Chalmers Square Rising (Again)

On East Jefferson, near the Grosse Pointe border, Chalmers Square is getting a serious rehab. The building, boarded up for quite some time, had a beautiful facade, but some creaky bones. Its rehabbers gutted the inside, but left the facade standing. It made me quite nervous to drive by while they left it like that for some time. This morning, however, I am pleased to report that the building has all new bones and the facade is being improved, too. Its starting to recapture some of its former glory, as seen below.

Chalmers Square has a sister building two blocks down that looks similar, but is in the "pre-rehab" state. I hope that the successful renovation of Chalmers Square encourages developers to get that building in better shape, too.