{"id":111376,"date":"2024-07-10T11:06:45","date_gmt":"2024-07-10T15:06:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/?post_type=metro_project&#038;p=111376"},"modified":"2024-07-11T09:32:58","modified_gmt":"2024-07-11T13:32:58","slug":"new-cultural-district-creating-community-detroits-east-side","status":"publish","type":"metro_project","link":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/projects\/new-cultural-district-creating-community-detroits-east-side\/","title":{"rendered":"This New Cultural District is Creating Community on Detroit\u2019s East Side"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-sandow-article-header article-header\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-header\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:90% 62%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1498\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Additional-Selects-0001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Additional-Selects-0001.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Additional-Selects-0001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Additional-Selects-0001-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Additional-Selects-0001-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Additional-Selects-0001-1536x1150.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">View of the Shepherd, ALEO, BridgeHouse, Charles McGee Legacy Park, and the skatepark. \nPhoto by Jason Keen. Courtesy of Library Street Collective.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group article-header_intro none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"article-date\" aria-label=\"Post Date\">July 10, 2024<\/p>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">This New Cultural District is Creating Community on Detroit\u2019s East Side<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"summary size-regular\">Little Village, a hub of parks, art galleries, cultural spaces, artist studios, restaurants, and more, is expanding the city\u2019s revitalization beyond downtown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-sandow-byline byline size-regular\"><span>By: <\/span><a href=\"\/tag\/sam-lubell\">Sam Lubell<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"social-share\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprojects%2Fnew-cultural-district-creating-community-detroits-east-side%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M9 8h-3v4h3v12h5v-12h3.642l.358-4h-4v-1.667c0-.955.192-1.333 1.115-1.333h2.885v-5h-3.808c-3.596 0-5.192 1.583-5.192 4.615v3.385z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprojects%2Fnew-cultural-district-creating-community-detroits-east-side%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M4.98 3.5c0 1.381-1.11 2.5-2.48 2.5s-2.48-1.119-2.48-2.5c0-1.38 1.11-2.5 2.48-2.5s2.48 1.12 2.48 2.5zm.02 4.5h-5v16h5v-16zm7.982 0h-4.968v16h4.969v-8.399c0-4.67 6.029-5.052 6.029 0v8.399h4.988v-10.131c0-7.88-8.922-7.593-11.018-3.714v-2.155z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprojects%2Fnew-cultural-district-creating-community-detroits-east-side%2F&#038;description=This+New+Cultural+District+is+Creating+Community+on+Detroit%E2%80%99s+East+Side\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"> <path d=\"M12 0c-6.627 0-12 5.372-12 12 0 5.084 3.163 9.426 7.627 11.174-.105-.949-.2-2.405.042-3.441.218-.937 1.407-5.965 1.407-5.965s-.359-.719-.359-1.782c0-1.668.967-2.914 2.171-2.914 1.023 0 1.518.769 1.518 1.69 0 1.029-.655 2.568-.994 3.995-.283 1.194.599 2.169 1.777 2.169 2.133 0 3.772-2.249 3.772-5.495 0-2.873-2.064-4.882-5.012-4.882-3.414 0-5.418 2.561-5.418 5.207 0 1.031.397 2.138.893 2.738.098.119.112.224.083.345l-.333 1.36c-.053.22-.174.267-.402.161-1.499-.698-2.436-2.889-2.436-4.649 0-3.785 2.75-7.262 7.929-7.262 4.163 0 7.398 2.967 7.398 6.931 0 4.136-2.607 7.464-6.227 7.464-1.216 0-2.359-.631-2.75-1.378l-.748 2.853c-.271 1.043-1.002 2.35-1.492 3.146 1.124.347 2.317.535 3.554.535 6.627 0 12-5.373 12-12 0-6.628-5.373-12-12-12z\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"mailto:?body=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprojects%2Fnew-cultural-district-creating-community-detroits-east-side%2F&#038;subject=This+New+Cultural+District+is+Creating+Community+on+Detroit%E2%80%99s+East+Side\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M12 12.713l-11.985-9.713h23.97l-11.985 9.713zm0 2.574l-12-9.725v15.438h24v-15.438l-12 9.725z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column empty-header-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"size-regular\">In a (let\u2019s face it) disheartening time, visiting Little Village, a vibrant\u2014and radically ambitious\u2014new arts campus in <a href=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/viewpoints\/the-detroit-divide\/\">Detroit<\/a>, is a welcome, uplifting antidote. It\u2019s a place that grows deeply out of the past but feels a lot like the future. One that celebrates art and its power to help build community even more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Launched by local gallerists Anthony and JJ Curis, the endeavor spreads over multiple blocks of the city\u2019s East Village, a quiet neighborhood east of Downtown with a rich history that had, over the last half century, fallen on hard times\u2014evidenced by thick, abandoned fields and the tilting skeletons of former homes and businesses. Little Village\u2019s focal point, a 110-year-old Romanesque church called the Shepherd (formerly the Good Shepherd), had, like hundreds of monumental buildings in the re-emerging Motor City, been left for dead. Its neglected landscape included overgrown grass and weeds, downed power lines, and fenced off patches of asphalt.