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39595 Ord 32_12_39595 Ord 32_12 12/19/12 9:55 AM Page 1 ORDINANCE NO. 32-12 ORDINANCE NO. 32-12 the alley west of and parallel to ChAptER 25 Woodward Avenue, thence northwesterly ARtIClE II along the centerline of said alley to the AN ORDINANCE tO AMEND point of beginning. [Legal description: ChAptER 25, ARtIClE II, Of thE Lots 47, 48, and 57-82, Plat of Section 8, 1984 DEtROIt CIty CODE by Governor & Judges Plan, Liber 34 of ADDINg sECtION 25-2-189 tO Deeds, Page 543, Wayne County EstAblIsh thE CApItAl pARk Records.] lOCAl hIstORIC DIstRICt AND tO (D) The defined elements of design, as DEfINE thE ElEMENts Of DEsIgN provided for in Section 25-2-2 of this fOR thE DIstRICt. Code, are as follows: AN ORDINANCE to amend Chapter 25, (1) Height. The eighteen contributing Article II, of the 1984 Detroit City buildings in the district range in height Code by adding section 25-2-189 to from one (1) to thirty-seven (37) stories establish the Capitol park local tall with the average height being nine (9) historic District and to define the stories tall. The buildings on the west side elements of design for the district. of Griswold Street range in height from IT IS HEREBY ORDAINED BY THE the two-story structure at 1427-1439 PEOPLE OF THE CITY OF DETROIT Griswold Street and two one-story non- THAT: contributing buildings located at 1405 and section 1. Chapter 25, Article II, of the 1201 Griswold Street to the eleven (11) 1984 Detroit City Code is amended by story Smith Building at 1145 Griswold adding Section 25-2-189 to read as Street and State Street. On the east side follows: of Griswold Street, buildings range in sec. 25-2-189. Capitol park local height from the two (2) story Wayne historic District. County and Home Savings Bank at 44 (A) A historic district to be known as Michigan Avenue at the corner of the Capitol Park Local Historic District is Griswold Street and Michigan Avenue to established in accordance with the provi- the towering thirty-seven (37) story David sions of this article. Stott building at 1150 Griswold Street on (B) This historic district designation is the corner of Griswold Street and Grand certified as being consistent with the River Avenue. Most buildings in the dis- Detroit Master Plan. trict abut one another to define a fairly (C) The boundaries of the Capitol Park continuous streetscape with the exception Local Historic Dis trict are as shown on the of through streets and empty lots used for map on file in the office of the City Clerk, surface parking. In general, there is little and are as follows: uniformity of building heights within the Beginning at the intersection of the district. centerline of the alley west of and parallel (2) Proportion of Buildings’ Front to Woodward Avenue and the centerline Façades. The proportions of individual of the alley east of and parallel to front façades vary greatly within the dis- Washington Boulevard, proceeding south trict. Most buildings in the district tend to along the centerline of the latter alley to be taller than wide, with the exception of the centerline of State Street, thence east the two story building at 1427-1439 along the centerline of State Street, to the Griswold Street and the Wayne County intersection with the centerline of Shelby and Home Savings Bank at 44 Michigan Street, thence south along the centerline Avenue. Several non-contributing build- of Shelby Street to the centerline of the ings that are wider than tall include the east-west alley north of and parallel to one-story buildings at 1405 and 1201 Michigan Avenue, thence east along the Griswold Street and the parking garage at centerline of said alley to the centerline of 1411 Griswold Street. Throughout the dis- Griswold Street, thence southeasterly trict many of the buildings that are signifi- along the centerline of Griswold Street to cantly taller than wide abut one another or the centerline of Michigan Avenue, thence share a party wall and collectively form a east to the (extended) east line of lot 47 of row that is wider than tall. Several build- Section 8, Governor and Judges Plan as ings in the district have an articulated recorded in Liber 34 of Deeds, Page 543, base with large storefront windows on the Wayne County Records, thence north lower levels, befitting of the district’s his- along said (extended) lot line to the cen- tory as a commercial district and bays terline of the alley north of Michigan with windows on their upper levels. The Avenue and perpendicular to Griswold Smith Building at 1145 Griswold Street Street, thence northeasterly along the sits at the corner of Griswold Street and centerline of said alley to the centerline of State Street and has a ground floor with 1 39595 Ord 32_12_39595 Ord 32_12 