Detroit, MI, photo by w4nd3rl0st (InspiredinDesMoines)
Jason put this photo together from about a dozen HDR images taken from a large park in Windsor. He notes that if you make the trek across the Detroit River, the Tunnel BBQ in Windsor is tasty and affordable.
For a real treat, view his photo background bigtacular and see more in his Detroit & Michigan slideshow.
Lots more from Detroit on Michigan in Pictures.
211 Fort Detroit, photo by Mark Hall Aka Mark The kid
Wikipedia says that 211 West Fort Street is a 27 story skyscraper that was completed in 1963. Current tenants include the Detroit Economic Club, the Bankruptcy Court of the Eastern District of Michigan and the United States Attorney. If you’re a measuring sort of person, it’s the 18th tallest building in Detroit, right after the David Broderick Tower.
Check this out big as a building and see more in Mark’s slideshow.
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Born And Raised In South Detroit…, photo by DetroitDerek Photography
Just a small town girl, livin’ in a lonely world
She took the midnight train goin’ anywhere
Just a city boy, born and raised in south Detroit
He took the midnight train goin’ anywhere
~Journey, Don’t Stop Believin’
mLive says that Don’t Stop Believin’ is the world’s all time most dowloaded MP3. It’s certainly one of the most fun songs ever to sing along with, so “South Detroit” is probably the world’s all-time most believed in totally made up place. Former Journey high-note-hitting frontman Steve Perry explains:
“I ran the phonetics of east, west, and north, but nothing sounded as good or emotionally true to me as South Detroit,” he says. “The syntax just sounded right. I fell in love with the line. It’s only been in the last few years that I’ve learned that there is no South Detroit. But it doesn’t matter.”
It doesn’t matter … if you don’t care about Detroit at least. Derek explains:
This image, taken facing South, shows you that… well… South Detroit is on the other side of the river… it’s Windsor… Canada… there is no South Detroit…. sorry if I ruined anyone’s Christmas by revealing this “sacred classic rock” information. Makes a good lyric though…
See it on black and view more in Derek’s My Faves slideshow.
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Walkway to the Future, photo by James Korringa
It’s the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine.
~REM
NASA has a page for anyone feeling worried about all the end of the world talk with
Does the Mayan calendar end in December 2012?
Just as the calendar you have on your kitchen wall does not cease to exist after December 31, the Mayan calendar does not cease to exist on December 21, 2012. This date is the end of the Mayan long-count period but then — just as your calendar begins again on January 1 — another long-count period begins for the Mayan calendar. (see links in yesterday’s Michigan in Pictures for more on this!)
What is the polar shift theory? Is it true that the Earth’s crust does a 180-degree rotation around the core in a matter of days if not hours?
A reversal in the rotation of Earth is impossible. There are slow movements of the continents (for example Antarctica was near the equator hundreds of millions of years ago), but that is irrelevant to claims of reversal of the rotational poles. However, many of the disaster websites pull a bait-and-switch to fool people. They claim a relationship between the rotation and the magnetic polarity of Earth, which does change irregularly, with a magnetic reversal taking place every 400,000 years on average. As far as we know, such a magnetic reversal doesn’t cause any harm to life on Earth. Scientists believe a magnetic reversal is very unlikely to happen in the next few millennia.
In the event that NASA scientists are wrong, I hope everyone has a wonderful last day on earth. There are also those who feel that it’s a new age in conciousness dawning, which might be a nice thing. In the event those folks are right or it’s just another day, here’s hoping your short and long term future is better than you hope!
James writes that this walkway is in Detroit. View it on black and in his Favorites slideshow.
A few things I have found…
Nicole shot this at the Greektown Casino. Check it out on black and see more great work in her Flickriver.
hudsons, photo by johnhoneyman
One of the signs that the holidays are approaching that I see on Michigan in Pictures is a surge of visits to the post about Holiday Shopping at J.L. Hudson in Detroit. Hudson’s was demolished in 1998, but the store remains a cherished memory for many.
Wikipedia’s entry for the J.L. Hudson Department Store and Addition says that the building was designed by Smith, Hinchman, & Grylls and named after the company’s founder, Joseph Lowthian Hudson. Construction began in 1911 with many additions throughout the years before being “completed” in 1946. Hudson’s Department Store at Historic Detroit has some great photos and a lot of facts:
Much more at Historic Detroit and you will also want to check out Hudson’s in the Department Store Museum, a Hudson’s photo tour from Detroit Yes and a nice video of photos of Hudson’s.
