Parc Lafayette Condominiums

[Neilr]

Here's a 2 part scan of an article from the Free Press, March 1, 1980, written about the time when the development was converted from rental apartments to condominiums. The picture gives a nice view of some balconies, a roof deck, and a corner of the east end of the courtyard. The edge of the six story mid-rise building is on the right side of the picture.

Notice the deep planter boxes which edged the units all around the courtyard. They created a nice separation of the private space next to the windows and the public area around the courtyard. As the maintenance of Parc Lafayette declined, the planters started to bulge. Parc Lafayette's "fix' was to band them with thin metal straps which, not surprisingly, did not save them. They were then removed.