FIX.
LOOKS VERY SPACE-AGY, TOMORROW
ON "LIVE IN THE D."
>> Tati: IMAGINE THE HOME ONCE
OWNED BY BERRY GORDY.
>> Jason: IT'S CHANGING HANDS
AND THE NEW OWNER IS READY TO
GET BACK THE ROOTS OF THIS
UNIQUELY DETROIT MANSION.
>> I'M CYNTHIA REEVES AND YOU'RE
DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
FORMER RESIDENT, BERRY GORDY.
DETROIT.
IT REPRESENTS THE STORY OF A
LOCAL KID WHO MADE GOOD.
TODAY IS AN EXCITING DAY, IT'S A
BITTERSWEET DAY.
TODAY IS THE DAY THAT I SOLD MY
BELOVED MANSION TO A GENTLEMAN
FROM CALIFORNIA.
>> I'M ALAN BROWN.
I'M A CONSULTANT AND RESEARCHER.
I WORK IN THE ARTS AND CULTURE
SECTOR, AND I'M THRILLED TO BE
MOVING BACK TO DETROIT.
>> I'VE TAKEN THIS HOME AS FAR
AS I CAN TAKE IT.
I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING
SOMEONE TAKE IT TO TH NEXT
LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT.
>> WITH GRACE OF CYNTHIA, I'M
HUMBLED TO BE ALLOW TO ACQUIRE
THIS MAGNIFICENT ESTATE.
IT'S THE MOST EXCITING DAY OF MY
DETROIT!
THE HOME.
THERE IS NO HOME IN THE CITY OF
DETROIT THAT HAS THE BEAUTY THAT
THIS HOME HAS.
>> IT'S A ONE-OF-A-KIND
PROPERTY, TO WALK INTO THIS HOME
AND SEE THE CRAFT WORK OF THE
ORIGINAL CRAFTMEN WHO BUILT THIS
HOUSE, IT'S BREATHTAKING!
IT'S A MAGNIFICENT PIECE OF THE
HISTORY OF DETROIT.
>> WE'RE FORTUNATE THAT WE'VE
HAD THE PRIOR OWNERS WHO ALLOWED
THIS HOME TO STAY INTACT.
THEY HAVEN'T STRIPPED IT.
IT HAS ORIGINAL FEATURES.
AND I'M GONNA MISS THAT.
>> IT'S A MAGNIFICENT PIECE OF
THE HISTORY OF DETROIT.
AND, OF COURSE, I GREW UP
DANCING TO MOTOWN ARTISTS AND
I'M JUST THRILLED TO BE ABLE TO
PLAY ROLE IN CARRYING ON THE
MAGNIFICENT LEGACY OF THIS HOUSE
AND THE GREAT WORK SINTSDZ IN A
HAS DONE.
>> I KNOW I HAVE DONE THE BEST I
CAN DO AT THIS HOME AND I'M
HAPPY THAT IT WILL CONTINUE TO
DETROIT.
MUSICIAN.
I ATTENDED UNIVERSITY OF
MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC.
I'M A TRAINED SINGER.
I WOULD LOVE TO BRING THIS HOME
ALIVE AGAIN WITH MUSIC.
♪♪
>> Jason: JOINING US NOW IN
SELLER OF THIS HOME.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
IT'S BEEN A LONG SEARCH TO FIND
THE RIGHT PERSON.
WE HAD THE HOUSE ON THE MARKET,
PUT IT ON THE MARKET AND I WAS
INUNDATED WITH PEOPLE FROM ALL
OVER THE WORLD.
IT WAS OVERWHELMING, SO TOOK IT
OFF THE MARKET TO CALM DOWN.
WE DID A SEARCH AND ALAN WAS THE
RIGHT FIT.
HE HAS A LOVE OF THE HISTORY OF
THE HOME AND THE MUSIC SO I'M
TO HIM.
>> Jason: HE SAID MUSIC WILL BE
INVOLVED.
GIVE ME YOUR REACTION TO THAT?
>> I'M ECSTATIC ABOUT IT.
THE ORIGINAL BUILDER, AND MY JOB
WAS TO BRING IT BACK.
