This little chapel is one of the most complete Saxon churches surviving in England. It was built in 1056 so is pre-Norman. In the C17th it was incorporated into a farmhouse, because why wouldn't you?
No internal shots because it's not dramatic internally but if like me all your spidey senses start screaming in old bldgs then there's a lot to see.
Not sure about the historic district designation as far as the City of #Detroit is concerned... I had assumed it already was (but I have only been in Detroit for about a year so I am still playing catch up 😅).
@AllyD That's really good! It's great to see if broken down my architect and really helps show that Glasgow is a lot more than just Alexander 'Greek' Thomson and Charles Rennie MacKintosh.
@AllyD Very well put! In my day job, I come across many organisations which find themselves ties into expensive licenced software products because they presumed they were the best and now cannot leave without losing access to all their data.
This building is planned to be renovated into residential units under the so-called "District Detroit" project which has received significant city and state financial backing.
Here is a unique one that I snapped yesterday in #Detroit.
This is from inside the original stairwell of the Kales Building (opened in 1914), looking out, at the stabilized facade that used to be part of the now-demolished Adams Theatre Building.
Since the Hotel Charlevoix was part of Detroit's historical district, Sacks could not tear it down (without permission from the city) when he acquired it in 1981.
So, Sacks sat on it until it literally fell apart.
Sacks' goal all along was to create a surface parking lot.
Doug Ford's destructive #Bill23 will negatively impact cities & towns, & villages across Ontario.
"In #Niagara, heritage plays a large role in the region’s history and tourism. This can be seen in areas such as Niagara-on-the-Lake, which is reliant on heritage for their economy, as well as St. Catharines, whose historical architecture takes up a significant part of Niagara’s wine and #tourism industry."
@gemelliz That's one of the most awful things to me: that DoFo is using the housing crisis as opportunity for grift. Solving the crisis includes developers building housing, and pushing back against NIMBY excesses. But with the corruption surrounding it, then all housing-related actions become guilty by association.
@PapyrusBrigade@gemelliz Every crisis (education, healthcare etc) is a profit opportunity for Ford’s owners. And they love how stupidly obedient he is.