About 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative
Welcome to 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative
Luxurious, architecturally significant 1300 was designed by Gunnar Birkerts and built in 1961. It is among the most important architectural landmarks in the city of Detroit. As you enter the luxurious marble lobby, reminiscent of an era of elegance, you are welcomed by a friendly, professional door attendant. This is your entry to gracious living. 1300 features 286 spacious residences with dramatic window views of the city and Detroit River. Select from studios, one, two, three, and four bedroom residences. Private parking is below in a convenient two-story underground garage. 1300 is a complete community with grand common areas, community rooms and an in-building store and deli.
Featuring
§ Unique, spacious floor plans
§ Two Newly Renvoated sparkling swimming pools
§ Additional storage space
§ 24-hour professional door attendant
§ 24-hour grounds surveillance and patrol
§ 24-hour emergency maintenance
§ Illuminated two-story underground parking with elevator access
§ Full circuit television in lobby
§ Complimentary basic cable
§ BRAND NEW, Fully equipped fitness center & Yoga Room
§ Community room, conference and business room
§ Meeting and party room with kitchen
§ Dry cleaning pick up and delivery
§ Convenient laundry room with many machines
About Lafayette Park
Lafayette Park is significant in the Detroit history of urban renewal, labor and civil rights movements. It was built on the site of the former Black Bottom community in
an effort to counter the flight of middle and upper-income families to the suburbs. The community was intended to attract residents of diverse backgrounds. The collaborating team of real estate financier Herbert Greenwald, architect
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and urban planner Ludwig Hilberseimer, created a 78-acre residential community between the 1950’s and mid 1960’s. The new community
included various residential buildings including townhouses and apartment buildings. A spacious park and a network of paths allowed pedestrians to walk to the shopping center
and school without crossing a busy street. Architect Mies van der Rohe designed the residential buildings: the Pavillion, Lafayette Towers, and the townhouses. Each of the buildings featured skeletal framing, aluminum and glass skins, concrete foundations and flat roofs. It is the largest collection of his buildings on one site in the world. He believed that the form of a building must be a clear expression of its construction. The use of steel, glass and reinforced concrete were materials he thought most expressed modern technology. Another major contributor to the project was landscape architect Alfred Caldwell.
