Lafayette Park, Detroit
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Lafayette Park in Detroit is a modernist residential development renowned for its glass-and-steel townhouses and towers designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe as part of an influential urban renewal project.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
modernist housing development
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residential neighborhood ⓘ urban renewal project ⓘ |
| architect | Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle | Modernist architecture ⓘ |
| boundedBy |
Chene Street
NERFINISHED
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Gratiot Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ I-375 ⓘ Lafayette Boulevard NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| builtOn | former Black Bottom neighborhood ⓘ |
| constructionStart | 1950s ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| era | post–World War II ⓘ |
| feature |
glass-and-steel townhouses
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high-rise residential towers ⓘ park-like landscaped grounds ⓘ superblock site planning ⓘ |
| hasBuildingType |
apartment tower
ⓘ
rowhouse ⓘ townhouse ⓘ |
| hasHistoricDesignation | listed on the National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| hasLandUse |
parkland
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residential ⓘ |
| hasMaterial |
concrete
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glass ⓘ steel ⓘ |
| influenced | later modernist housing developments in the United States ⓘ |
| influencedBy | European modernist planning ⓘ |
| landscapeArchitect | Alfred Caldwell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Detroit
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Michigan ⓘ Wayne County, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Marquis de Lafayette ⓘ |
| near | Downtown Detroit ⓘ |
| partOf | Detroit urban renewal program ⓘ |
| planningConcept |
high-rise towers in a park
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mixed-density residential development ⓘ separation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
important work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
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landmark of postwar urban renewal ⓘ significant example of mid-20th-century modernist planning ⓘ |
| significantBuilding |
Lafayette Pavilion Apartments
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Lafayette Towers Apartments East ⓘ Lafayette Towers Apartments West ⓘ Mies van der Rohe Townhouses ⓘ |
| style | International Style ⓘ |
| urbanPlanner | Ludwig Hilberseimer ⓘ |
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