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October 30, 2017 by Preservation Detroit in Development, Historic Buildings, PD News

Statement on the Barat House

We are disappointed in the Detroit Institute of Art’s (DIA) decision to demolish the Barat House. Now-former DIA employee Paul Szewcyzk wrote an excellent blog post about the history and architecture of the Barat House, which you can read here. When we first learned that the DIA had purchased the

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September 27, 2017 by Preservation Detroit in Historic Buildings, Our Blog, Preservation in Action

Preservation Detroit — Statement on the National Theatre

There is no doubt that the redevelopment of the Monroe Block is a transformative project for downtown Detroit, and overall we are pleased with the design, scale, and density of this project on a block that has senselessly sat vacant for far too long. However, we are unsatisfied with the

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September 27, 2017 by Preservation Detroit in Historic Buildings, Our Blog, Photography

Facadectomy 101

First things first: What is a façade? What is a facadectomy? Facadism? A façade refers to any of the exterior faces of a building but is principally used to describe the principal face of the building and more generally references a side of the building facing a street or public

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August 23, 2017 by Preservation Detroit in Action Alerts, Help Out, Historic Buildings, Preservation in Action

Our Statement on the Hotel Ansonia and Atlanta Apartments

We were alerted yesterday in Facebook posts by Mark Hall and others that crews were on site at the Ansonia / Atlanta Apartments. The very same structures that Olympia slated for demolition earlier this summer. Preservation Detroit worked closely with our partners in the city and all of YOU to

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