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_content is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote size-regular\"><blockquote><p><\/p><cite>\u201cIt is a place of experimenting. It is a place of new ideas. But there is a lot of history here that needs to be addressed. It\u2019s not a blank canvas.\u201d<br>&#8211; Anthony Curis<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:47% 54%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Selects-0004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Selects-0004.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Selects-0004-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Selects-0004-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Selects-0004-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Selects-0004-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The entrance to the restored church, the Shepherd, that anchors the development in Little Village. Photo by Jason Keen. Courtesy of Library Street Collective.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Revitalization Centered Around the Arts&nbsp;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">The splendidly restored church, with its twin turrets, detailed red brickwork, and banded white ornament, now exudes the old-world grace of an earlier era. Inside, it contains a completely new program: glowing, white gallery spaces, high-ceilinged performance areas, and the Little Village Library, a collection of monographs, catalogues, and research materials centered on people of color, occupying the church\u2019s south transept (and, in part, its former confessionals). Outside the edifice is now ringed by reused buildings\u2014including the former rectory housing reimagined as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aleodetroit.com\/\">ALEO<\/a>, a bed-and-breakfast (and the headquarters of artist McArthur Binion\u2019s BIPOC artist\u2013supporting <a href=\"https:\/\/www.modernancientbrown.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Modern Ancient Brown Foundation<\/a>), and two former homes now hosting culinary arts spaces, including a new p\u00e2tisserie\u2014as well as a layered landscape that consists of a sculpture garden dedicated to the work of legendary local artist Charles McGee, a Tony Hawk-designed skatepark, and discreet areas for lounging, escaping, or enjoying public art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">A few blocks north, the Curises have helped launch <a href=\"https:\/\/lscgallery.com\/lantern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Lantern<\/a>, a renovated former commercial bakery now home to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.signalreturnpress.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Signal Return<\/a>, a local print maker and educator; the Progressive Art Studio Collective (PASC), dedicated to supporting artists with developmental disabilities and mental health differences; and Assemble Sound, a local recording studio. The space will also host local food and retail, like Collect Beer Bar and Caf\u00e9 Franco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">It goes without saying that this is a sprawling, formidable endeavor. There\u2019s so much here that it\u2019s hard to keep track. The Curises are attempting to not just reinvigorate a building, or a piece of a neighborhood, but the entire East Village; which could in turn become a model for neighborhood development in a city where Downtown Detroit\u2019s renaissance has to this point dominated local momentum. In addition to Little Village, they\u2019ve helped restore a few derelict homes\u2014now the residences, studios, and galleries of Detroit artists and designers like Castor Design and I.M. Weiss Gallery\u2014and are planning a contemporary art space, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.louisbuhl.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Louis Buhl &amp; Co.<\/a> (currently located downtown), inside the remains of an adjacent former convent, as well as Stanton Yards, a riverside development to the south transforming an old marina into a 13-acre cultural community, incorporating commercial and creative spaces, boat slips, and waterfront parks.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1125\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24-0408_Stanton-Yards_05.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111391\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24-0408_Stanton-Yards_05.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24-0408_Stanton-Yards_05-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24-0408_Stanton-Yards_05-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24-0408_Stanton-Yards_05-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/24-0408_Stanton-Yards_05-1536x864.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dune House, a central feature of the Stanton Yards riverside development, is OSD&#8217;s design of a new waterfront restaurant and office building with a community-accessible roof space. Courtesy BloomImages.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Laying the Groundwork for Little Village<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">The Curises ability to (so far) pull this off has relied, of course, on Detroit\u2019s still relatively depressed land values and the couple\u2019s personal wealth\u2014prior to starting the gallery, Anthony worked for his family\u2019s real estate business, Curis Enterprises, while JJ was an accountant. But it also stems from the fact that they\u2019ve been at this kind of thing for more than a decade, creating art and activities for the public realm and forging relationships with local communities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">They cut their teeth with the <a href=\"https:\/\/lscgallery.