Check this out on black and see more in John’s arkitektura slideshow.
Roofline: DeRoy Auditorium, Wayne State University–Detroit MI, photo by pinehurst19475
“When people go into good buildings there should be serenity and delight.”
~Minoru Yamasaki
Minoru Yamasaki (December 1, 1912 – February 7, 1986) was an American architect best known for his design of the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center who ended up making his home in Michigan.
The Detroit News has a feature titled world-class architect Minoru Yamasaki that gives a good overview of the architect and his somewhat tumultuous life, and you should also read the Seeking Michigan feature on Yamasaki and his Michigan architectural practice. Michigan Modern has a list of Yamasaki designed buildings in Michigan as well.
Check this out background bigtacular and see more in Anthony Lockhart’s Wayne State and the Cultural Center slideshow.
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Emanuel Steward’s boxing clinic, photo by yousef_anani
Boxing legend Emanuel Steward, one of the greatest trainers ever, was remembered yesterday in Detroit. The entry for Emanuel Steward at the International Boxing Hall of Fame begins:
Steward, who was born in West Virginia in 1944, has been one one of the most successful trainers and managers in the last two decades of the 20th century.
Like many young men, he started boxing after receiving a pair of boxing gloves as a gift. The youngster boxed in informal matches that his father set up. When his parents separated, he moved with his mother to Detroit. By age 12, he was training at the Brewster Recreation Center, which had been the boxing home of Joe Louis and Eddie Futch. As an amateur, he ran up a record of 94-3, which culminated with a 1963 National Golden Gloves title. Steward than began training amateur fighters, but eventually gave that up and found full-time employment as an electrician.
But boxing was in his blood. In 1971, he was asked to look after his half-brother James, who was 15 at the time. Steward took him to a nearby gym called, the Kronk. It wasn’t long before Emanuel was coaching again. In 1971, his charges dominated the Detroit Golden Gloves, winning seven championships. A year later, he left the security of a full-time electrician’s job, and turned his attention to boxing, and the Kronk.
By the mid-70s he had built the gym into a national power, and two of his charges, Thomas Hearns and Hilmer Kenty came close to making the ’76 Olympic Team. A year later, the two turned pro with Steward serving double duty as their trainer and manager. On March 2, 1980, Kenty became Steward’s first world champion when stopped Ernesto Espana in the fourth round to win the WBA lightweight crown.
Five months later Hall of Famer Thomas Hearns stopped Pipino Cuevas with a blistering second-round kayo to become champion No. 2.
Wikipedia’s Emanuel Steward entry lists some of the fighters he trained including Hearns, Evander Holyfield, Wladimir Klitschko, Lennox Lewis and Julio César Chávez. It adds that his heavyweight fighters had a record of 34-2-1 combined in title fights. The Freep has a nice video with boxers Thomas Hearns, Sugar Ray Leonard and Lennox Lewis remembering Steward that also includes a bit of Aretha Franklin singing. You may also want to read this article in the New York Times or watch this ESPN tribute to Steward.
Yousef Anani took this photo at an Emanuel Steward’s boxing clinic in London last year. See it bigger and view more in his Emanuel Steward slideshow.
Huge Lines in Michigan, photo via examiner.com
Another election is in the books, and you can see complete Michigan results on the Secretary of State website. In Confusion and congestion rule Election Day, examiner.com featured the photo above and writes that problems, confusion and frustration early on had some exiting without casting ballots in Metro Detroit. The Detroit News adds that problems weren’t limited to Detroit, with wait times of 2+ hours reported in Ferndale, Ann Arbor and other locations.
Regardless of what candidate won, I hope that we can all agree that lines and other barriers to casting a legitimate vote are something we should strive to overcome before the next major election.
Here’s some great photos of voting across Michigan from Michigan Radio.
Setting An Example, photo by DetroitDerek Photography
Wikipedia says that the Cadillac Tower was the first building outside New York City and Chicago to have 40 floors with a spire height of 438 ft making it Detroit’s 12th tallest building. It’s a Beaux Arts skyscraper that was designed by the architectural firm of Bonnah & Chaffee and built in 1927 as Barlum Tower.
The building is best known, however, for its hanging murals. From 1994 to 2000, one side of the building featured a 14-story Detroit Lions star Barry Sanders, which was replaced with one of Red Wings star Steve Yzerman. Currently the building features an ad for the Fidelity investments.
Also see the Cadillac Tower website and have a look at the proposed Cadillac Centre for this location.
Check this out bigger and see more in Derek’s Sunset and Sky Series slideshow.
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