Updates
Oodles of vintage postcards added
May. 7, 2012
NEW POSTCARDS: We’ve added nearly 200 vintage postcards to our galleries. Check them out here or by clicking on that big ol’ honkin’ new-fangled snazzy box on the right there.
SAVE HISTORY: An online petition has been started to try to convince Wayne State University to save the American Beauty Iron building, which it wants to level for a parking lot. Find the petition right here.
GET CONSTANT UPDATES: We don’t update the site every day, but our Facebook page gets lots of lovin’ every day. Be sure to “like” us and get constant news and links to stuff you’ll want to know about.
Thanks for sticking with us while we get things reelin’ and rockin’ like Chuck Berry.
-d.a.
New building added
Apr. 25, 2012
Added a history, old photos and postcards of the old Detroit Public Library downtown. This building had one of the most beautiful rooms ever constructed in Detroit. But much like LeVar Burton, you don’t have to take my word for it: Go to the gallery and see for yourself. -d.a.
Also have added about 140 postcards to the popular vintage Detroit Postcards section. Not all sections are populated yet, but they’re getting there. Thanks for your patience; this is a mind-numbingly time-consuming process.
New building added
Apr. 5, 2012
HistoricDetroit contributor Denise McGeen has a write-up for you on One Woodward Avenue, one of Detroit’s most important buildings from the 1960s. Designed by Minoru Yamasaki, the same architect who did the World Trade Center in New York, One Woodward is testament that Detroit’s glory years of architecture did not stop in the 1930s. We’ve also got historic postcards and photos and current shots of the landmark, too. You also can read about the building torn down to build One Woodward, the Hotel Norton.
Playing catch-up
Apr. 2, 2012
Been slack with updating this main page with updates, but we’re adding new stuff almost daily here at HistoricDetroit.org.
Some items of note:
The last of East Catholic High School was demolished on March 31.
Bricks fell from the Hotel Charlevoix on March 30, damaging a car.
The Broderick Tower announced it has filled nearly 60% of its residences ahead of its September opening. From 11 a.m.-5 p.m. April 5, you can take a tour of the Broderick as part of the Tigers Opening Day festivities. Questions and to RSVP: info@brodericktower.com or 313.596.6000.
Mayor Dave Bing announced March 7 that the derelict Brewster-Douglass towers will be demolished.
At the Wurlitzer Building, the entire rear wall of the top floor was removed because the building kept shedding bricks. Work to shore up the crumbling landmark had been ongoing at the end of last year.
New photos added to the site of almost too many buildings to name, including the Metropolitan Building