architecture

Union Depot Michigan Historical Marker at Clara’s Restaurant

Posted on August 22, 2006August 22, 2006 by Michigan in Pictures

Union Depot Michigan Historical Marker at Clara’s Restaurant, photo by Kalamazoo Richard.

Today’s photo fits with Absolute Michigan’s latest Michigan Site of the Week: Michigan Historical Markers, a tremendous resource for Michigan history.
The marker reads:

The Union Depot began passenger service for the Michigan Central and Pere Marquette Railroads in 1902. The Detroit architectural firm of Spier and Rohns, which planned many Michigan Central stations, designed the building with Chateauesque conical towers and cut stone arches. The depot closed in 1972. Restauranteur Peter Jubeck bought the building in 1978 and transformed it into an eatery, retaining the quarter-sawn oak interior and installing locally crafted stained glass windows.

You may also want to check out Clara’s Restaurants web site (lots of history on the Lansing and Battle Creek train stations) and Flickr’s Historic Michigan group for lots more rail stations and other history.

The Check-In (Exposure.Detroit)

Posted on August 17, 2006August 17, 2006 by Michigan in Pictures

The Check-In, photo by UrbanTiki.

This photo of the Hotel Eddystone serves as the poster for Bobby Alcott’s show tomorrow night (Friday, Aug 18) at Karras Bros. Tavern in Detroit. The show is presented by Exposure.Detroit, a Motor City based photographer’s group that is part of the larger Exposure.Network.

You can get all the show details by clicking the poster below and I also encourage you to check out this interview with Bobby and this set of photos of the Hotel Eddystone. As a note to people who are sad that such a glorious building has fallen into such a state, the hotel is currently being renovated.

Comerica Park

Posted on August 8, 2006August 8, 2006 by Michigan in Pictures

CoPa, photo by SOUTHEN.

Ryan says that this is a shot of Comerica Park from the top of the abandoned David Whitney Building in downtown Detroit. He desaturated the areas around the stadium to give the structure some pop.

You can also view the original and view this photo large and on black

Apocalypse

Posted on July 29, 2006July 29, 2006 by Michigan in Pictures

Apocalypse, photo by Malevolent Teddy Bear.

This photo of the Fisher Body plant will contrast nicely with Monday’s I think.

.fisher building study.

Posted on May 19, 2006May 19, 2006 by Michigan in Pictures

.fisher building study., photo by tEdGuY49.

Ted writes:
Built in 1928, the Fisher Building has been nicknamed "Detroit's largest art object". Sitting on the corner of West Grand Boulevard and Second Street in Detroit, Michigan, the Art Deco skyscraper lies in the heart of the New Center area of Detroit. The 28-story office building was designed by Albert Kahn to house the car body business of the Fisher Brothers (Frederick, Charles, William, Lawrence, Edward, Alfred, Howard), and it is widely considered his greatest achievement.

Ted also writes a lot more that's well worth a read – check it out! (and go PISTONS!)

United Artists Theater Indian Maiden

Posted on May 6, 2006May 6, 2006 by Michigan in Pictures

United Artists Theater Indian Maiden, photo by SNWEB.ORG Detroit.

He writes: Located in the outer lobby. Out of the 6 in the building this is the only one that remains, the other 5 have been smashed and/or stolen.

Much more information and TONS more photos of the United Artists Theater can be found at SNWEB.org (you can also buy photos right here)

Cyanotype 03 (Cut River Bridge)

Posted on May 3, 2006May 3, 2006 by Michigan in Pictures

Cyanotype 03, photo by DoBSoN 77.

This photo is one of a series of cyanotypes of the Cut River Bridge and other subjects. You have to go see it because there's a VanDyke in there of the understructure that is amazing.
The bridge is located on US-2 and if you have a few extra minutes, be sure to stop and check out the stairs or trail to explore a little. It's really an amazing structure.

According to this letterboxing site:

Cut River Bridge is located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula along US-2 between the towns of Epoufette and Brevort. It's about 25 miles northwest of St. Ignace and the Straits of Mackinac.

The locals call Cut River Bridge "the million dollar bridge over a two-bit creek." Cut River Bridge is a cantilevered steel deck bridge, built in 1946. It spans the tiny Cut River, a surprising 147 feet below. From either end of the bridge, you can descend a short ways and view the immense steel structure that supports the road.