Alden Park Towers: "Gold Coast," East Jefferson Avenue--Detroit MI
Alden Park Towers is one of the 1920s vintage apartment buildings (some now are condos) along the "Gold Coast" of East Jefferson Avenue. With over 350 apartments, it's one of the largest of the period. The Detroit AIA guide calls it "robustly Tudor in its ornamentation."
The guide now names Edwin Rorke as architect of this 1923 building, confirming my research on the structure ( Rorke designed a similarly styled complex, also called the Alden Park, in Philadelphia) . There is another, architecturally similar Alden Park in Brookline, Massachusetts (now known as Longwood Towers). All three Alden Parks were originally developed by C.C. Mitchell.
Alden Park Towers: "Gold Coast," East Jefferson Avenue--Detroit MI
Alden Park Towers is one of the 1920s vintage apartment buildings (some now are condos) along the "Gold Coast" of East Jefferson Avenue. With over 350 apartments, it's one of the largest of the period. The Detroit AIA guide calls it "robustly Tudor in its ornamentation."
The guide now names Edwin Rorke as architect of this 1923 building, confirming my research on the structure ( Rorke designed a similarly styled complex, also called the Alden Park, in Philadelphia) . There is another, architecturally similar Alden Park in Brookline, Massachusetts (now known as Longwood Towers). All three Alden Parks were originally developed by C.C. Mitchell.