Another one from down on Fort Street. I have always admired this one from the Bridge crossing over, and I have long been meaning to shoot it.
It’s a big place, 95,000 sq ft of office and 130,000 sq ft of warehouse.
Sadly the Crown Enterprises sign informs us that it is owned by Mr. Moroun, and it will likely remain vacant.
It still sports the Greyhound logo and name, but as best as I can tell, it would appear that the property transfered to the Central Transport Family in January 2003. The building looks to be in good shape from Fort St. (I didn’t check out the Lafayette side) , and has a S.E.V. of $806,223. Property taxes in 2005 were a whoping $61,234.07.
Above is an old Fire map of the building, it notes:
No Watchman – Men on duty day and night
The building was the operation hub of Greyhound in Detroit, holding the general offices, dispatch office, Motor & Electric repair, upholstery repair, a paint shop, and service/lube/oil bays. The garage portion had the capacity to hold 135 busses. I couldn’t come up with a date of construction but, it would appear to be late ’30’s early ’40’s. Industrial Streamlined Moderne at its finest.
Yes. The beautiful side of town. That’s right near that area of the city that good ole Matty Marun (or however you spell it) bought up all that land around the Bridge. He’s taking just as great a care of the buildings on the land as his the Bridge itself. Cool building though.
Andrew, another excellent photo with map and background information. I never get tired of telling you how much I enjoy your work and hold it in high esteem as a historical record. I use to live in LA and they had a excellent preservation group out there called the LA Conservancy but they still had a battle to save the historical structures. Sorry to say they lost more battles than they won but they did do a good job. I hope we have good preservation groups in Detroit and Windsor.
Great shots Andrew…as always. The painting of the dog running is something everyone remembers from early on – PRICELESS.