Posted on 09/08/2014 2:37:43 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
That would qualify as the maid’s quarters compared to the house that went on sale in Florida today for 139 mil.
OK I looked through the pix. How could anyone afford to HEAT the place?
Detroit is huge, sprawling. Many neighborhoods are ghetto, most neighborhoods are, but there are pockets like Palmer Woods that are still beautiful and intact.
Places like Corktown and Mexicantown are booming.
Thank you for posting. A LOT of great photos at the link.
Palmer Park is a real city park quite large in land, between 7 and 8 mile if I remember correctly...Had mounted barns for the horses, ponds and the original Palmer log cabin...Palmer Woods was across from the park, all mansions. I use to go to Palmer Park all the time, lived there. (a couple miles away) but as kids we use to walk to the park...Detroit had some of the larges and most beautiful parks back in the 40’s. Like Belle Isle, sits in the middle of the Detroit river, city park about 7 miles long with its own zoo at one time and beach on the Detroit river...had its own herd of deer also, don’t remember the breed, not White tail deer...beautiful arboretum, with a room for desert flora and an orchid room with a small waterfall....At one time it was one of the most beautiful citys in the country....
8.5 miles from downtown Detroit and sometimes called the third wealthiest community in the entire country.
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“Like Belle Isle, sits in the middle of the Detroit river, city park about 7 miles long with its own zoo at one time and beach on the Detroit river...had its own herd of deer also, don’t remember the breed, not White tail deer...beautiful arboretum, with a room for desert flora and an orchid room with a small waterfall..”
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About 6 months ago I first heard about Belle Isle so I took a Google Map “drive” all through it. I was stunned at how beautiful it was, and envied Detroit residents who were lucky enough to be able to use it.
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Maybe just one more year....looking very seriously at Romulus and 2-5 acre lots.
“I was, ahem, at a bar in the Briggs neighborhood just recently. A guy walked in, and lit-up a smoke. Nobody even blinked.”
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That in itself makes me wish I lived there.
I live in MA. Yep,I’m a pariah. (And I really don’t care.) :-)
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Belle Isle is a state park now. Another plus is the fact that it has a major Indycar race again. They started tearing up the roads this summer before the last fans had even left the island for a totally new track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IxUADEaZ2VU#t=67
Downton Abbey in Detroit
Detroit is not stagnant. Things are much different there now.
Whole Foods just moved there too I believe. Dan Gilbert bought blocks and blocks and is moving in businesses like Quicken.
Detroit will return the made in America/manufacturing to this country and hopefully provide something to buy that is not from China.
We're hoping to move there next summer.
No kidding. I keep trying....people are amazed that we hope to move to Detroit next year.
See my link at #48.
Corktown or bust!
Thanks for that video——what a beautiful place. I don’t follow car races but visited Watkins Glen once and watched a practice.:-)
I’ve never been to MI,but my grandaughter was there last weekend for a cross country college event in Northville.She had a great time.
Someday I’ll get to Mackinac Island and The Upper Peninsula-—please God.
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