Detroit Public Library, photo by DSPII.
Mac also has a photo of the exterior of the main branch of the DPL.
I searched and searched for information about this mural and found nothing, even at the Detroit Public Library web site. I did find several more pics from the library at DetroitFunk. Still, if anyone knows the tale of this mural, I would love to hear it!
orange star car, photo by Boston Fan in Michigan.
This Dodge Challenger concept car was the star of the 2006 Detroit Auto Show. It’s also part of a fantastic set of 2006 Detroit Auto Show photos. In addition to her camera, Sam brought her friend Dave (a “car fiend”) along and he offers commentary on the pictured cars. For this one, Dave says:
This car is an interesting design exercise. Unlike the new Mustang or Chevrolet’s Camaro concept, this design really does nothing to evolve the 1970s original. If Dodge produces this car, the response will be quite telling about the progression (or regression) of automotive design.
Dodge Challenger buffs might enjoy the Dodge Challenger home page, complete with history, photos and TV and magazine ads.
More coverage of the 2007 North American International Auto Show at Absolute Michigan.
PS: We’ll be posting an article on Absolute Michigan a little later this morning tomorrow with multimedia featuring this car and some other views from last year’s auto show that you have to see!!
Here’s the link to Detroit Auto Show Multimedia on Absolute Michigan! (be sure to check out those panorama tours at the full screen size – they are amazingly cool!!)
On December 30th, members of the Exposure.Detroit group took a photo safari on the People Mover in Detroit. Ted has a whole set of photos from the outing that you will want to check out and you can also click for a slideshow of a bunch of photos from the People Mover safari. (and you should – there are some really excellent photos there!)
The concept of a real-world photo outing ties in very nicely with an article about online communities extending to the offline world today on Absolute Michigan. It would be great to hear from folks about what they think of this.
Edited Dec 20, 2014: Unfortunately the photo that was featured here was deleted. Here’s the video instead…
Absolute Michigan’s first Michigan photo-video titled Holler: Detroit Photos + Detroit Cobras featuring great photos of the Motor City and a rockin’ Detroit Cobras tune.
Thanks to all the photographers who shared work that is in here and also to those who did but aren’t (there’s over 1500 pics of Detroit in the Absolute Michigan pool!)
There’s not much snow to be found in Michigan today, but there’s plenty in this photo from the George Grantham Bain Collection at the Library of Congress (LC-B2- 33-4). While many of the items in our national library are identified and dated, all we know about this one is that it’s from Michigan.
In the course of an ultimately fruitless search for information about the steam plow in the above photo, I found a neat page from the Wayne County Road Commission. The history page identifies Wayne County as “the Birthplace of Modern Road Building” and has a picture of what is purported to be the first snowplow.
I think that the plow in the picture may be like the one in this story about northern Michigan plow truck driver Harry Anderson.
Mercury Motel, photo by maproomsystems.
Intersection of Michigan and Military, Dearborn, Michigan.
Currently has many vacancies.
Nothing but, to be precise.
Demolition pending.
stitch, photo by Boston Fan in Michigan.
Sam says that this is “next installment in my continuing quest to give myself ink poisoning.”
This photo is part of her baseball miscellany set of photos. For some great baseball writing, check out her blog Blue Cats and Red Sox.
The Spirit of Detroit, photo by One Foot Over The Moon.
Continuing our run of photographers never before seen on Michigan in Pictures, here’s a photo from One Foot Over The Moon . It’s part of her This is Detroit set, which takes an interesting look at the Motor City. Check it out…
(much more about the Spirit of Detroit)
Last Look at Promenade by BuildingsOfDetroit.com – SNWEB.ORG
SNWEB says that the Guardian Building is Detroit’s best kept secret. It is considered one of the most significant Art Deco skyscrapers in the world and has been designated as a National Historic Landmark. Billed as “The Cathedral of Finance”, the building was designed for the Union Trust Company in the Roaring 20s by noted architect Wirt C. Rowland. A defining characteristic is the use of color. Rowland explained “We no longer live in a leisurely age … the impression must be immediate, strong and complete. Color has this vital power.”
The Guardian Building web site says:
Designed by Michigan architects; erected by Michigan contractors; built by Michigan artisans–the Guardian Building is virtually a temple of Michigan commerce and ingenuity. The Griswold Street entrance is crowned with a semi-dome lined with symbolic custom tiles by Mary Chase Stratton’s Pewabic Pottery of Detroit. The lobby features a large glass mosaic and the banking hall’s spectacular mural are both by Michigan artist Ezra Winter. Flanking the sides of the main entrance are reliefs designed by Detroit’s own architectural sculptor Corrado Parducci. In all, forty artisans worked on the structure’s painted murals and ceilings, intricate tile work, mosaic and stained glass, marble fixtures and vaulted lobby.
Check out a slideshow of Guardian Building photos from Flickr. Also see the excellent article Guardian Building has long been the crown jewel in Detroit skyline in the Detroit News’ Rearview Mirror and Guardian Building in Wikipedia.
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