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Library Street Collective<\/a>, a downtown gallery, in 2012. With no art background, says Anthony, they could question why art institutions had to behave a certain way. Since then, Library Street\u2014located in Downtown\u2019s Belt Alley, which they\u2019ve helped convert into a thriving center of culture and nightlife by supporting murals, public art, galleries, cafes, and more\u2014has branched out from gallery exhibitions into signage, murals, events, and public installations in civic and historical spots around the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">\u201cWe were always equally interested outside of the brick and mortar as we were with what was happening inside the gallery itself,\u201d says Anthony Curis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">In laying the ground for Little Village, the Curises engaged in dozens of conversations with immediate neighbors, local property owners, municipal leaders, and local groups like the Neighborhood East Village Association, Jefferson Inc., and The Villages of Detroit CDC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">\u201cAnthony would constantly say, \u2018I\u2019m speaking with this business, or this building, or this person\u201d says Simon David, principal at New York-based <a href=\"http:\/\/www.osd.nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">OSD<\/a>, The Shepherd\u2019s landscape architect. Joshua Elling, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeffersoneast.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Jefferson East<\/a>, calls Little Village a \u201cdevelopment that raises up the entire neighborhood.\u201d He helped broker local connections, advised the Curises (as did other community members) to include spaces for local nonprofits and businesses, and prepared the team for any initial pushback\u2014particularly as they come from far greater means than most community members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Remembers Anthony Curis, of his relationship with the community: \u201cIt\u2019s about building that trust with them, so they know that not only we are committed to this, but that this is more about them than it is about us.\u201d He chafes when people call Detroit a tabula rasa for urban experiment. \u201cIt is a place of experimenting. It is a place of new ideas. But there is a lot of history here that needs to be addressed. It\u2019s not a blank canvas. There\u2019s so much history and so much that\u2019s gone into getting the city to where it\u2019s at.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd_004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd_004.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd_004-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd_004-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd_004-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd_004-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">View of the central nave gallery and transepts of the Shepherd. Photo by Jason Keen. Courtesy of Library Street Collective. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Restoring the Community Anchor <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">More than 8,000 people attended the Shepherd\u2019s opening this May, most dressed informally, eating, sitting on the grass, dancing and singing. It was clearly a local crowd\u2014a dense, happy mix of races, ages, classes and professions. The poet laureate of Detroit, Jessica Care Moore, spoke movingly about varied communities pulling together to create a reborn city. The Urban Art Orchestra\u2014appropriately bringing classical music dramatically into the urban present\u2014brought the house down. It felt like the emotional spirit of the former church, memorialized by its soaring structures and textured symbols, made relevant again for a new time and purpose.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">The Curises\u2019 impressive design team, a mix of local and non-local talent, has struck a creative balance between respectful preservation and energetic insertion\u2014a dialogue between old and new that foregrounds historic craft and story while charting a creative, community-centered future. Inside the Shepherd\u2019s restored shell, Brooklyn-based <a href=\"https:\/\/www.petersonrichoffice.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Peterson Rich Office<\/a> have installed two white gallery boxes (one in the church\u2019s nave, and another in its north transept), whose texture and heft give them singular, rooted presences while nodding to (and not overshadowing) the robust ecclesiastical forms around them. The cubes\u2019 rust-hued top edges talk to the height and color of existing column capitals. A new torqued stair channels the curvature of an arched window. Cove lighting accentuates historical arches, vaults, and (subtly whitewashed) bands of decoration while leading you toward mysterious new forms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd_006.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd_006.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd_006-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd_006-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd_006-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd_006-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Installation view into the main gallery at the Shepherd, featuring Charles McGee&#8217;s, Linkage Series (Blue 1), 2017 and Charles McGee&#8217;s Play Patterns II, 2011.