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 apartment buildings 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.
The 78-acre urban renewal project was originally called the Gratiot Park Development. Planned by Mies van der Rohe and Ludwig Hilberseimer 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 is also close to Belle Isle and the MacArthur Bridge. There is also easy access to I-375, Gratiot Avenue, and Jefferson Avenue.
[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] See also
- Architecture of metropolitan Detroit
- Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
- Neighborhoods and projects in Detroit, Michigan
[edit] External links
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