Lafayette Park, Detroit
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| Mies van der Rohe Residential District, Lafayette Park | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
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| Location: | Detroit, Michigan |
| Built/Founded: | 1963 |
| Architect: | Ludwig Mies van der Rohe |
| Architectural style(s): | International style |
| Added to NRHP: | August 01, 1996 |
The Lafayette Park development is a large park and complex of apartments and housing cooperatives just east of downtown Detroit, Michigan. The area is part of the Mies van der Rohe Residential District listed in the National Register of Historic Places.[1]
The 78-acre urban renewal project was originally called the Gratiot Park Development. Planned by Mies van der Rohe, Ludwig Hilberseimer and Alfred Caldwell it includes a landscaped, 19-acre park with no through traffic, in which these and other low-rise apartment buildings are sited. The apartment buildings of Lafayette Park are classic examples of Mies' International Style, with their simplicity, clean proportions, and cladding of tinted glass and aluminum.
The park and development are located roughly half-way between downtown and Chene Park, and are also close to Belle Isle and the MacArthur Bridge. There is also easy access to I-375, Gratiot Avenue, and Jefferson Avenue.
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[edit] Constituent buildings
| Building Name | Floors | Year Completed |
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| 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative | 29 | 1961 |
| Lafayette Pavillion Apartments | 22 | 1958 |
| Lafayette Towers Apartments East | 22 | 1963 |
| Lafayette Towers Apartments West | 22 | 1963 |
| The Windsor Tower | 21 | 1965 |
[edit] Gallery
 Lafayette Park Detroit includes shopping |
 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative in the foreground, Lafayette Pavillion Apartments in the background |
 Lafayette Park's constituent apartment buildings |
 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative |
 1300 Lafayette East |
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Vitullo-Martin, Julio, with photo by Mike Russell (December 22, 2007).The Biggest Mies Collection: His Lafayette Park residential development thrives in Detroit.The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved on April 21, 2008.
[edit] References
- Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3.
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