\nPhoto by Jason Keen. Courtesy of the artist&#8217;s estate and Library Street Collective\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">\u201cIt\u2019s about how to transform a powerful, charged place into a kind of art that will bring people together,\u201d notes firm cofounder Miriam Peterson. Her partner, Nathan Rich, called the Shepherd\u2019s context \u201can inspiring canvas,\u201d from which they could accentuate or shift one\u2019s experience of form, material, structure, light, and movement. Or from which they create new kinds of spiritual experiences.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Above the nave gallery they have created a new mezzanine that simultaneously provides a more intimate (including a closer look at the ceiling) and wide-angle perspective of the building, not to mention a unique new stage for performers. A circular oculus in its center, visually connected to the gallery below, is surreptitiously uplit, so that it appears to float. Strategic cuts in the gallery boxes in some cases lead visitors on a clear procession into the church\u2019s core, in others frame historic details like stained glass windows and old crafted doorways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Outside the church, OSD\u2019s landscape transforms the Shepherd into a place that will be enjoyed by art lovers, yes, but by everyone else; helping them feel welcome, want to linger, and come back. The site\u2019s edges contain no fences, while the main connector, a rippled-edged former north\/south alley now known, in a continuum of the Shepherd\u2019s indoor condition, as the \u201cNave,\u201d provides a clear, charming pedestrian spine. Various outdoor rooms, framed by shrubs and trees, delineate zones for varied activities. Undulating grassy areas are perfect for lounging or playing with children; a nook abutting the church is a good place to get away and read. Small, grassy mounds by Castor Design provide quirky places to chat. Arguably the most energizing space is the Charles McGee Legacy Park, just south of the church, in which the artist\u2019s fantastical, oversized sculptures\u2014explicitly meant for touching and playing on\u2014alternately lie down or stand up; are amorphous abstractions, or clearly human. The skatepark, with colorful graphics adorning its curving infrastructure, was designed in collaboration with Tony Hawk and Binion. A multistory sculpture by Zak Ov\u00e9 resembles an Afro-futurist totem pole, or, at certain angles, a rocket aimed for the moon.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">The area\u2019s history suffuses the place\u2014both its wondrous and difficult times alike. Crushed bricks salvaged from the adjacent convent, which lay out artful reddish pathways, allude to shattered glass and decrepit structures, says David. \u201cWe wanted to harness some of the character of the East Village. It\u2019s full of stories of communities past, and of dilapidation and decay and renewal.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1498\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Selects-0001-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Selects-0001-1.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Selects-0001-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Selects-0001-1-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Selects-0001-1-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Selects-0001-1-1536x1150.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">View of the Charles McGee Legacy Park and the Shepherd. \nPhoto by Jason Keen. Courtesy of Library Street Collective.\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1498\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Additional-Selects-0003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111388\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Additional-Selects-0003.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Additional-Selects-0003-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Additional-Selects-0003-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Additional-Selects-0003-768x575.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/The-Shepherd-Exterior-Additional-Selects-0003-1536x1150.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">View of BridgeHouse and It Takes a Village skatepark. Photo by Jason Keen courtesy of Library Street Collective. \n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A Growing Microneighborhood that Blends Old and New<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">A few blocks north, OMA\u2019s work on Lantern unites three industrial buildings of brick and concrete block, which are now focused on a semi-enclosed, reddish concrete courtyard, with beckoning terra cotta bleachers. This central space occupies part of the complex that had collapsed, leaving just a skeletal steel trellis. They\u2019ve smartly left it intact as a historic centerpiece, and, when needed, a frame for temporary canopies. The courtyard extends inside, where it will serve as the floor of the sawtooth-roofed bar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/LANTERN-Exterior-0006.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/LANTERN-Exterior-0006.