Comments on: McGill Carriage House Reimagined

By: IMGoph

IMGoph — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:11:13 +0000

eric: any word if the developer only wanted it pulled so he could come back with a different plan, or has he bailed entirely?

By: bamoll

bamoll — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 13:10:03 +0000

Unbelievable. I hope the NIMBYs are happy. Very sad day for LeDroit.

By: eric

eric — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 00:24:23 +0000

Well thanks to Myla and the NIMBYs, we don’t have to worry about anything other than a vacant, blighted shell on that corner. Developers cancelled their plans.

By: IMGoph

IMGoph — Mon, 26 Apr 2010 01:04:34 +0000

just looking through the list of michigan cities was interesting enough. great find!

By: Nate

Nate — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 13:54:33 +0000

Anyone know if there’s a Google sketchup thing like this for the Gage School?

By: dano

dano — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:57:49 +0000

This would probably bring even more of an uproar than the previous plans, but a thought hit me on the way to work this morning. If the carriage house can’t be reworked into the design so that someone(s) can live there, what about a light retail use like a small coffee/sandwich shop? Use the stalls for a pint sized kitchen, folks would buy their drinks through an opening into the ‘carriage room’ and then move upstairs or to the courtyard to enjoy their purchase.

This would likely need a voluntary agreement with the community regarding hours, but it seems like 7am to 8pm could be agreeable. There would also need to be interest from a coffee shop, and it would be great to see Bloomingdale favorite Big Bear open a branch, or even Saxby’s . I have no idea if that would be economically viable, but with HU students and locals that they could do some good business.

By: eric

eric — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 03:14:58 +0000

nice work!!

By: dano

dano — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 12:59:36 +0000

I love that old book. I am sure that my employer would like to thank you for keeping me from doing any work for the last hour.

The house at 1922 also is in there so you can see the floor plans as designed for the first two floors. So cool. Let’s get the house fixed up and occupied again!