Friday, April 3, 2009

The List – Week of March 8, 2009


HISTORIC PRESERVATION


The Manor at Whittier Park offers affordable homes for adults on the river – Detroit

Flint Central High School faces uncertain future

Striving for a living downtown – Adrian

Proposals sought for historic building – Cadillac

Ambassador Bridge plan gets more time

Barnstruck - Historic structures are a passion for some area residents – Allegan Co.

Funding, plans coming together for $34M mixed-use Sugar Hill in Midtown – Detroit

Historic race track goes up for auction Tuesday – Williams Twp

Sixth Street Bridge walkways, closed for repairs, to re-open within a week – Grand Rapids

Grand Rapids City Commission seeks grant to demolish former Iroquois Middle School

Extreme makeover takes Center Avenue from tired to terrific – Bay City

Detroit's Eastern Market Unveils 10-Year Plan

Boardwalk condos 82 percent sold, new salon, fitness club provide amenities for residents – Grand Rapids

Restoration of Oakland County's Lady Justice nearly complete

Landmark gets movie makeover for Hilary Swank film – Detroit

Update: Fire destroys empty four-story grain building near downtown Clinton

Marvelous marquee: State Theatre's new sign wins international award – Bay City

Affordable housing headed to Commons? – Traverse City

Historic Clinton mill must be torn down

Next Life For Woolen Mill in Eaton Rapids




COOL CITIES, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, MAIN STREET, AND PLANNING


Detroit's new absentee landlords

Downtown Tecumseh attracts investors, seeks businesses, artists for ‘urban community’

Downtown density studied – Ann Arbor

Habitat for Humanity to dismantle vacant Saginaw homes

MDOT contract for design of intermodal rail station extended

City of Lansing Receives $1.5 Million to Improve Neighborhoods

Ypsilanti jumps into Aerotropolis development

Detroit mass transit- our future in high speed rail and light rail commuting

Bids for Woodward rail line being reviewed




ARCHAEOLOGY, ARCHITECTURE, ARTS & CULTURE, AND ASSORTED ANECDOTES


Key 1812 battles won through use of rare alliance

Dead malls

10 Things They Love About The Villages (Ripped from Facebook) – Detroit

State support of the arts fades with hard times

Architect's revelations show that no-one can hide from the financial crisis

DDA provides funding for auto history signs – Romeo

DDA selects Rowe to create Main Street plans – Romeo

Museum marks historic meeting of abolitionists in Detroit

Recession architecture: 'the icon era is over'

The architecture of recession

For Sale: The $100 House




PLACES NOT CALLED MICHIGAN


All Boarded Up – Cleveland, OH

Iowa's old barns record quite a legacy

First sketches of Maritime Museum revealed – London, UK

State Street's revival through Boston eyes: Killing the transit mall opened the door to the street's rebirth – Chicago

Outside Atlanta, a Utopia Rises – Palmetto, GA

A sustained appetite for sustainable homes – Toronto, Canada

Sears Tower to change name to Willis Tower

For Sale: Reasonably-Sized City on Western Bank of Lake Michigan

A rare chance to buy a Frank Lloyd Wright house – Los Banos, CA

Department of State Selects Final Architectural Firms To Prepare Designs for the New London Embassy

For Berlin Museum, a Modern Makeover That Doesn’t Deny the Wounds of War

Historic section of building spared – Indianapolis

Missouri lawmakers propose limits on historic preservation tax credits

Older cities require both credit, respect

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