Alice Cooper says he's 'pure Detroit' at street naming, Eloise Asylum launch in Westland

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https://www.freep.com/story/entertainment/music/brian-mccollum/2021/09/23/alice-cooper-court-westland-eloise-asylum/5833155001/


On a gray, drizzly day at one of Michigan’s most notorious mental institutions, Alice Cooper popped by to get a street in his name.

With a few hundred cheering fans watching, the Detroit-born rocker pulled a rope Thursday to reveal an “Alice Cooper Court” street sign on the grounds of the former Eloise Psychiatric Hospital in Westland.

“I love the idea that they’re naming streets after rock stars in Detroit,” he told the crowd, going on to suggest “Iggy Avenue” and “MC5 Street.” "There's probably more rock stars than politicians."

Alice Cooper Court — already on Google Maps — is now the formal name of the road off Michigan Avenue leading into the old hospital complex, famous in local lore for its creepy legends and haunted vibe.

How appropriate is that? For many years I lived just East of Eloise in Inkster and later just West of it in Wayne. My ex used to work in one of the last buildings to be torn down.
Lots of crazy local stories about it. It was fun to walk thru the connected grave yard that was part of it on the West side of the ole hospital.
Who better than Alice?