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DAledteronitTRowiveerrs,  Guess who used to live here?                in 1923,  commissioned not-
                                                                      it’s red  ed architect Albert
Attention Tour Guides...             On the Detroit                   brick     Kahn to design the
In case you didn’t know......  side of the Detroit                    and       Ford estate and
                               River, between the                     grey      moved to where we
                               Detroit Yacht Club                     stone     now swim inside
                               and the Belle Isle                     trim is   their cove in Grosse
                               Bridge is the historic                 referred  Pointe Shores....
                               Alden Towers. Built                    to as     “Ford’s Cove.”
                                                                      Tu d o r
                                                        revival design.               And, who lived
                                                              The Edsel Ford    in the penthouse on
                                                        family lived next to    top of Alden Tow-
                                                        this property. When     ers? Berry Gordy,
                                                        the towers were con-    founder of Motown
                                                        structed, the Fords     Records and Rock &
                                                                                Roll Hall of Famer.

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