history.
The Curises hope that the 13-acre area will emerge as a cultural centerpiece for the community, with over 80,000 square feet of commercial and creative space, 85 boat slips, and programmed waterfront parks. Library Street Collective, in collaboration with neighborhood stakeholders, will also spearhead Stanton Yards’ programming, which will include exhibitions, public activations, and performances.

https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/n...41183/36141527

[Satiricalivory]

Bless this Curis couple and their endless buckets of cash.

[Gistok]

Oh wow... it took me a while to figure out the location, but this is right next door to the Lodge Subdivision... the 3 streets between Jefferson and the river where the Manoogian Mansion is at. 2 of the homes facing this canal [on the right side] are the large turreted house we know as "the castle" and the Blanche [White] House. Wow this will be awesome.

Here is a Google map to that location....

https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3592...8192?entry=ttu

Opposite the Lodge subdivision [on the left] is Waterworks Park.

[Gistok]

Holy crap!! The area north of Jefferson here is going to house its' own little artists colony of sorts... this is amazing!!!

https://www.metrotimes.com/detroit/a...62391/35963073

[Satiricalivory]

^ Yeah, they're doing all of this. It's kinda crazy. They're like single-handedly changing that whole area. I hope it gets a lot of infill development. It's not far from those new houses.

[mwilbert]

That's a big project. I hadn't heard about it at all. Thanks for posting.

Anyone know how it's being funded? That can't be cheap.

[DetroiterOnTheWestCoast]

^ Yeah, they're doing all of this. It's kinda crazy. They're like single-handedly changing that whole area. I hope it gets a lot of infill development. It's not far from those new houses.

Yes, it’s not far from the new houses on Fischer. Perhaps “East Village” will really become a thing!

I LOVE the repurposing on the Good Shepard Church. With church attendance down and the expense of maintaining a big church, it was unlikely that another congregation would have taken it over.

[mwilbert]

It's also only a couple of blocks from the Pewabic Pottery, so you've already got another arts anchor in the immediate vicinity. Certainly hope they have success.

[Neilr]

If you're not familiar with the name "Good Shepard Church," it's the former Annunciation Church on Parkview just up from Jefferson. I'm guessing that the "Park" in Parkview refers to Waterworks Park.

https://detroiturbex.com/content/chu...hep/index.html

[Gistok]

^ AGREE!!! Forgot about the proximity of Pewabic Pottery, just 3 streets over. I didn't see this on the radar at all either. What a great neighborhood that will be. For the folks that are doing this, renovating a church for another use is definitely not cheap.

I love those 2 standalone houses on the same block. They took them and put a large porch veranda around the pair... looks really cool!!
https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3599...8192?entry=ttu

[Henry Whalley]

Anyone know how it's being funded?

Don't know, but I see that the McArthur Binion Foundation AKA Modern Ancient Brown Foundation is housed there.

https://www.modernancientbrown.com/

I remember McArthur Binion from the halls of WSU circa 1966-1970. He's a good artist and a gentle soul. So happy to see he's returned home.

Too bad the city doesn't have an institution like knighthood to bestow on its exceptional creative artists.