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/LANTERN-Exterior-0006-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/LANTERN-Exterior-0006-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/LANTERN-Exterior-0006-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/LANTERN-Exterior-0006-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The red pigmented concrete used in the courtyard was chosen to match the brick and terracotta tiles of the original building. Photo by Jason Keen. Courtesy of Library Street Collective.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Signal Return and PASC\u2019s areas alternate between exhibition, learning, and workspace, while Assemble Sound occupies a cavernous storage space. Exterior interventions include dramatically extruded windows that serve as vitrines for art. The most intensive intervention, though, is on the CMU-supported south side (fronting the caf\u00e9 and shop) where OMA painted the facade white and drilled 1,353 holes. They filled them with off-the-shelf glass bullets, which during the day pull in a repetitive soft light and at night project a glowing, lantern-like effect that the building\u2019s new name suggests. It\u2019s a dramatic gesture, but overall the projects is\u2014like the Shepherd\u2014 a subtle threading of past and present that gives equal respect to both.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">\u201cIt looks both new and old,\u201d says OMA partner Jason Long. \u201cOur big interest is in bringing people, and buildings together. The moment of the signature, singular gesture is over.\u201d He adds that he loves the impact his firm can have in a city like Detroit, where the scale is smaller than the world capitals it often works in, and the need is more pronounced\u2014and appreciated. \u201cIf this were in Greenpoint, it would be just another thing,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Signal-Return-0001.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111398\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Signal-Return-0001.png 2000w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Signal-Return-0001-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Signal-Return-0001-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Signal-Return-0001-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Signal-Return-0001-1536x1152.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Lantern houses Signal Return, Signal-Return is a nonprofit arts organization\ndedicated to preserving and teaching traditional letterpress printing in Detroit. Photo by Jason Keen. Courtesy of Library Street Collective.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">The Curises, perhaps to their credit, can\u2019t seem to stop. For Louis Buhl &amp; Co. they\u2019re working with LA-based LOHA architects and for Stanton Yards, New York-based SO-IL. And there appears to be even more in the works, if you listen to the whispers. But as they get Little Village up and running and start to expand, things will still need to be worked out, some a result of their remarkable success. Since the facility is now set to host more performances than originally planned, acoustics in the church may need to be improved. While some local design teams, like Holly Jonsson Studio (who designed interiors for ALEO) and Undecorated (who designed BridgeHouse, which will open soon) have been involved, they may want to branch further into the growing local creative community. And the threat of gentrification, even if it moves a lot slower here than in places like New York, still exists\u2014despite the team\u2019s, and the neighborhood\u2019s efforts to facilitate local artists, nonprofits, businesses, and activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">\u201cThe concerns about displacement are real, but we need to have growth,\u201d notes Jefferson East\u2019s Elling, who has been working to stabilize and grow the area for more than a decade. \u201cOnce you have demand, you can use it to drive more inclusive and equitable development.\u201d<br><br>Growth, so far, is mostly coming from Detroit itself\u2014often from those who hear about the energy growing at Little Village. Ivy Kitchen, owned by local chef Nya Marshall, is a relatively new addition. Detroit-based Greatwater homes is building a handful of single-family homes. More artists and small businesses are on the way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Jova Lynne, a local artist and curator, curated the Shepherd\u2019s first exhibition, a sprawling retrospective of Charles McGee\u2019s work, exploring his material and formal evolution as well as the broader impact of his more than 30 years working and teaching in the city. &nbsp;On a tour, she summed up that show, while inadvertently summing up the project at large: \u201cThis is a demonstration and amplification of what is possible in the city of Detroit,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Signal-Return-0004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Signal-Return-0004.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Signal-Return-0004-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Signal-Return-0004-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Signal-Return-0004-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/Signal-Return-0004-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Signal Return&#8217;s Lantern location providesan opportunity to expand its programming, which includes hands-on workshops, exhibitions, access to printing facilities for independent artists, and educational partnerships. Photo by Jason Keen. Courtesy of Library Street Collective.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"comment size-regular\">Would you like to comment on this article? 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