IT HAD BEEN SHUTTERED FOR FIVE
YEARS AND I WON AWARDS FOR
RESTORING IT AND STARTED TO MAKE
IT PART OF THE COMMUNITY AGAIN
THROUGH HOSTING EVENTS AND
FUND-RAISERS FOR MANY CHARITIES
AND NOW ALAN WILL BRING THE
MUSIC BACK TO THE MANSION, SO
IT'S EXCITING.
>> Tati: VERY EXCITING!
WE HAVE PICTURES YOU SHARED WITH
MANSION.
SO WHAT WAS YOUR PART OF THE
STORY WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE
PICTURES AND THINK ABOUT THE
HISTORY OF THIS ESTATE?
IT'S AMAZING!
>> I THINK OF MANY PARTS OF IT.
FIRST OF ALL, I'M THE FIRST
WOMAN TO OWN THE MANSION.
OWNERS.
IT'S A FEATHER IN MY CAP.
GROWING UP IN DETROIT, THIS WAS
THE PLACE WE SAW.
I GREW UP ACROSS THE STREET AND
PARENTS STILL LIVE THERE.
I SAW THE WONDERFUL PARTIES
GOING ON.
I BECAME A PARTNER WITH THE FIRM
AND I NOTICED THE HOUSE WAS
SHUTTERED AND I WANTED TO SEE IT
BECOME PART OF THE COMMUNITY AND
COMMUNITY.
SO WE HAVE HOSTED FUND-RAISERS
FOR THE DETROIT POLICE ACTION
LEAGUE, UNITED WAY, BIG BROTHERS
BIG SISTERS, ALL KINDS OF
CHARITIES.
SO THAT'S BEEN MY EXCITEMENT
ABOUT OWNING IT.
PIANO.
>> Jason: WE SAW STEVIE.
>> Tati: AND NOW MJ.
>> WE'LL HAVE AN ESTATE SALE.
WE BELIEVE IT'S JUST THE RIGHT
SIZE.
IT'S AN ESTATE SALE
EXTRAVAGANZA.
AND WE'LL AUCTION OFF THIS
PIANO, AND A PORTION OF THE
PROCEEDS WILL GO TO CERTAIN
CHARITIES I SUPPORT AND WE'RE
GOING TO BE HAVING MOTOWN
ARTISTS JOIN US.
SO THERE ARE LOTS OF MOTOWN
MEMORABILIA ITEMS AND THEY WILL
GET AN INSTANT COLLECTIBLE.
THINGS.
IT WILL BE A LOT OF FUN.
AND IN THE SAME WAY WE'RE
BRINGING IN THE COMMUNITY, THERE
ARE THINGS LIKE MATCH BOOKS, AND
THINGS FOR EVERYBODY.
EVENT.
OF THE COMMUNITY.
>> Jason: WHAT'S NEXT FOR YOU?
>> WHAT'S NEXT FOR ME IS, I'M
GOING ON A JOURNEY OF MY OWN FOR
BETTER HEALTH, SKINNYFIT.COM.
PEOPLE WANTING TO LOSE WEIGHT,
IT'S AN EXPENSIVE PROCESS FOR
SOME PEOPLE.
IN URBAN COMMUNITIES, WE HAVE
FOOD DESERTS AND THE INABILITY
TO GET TO THINGS.
SO THIS IS DESIGNED FOR PEOPLE
ON A BUDGET WHO LIVE IN
COMMUNITIES WHERE THEY MAY NOT
HAVE AS MUCH ACCESS TO FRESH
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
WE'RE PARTNERING WITH YOUTUBE
AND I HAVE TO GET SUBSCRIBERS,
AND 10,000, I GET TO BE PART OF
THE STUDIO.
I'VE LOST 30 POUNDS.
AND SO I'M EXCITED TO SHARE THAT
WITH THE COMMUNITY.
AND PEOPLE CAN FIND ALL ABOUT IT
ON THE MOTOWN MANSION WEBSITE.
SO IT WILL BE FUN!
US TODAY.
ME AND THANK FOR ALLOWING ME TO