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Perhaps you are searching for the perfect place to live. Or maybe you have recently been transferred by your job and are making Detroit your home. No matter the situation, there are vast benefits of apartment living versus buying a home. And renting at Elton Park Corktown, our historic apartments in Corktown, offers even more exciting options. Reasons you will want to make Detroit your home Detroit’s Corktown is, perhaps, the most interesting and historical area of the diverse and bustling...

If you haven’t had a chance to visit Corktown lately, you may have missed the walls of murals all along Michigan Avenue and unique installations and sculptures in North Corktown. The “North Corktown Pheasant” honors pheasants that are known to wander around the neighborhood when the weather gets warm. “Monumental Kitty” resides at the foot of the Cochrane pedestrian bridge. Fish Park is a pocket park that’s hosted by the “Trout Perch.” The residents of Cochrane came together to beautify the...

The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy is transforming more abandoned industrial waterfront property into useable recreation and green space that will take over West Riverfront Park at West Jefferson Avenue and Rosa Parks Boulevard. This is the final phase of developing the Detroit Riverfront’s 5.5 mile river enhancement project, just blocks away from Elton Park Corktown, an apartment community in the heart of Detroit’s oldest neighborhood. This new outdoor space will offer a myriad of experiences...

HI. Welcome to Elton Park Corktown blog #1. Your connection with what’s going on around here-and some other fascinating stuff. Although we don’t have any great events to go to right now, we do have lots to see, do and discover. If you’d like to add a photo, thought--whatever---let us know by clicking here and you just might see it in blog #2. If you’re curious about this lady, she’s literally plastered, on a brick wall in the Belt alleyway outside Standby. Portuguese street artist Vhils put...

For most city dwellers, living amongst culture, community and creativity are some of the top reasons for choosing their address. And when it comes to apartment living in downtown Detroit, there’s no exception. Many are making Elton Park Corktown apartment homes near midtown Detroit their own home in the city. Downtown Detroit apartment living Modernity meets rich history in Detroit’s Corktown. Moments from everything our residents crave — including local pubs, a myriad of dining options and...