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Another demolition of the Heidelberg Project was ordered under Mayor Dennis Archer, on February 4, 1999, of the houses Guyton termed "Your World," "Happy Feet," and "The Canfield House". 2013 / 2014 arson incidents. Starting in 2013, a number of houses in the Heidelberg Project have suffered fires. Arson is suspected in most of these cases.
Aug 2, 2011 · A second demolition of the Heidelberg Project was ordered on February 4, 1999, and ended in the destruction of the houses Guyton termed "Your World," "Happy Feet," and "The Canfield...
- Kaid Benfield
Eight years later, in 1999, Mayor Dennis Archer also ordered three more houses to be demolished, Your World, Happy Feet, and Canfield House. Unfortunately, a series of unsolved arson fires between 2013 and 2015 destroyed 12 of his artistic houses on Heidelberg Street.
Notable victims: the "Happy Feet" house was leveled, along with another house not even on Heidelberg Street, where artist Tyree Guyton was storing all the artwork saved from the 1991 demolition of the original Heidelberg Project. Guyton's legal defense team has filed a $3 million lawsuit against the city.
- 3600 Heidelberg St., Detroit, MI
Mar 2, 2021 · In-person tours of the Heidelberg Project were canceled in March, 2020, but I’ve taken the advice on the project’s website and downloaded an app to help guide my pandemic-era exploration. The app was designed in 2018 and won a MediaPost Appy Award, according to Heidelberg Project Program Director Margaret Grace.
Nov 19, 2013 · On November 12 of this year, the project's "House of Soul," an abandoned house decorated with hundreds of records, burned to the ground in a suspected arson attack. This followed a suspicious fire ...
Aug 22, 2016 · In 1999, under Mayor Dennis Archer, three more houses were destroyed, including “Your World,” “Happy Feet,” and “The Canfield House.” In addition to this, the project has survived countless attempts to seize properties by the city and 12 fires, all deemed suspicious but with no arrests to date.