12/19/12 9:55 AM Page 2 storefronts and a mezzanine level with over the other throughout the district. A few maroon colored metal panels and octago- notable exceptions exist, such as the nal windows. Above the mezzanine, win- United Savings Bank of Detroit at 1133- dows are grouped into threes between 1139 Griswold Street, with its original win- pilasters separating the bays. The Brown dows and arches obscured by panels and Brothers Cigars building at 119 State grills. The first floor of most buildings in the Street has a lower level with a continuous district have greater void than solid on the row of storefront windows interrupted by first floor to accommodate store front and columns on its Griswold Street façade, plate glass windows. Issac Agree while its upper level has three vertical Downtown Synagogue at 1457 Griswold bays divided by pilasters with semi-circle Street is one exception, with its first floor arches on the fifth and sixth stories. The bays infilled with brick, and all windows Griswold Building at 1214-1230 Griswold located above eye level. Street has a structure composed of two (5) Rhythm of Spacing of Build ings on parts: a pronounced base and a U- Streets. Rhythm of spacing on streets shaped tower. The three-story base is is generally determined by setbacks from divided into nine bays with storefronts and the lot lines. Buildings typically abut each awnings, while the U-shaped nine-story other throughout the district. Where there tower has two bays on either side of the are surface parking lots as a result of façade that are flush with the base below, building demolition, the original rhythm is and five bays that are set back from the broken. The buildings located on the west face of the building. The fenestration of and east sides of Griswold Street the first and second stories of the Issac between Grand River Avenue and State Agree Downtown Synagogue at 1457 Street, and south of State Street between Griswold Street has been altered with the Shelby Street and Griswold Street, gener- removal of the original windows and now ally abut one another and frame the land- has rectangular aluminum frames filled scaped Capitol Park. with colored windows. The building at (6) Rhythm of Entrance and/or Porch 1416 Griswold Street has entrances on Projections. There is little uniformity the first level and only has windows above among primary entrances, as many build- its molded course. ings in the district have ground floors with (3) Proportion of Openings Within the several entrances to accommodate multi- Façades. The buildings within the Capitol ple businesses. Where single entrances Park Historic District are each composed do exist, they tend to be centered on the of approximately thirty-five (35) to sixty front façade or centered within the bay. (60) percent openings in their front Most entrances are flush with the building façades. Shapes and sizes of openings façade or the adjacent storefront, and are generally depend on the style and age of typically located at grade level. A few the buildings, and the extent of exterior entrances in the district are recessed, alterations. Storefront and display win- such as the two storefront entrances of dows on the first floor are commonplace. the Malcomson building at 1215-1219 Façades are typically divided into bays, Griswold Street, the double-door entrance with entrances either centered on the front to the Issac Agree Downtown Synagogue façade or centered within an individual at 1457 Griswold Street, and National bay while buildings of the Romanesque Loan & Investment Company at 1250 style have large round arched entrances. Griswold Street. Other buildings have Throughout the district, window openings multiple entrances with prominent tend to be vertical, rectangular, double- awnings, such as the Griswold Building at hung, fixed, and pivot windows centered 1214-1230 Griswold Street. within bays as either single openings or (7) Relationship of Materials. A variety grouped into twos or threes, with the of building materials exist throughout the exception of buildings whose façades district, including brick, terra cotta lime- have been completely redesigned, such stone, granite, concrete, stone, marble, as the United Savings Bank of Detroit at and glass. Window surrounds and frames 1133-1139 Griswold Street. tend to be steel, aluminum, wood, and (4) Rhythm of Solids to Voids in Front concrete. Bases, when present, tend to Façades. Most buildings in the district have be limestone or granite, while architectur- a regular rhythm of solids to voids articu- al embellishments tend to be terra cotta, lated by large storefronts on the lower level rough stone, patterned or raised brick, and pilasters defining vertical bays from cast or carved stone, and Pewabic tile.