Detroit Photo of the Day

[Allan]

Thursday, October 6, 2005

A clock with hands but no face

[ZachariahDaMan]

Weird looking clock

[Michi]

Michi,

Hotel Yorba is still operational. These days it is more like an apartment building, though it appeared that some truckers who had just come over from Canada were staying the night there.

Oh, thanks for that info. I didn't know that.

That clock pic is very mysterious. It helps tell the story of Detroit.

[hudkina]

Ramcharger, I bet they don't have benches because the homeless would probably use them as beds.

[Allan]

Friday, October 7, 2005

The city from the 30th floor of 150 W. Jefferson.

[ZachariahDaMan]

Great picture! What's the big building on the right part of the picture?

[Michi]

Awesome picture, Allan!

[Allan]

Thanks guys!

ZachariahDaMan, the big building on the right is the Penobscot.

[Zissou]

Great picture. You continue to make me jealous with all of the great locations you are able to take photos from.

[NCB]

Great Picture Allan!

[Allan]

Saturday, October 8, 2005

The Guardian Building

Sunday, October 9, 2005

The Ambassador Bridge

[Zissou]

Alright now your just pissing me off.

[Allan]

Alright now your just pissing me off.

LOL, it never hurts to have too many friends in high places.

Maybe you just need to become a Detroit photo whore like me.

It helps that I practically live downtown these days. I have way too much free time on my hands. And people told me that taking 20 credits wasn't possible! Of course it helps that I'm taking about 10 credits of bullcrap. LOL.

[ZachariahDaMan]

Wow, that second picture is beautiful Allan.

[hudkina]

If anyone wants a great view of the Detroit skyline from a few miles down the river, they should check out Portofino's in Wyandotte.

[NCB]

Both of those pictures are great, Allan!

[Allan]

Ugh...horrible lapses in the photo of the day again. I really can't help it though. It's midterms, and I've been working 24/7 on my presentation for Thursday. I haven't actually left the building where my studio is for two days now. I haven't slept in three days either, but sleep is overrated.

Anyway, Here is north Corktown....

[Wordsmith]

The only thing I dislike about these houses is that they have an open floorplan. I'm a traditionalist and that kind of floor plan bothers me. But the advantages outweigh my own personal pet peeve.

WS

[jackson]

whats so special about those houses? Those are terribly designed, by any standard

[ZachariahDaMan]

Nice picture, the houses are really colorful.

Edited October 13, 2005 by ZachariahDaMan

[statedude3]

To be honest, if the homes are occupied than I'm not worried how they look. As long as the lot is being used for something good, I dont care what is on it. At this point in redevelopment, I dont think we can be picky about new housing that goes up in the city-that is picky about the design. The important thing is that homes are being built and occupied.

[Michi]

whats so special about those houses? Those are terribly designed, by any standard

The last time I checked, Detroit is a very poor city. Most of its residents can't afford a typical loft in Manhattan.

[detroitfan]

I like them they fit in nicely with the North Corktown neighborhood. The GCDC has done pretty good job making affordable housing attractive

Model D did story on them this week

http://www.modeldmedia.com/features/northcktwn.aspx

[Wordsmith]

Yes, the houses were inspired by and supposed to fit in with their historical neighbors by mimicking what was being built back then. I think they've done a pretty good job of that. But like I said, it's the open floorplan that gets me.

WS

[jackson]

hmmm.... I don't know what a loft in manhattan has to do with this, but I was really wondering why a picture of houses only distinctive in their poor architectural design was posted in the first place. I'm not against the fact that it was posted, I'm really just wondering why, because maybe there's a good answer.

I like them they fit in nicely with the North Corktown neighborhood.

well I don't know too much about Detroit, as I have never been there, assuming that North Corktown is a historical neighborhood, its easy for me to distinguish these houses as new based on their unintelligent design. Bad design is a good indicator that something was built in the last 50 years. So unless N. Corktown is made up of poorly designed houses (which I highly doubt, as it is in Detroit, a city of architectural excellence), I can't imagine how these houses would blend in with a historical context. What's even more ridiculous, is that these houses obviously aren't designed in a contemporary style, which leads me to believe they were commissioned specifically to fit in a historical context. This demonstrates how bad the architect is that designed these houses, because designing wood frame, multi-family houses is not a particularly difficult commission, and this particular designer made a simple assignment terrible. I mean, if this was done by a high school student taking an architecture class, it would be alright (but even my high school, which was very small, btw, produced houses far superior to these). But for someone who gets paid to design a house, this is an example of absolutely no design ability. The fa

Edited October 13, 2005 by jackson