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November 13th, 2010, 07:38 AM
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Making Detroit look good!
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DETROIT Photo Tour (10/24/10): Midtown, Institute of Arts, Cultural District - PART TWO
Hey guys,
I went on another tour of the city of Detroit on October 23-24, this Sunday, I took in the world-famous Detroit Insitute of Arts and a taste of midtown and the cultural area. If you missed the first part of my October 2010 Detroit tour, click here: http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=1249181 Without further ado, the second part of my Motor City weekend in October... Dreary morning from my hotel room at the Marriott Renaissance Center looking at Windsor  RenCen Tower 300  The beautiful Detroit Institute of Arts, built in 1923, second-largest art gallery in the United States, housing one of the largest collections of art in the world.  The equally-beautiful Detroit Public Library, built in 1921  The Thinker statue   Looking south on Woodward Avenue, at the Wayne State University building    Inside the Detroit Institute of Arts...                                                                                                        After the DIA, looking north on Woodward towards the Fisher Building and Cadillac Place in midtown  Beautiful home on Ferry and Woodward  The Inn on Ferry Street     Robert Pauli Scherer house  Detroit Historical Museum  Kirby Apartment Building  Wayne State University Welcome Center   Old Main Building, Wayne State University   Thompson House   Hilberry Theatre  Mackenzie House  First Congregational Church  Woodward Avenue North Scenes    David Whitney House, home of one of Detroit's most exclusive restaurants, The Whitney  Hope you all enjoyed the second part of my October 2010 tour of the Motor City!!!
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I'm a kind of person feeling like living back in the 1950s, one who favors and enjoys the Golden-age, rust-belt cities of Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Detroit, and the Gothic skylines of New York and Philadelphia. In my eye, they have more character, soul, and history to be pictured than today's world-class, cosmopolitan, and sprawling cities. Jaybird's flickr page | Jaybird's ZENFOLIO Photo Galleries | Jaybird's PBASE Photo Galleries |
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November 13th, 2010, 05:03 PM
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Live from red brick mama
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Detroit always keeps it classy and sassy.
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November 13th, 2010, 09:20 PM
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AWESOME!
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November 13th, 2010, 10:21 PM
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Philly sports fan
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Nice pictures!
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November 14th, 2010, 09:39 PM
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The Whitney is a nice restaurant. I went there on a drug rep dinner once.
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November 21st, 2010, 07:42 AM
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Making Detroit look good!
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I'm a kind of person feeling like living back in the 1950s, one who favors and enjoys the Golden-age, rust-belt cities of Buffalo, Pittsburgh, and Detroit, and the Gothic skylines of New York and Philadelphia. In my eye, they have more character, soul, and history to be pictured than today's world-class, cosmopolitan, and sprawling cities. Jaybird's flickr page | Jaybird's ZENFOLIO Photo Galleries | Jaybird's PBASE Photo Galleries |
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