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(Isaac Moore)

DETROIT, MI -- United Sound Systems, a two-story, one time residence turned historic recording studio used by the likes of Motown greats Berry Gordy,



John Lee Hooker, Jackie Wilson and Aretha Franklin, was on a list of about 50 structures the Michigan Department of Transportation wanted to demolish in order to add an extra lane to Interstate 94.

But not so fast, says Danielle Scott, a USPS worker and mother who purchased the building at 5840 Second near Wayne State University and has plans to reignite its musical legacy.

Scott has restored and restocked the two studios contained in the building and hosted an open house event Saturday from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m.

According to the Detroit Free Press, Grammy award winning singer Allie Willis, who wrote the the Pointer Sisters "Neutron Dance," the theme to TV show "Friends" and other hits, recorded in the studios earlier this month.

Rob Morosi, spokesman for MDOT, told the Free Press, "

We told them: If we do need a portion of your property, there are ways we can work with you to make sure we don’t demolish (the studio)."

The highway project would not begin any earlier than 2016.

"The lights are coming back on in Detroit’s music world and when they do, the world will see a little known group at United Sound Systems made up of a team that was too afraid to fail,"

the company

issued earlier this month.