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This artwork is featured in the exhibition Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2018 at The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. This exhibition runs from Sunday, June 24, 2018 to Sunday, September 9, 2018. www.statemuseumpa.org
Paul Plumadore lives in Wayne County.
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Michigan became a state on January 26, 1837
State Abbreviation - MI - Mich
State Capital - Lansing
Largest City - Detroit
Name for Residents - Michiganders, Michiganians or Michiganites
Major Industries - car manufacturing, farming (corn, soybeans, wheat), timber, fishing
Origin of the Name Michigan - Michigan is from an Algonquian Chippewa Indian word "meicigama" that means "big sea wate" (referring to the Great Lakes).
State Nickname - Wolverine State
State Motto - "Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circum spice" [If you are seeking a amenable (pleasant) peninsula, look around you]
State Song - Michigan, My Michigan
State bird - Robin
State fish - Brook trout
State flower - Apple blossom
State tree - White pine
Detroit was founded on July 24, 1701, by the French explorer and adventurer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
The Renaissance Center (also known as the GM Renaissance Center and nicknamed the RenCen) is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters. The central tower, the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, is the tallest all-hotel skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere, and features the largest rooftop restaurant, Coach Insignia. It has been the tallest building in Michigan since it was erected in 1977.
Detroit, Michigan, USA is a border town across the Detroit River from Windsor, Ontario, Canada
*******ABOUT THIS TRIP***********
TakeTours
5-Day Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit Tour from New YorkTour Code: 172-2382
Visiting 8 states:
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Ontario (People Mover ride by)
*** VISITING***
ILLINOIS
Chicago IL
Grant Park
Buckingham Fountain
Millennium Park
Cloud Gate
The Magnificent Mile
Wrigley Building
Tribune Tower
Chicago Water Tower
Willis Tower (Sears Tower)
Navy Pier
Marina City
Lake Michigan & Great Lakes
Lake Michigan Cruise
Chinatown
MICHIGAN
Detroit MI
Ford Museum (National Historic Landmark)
GM Renaissance Center
People Mover - Detroit Transportation Corporation train
Detroit River
Bronner's Christmas Wonderland
Belleville, MI
Holland, MI
The Dutch Village - living museum
OHIO
Cleveland OH
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Lake Erie
Toledo OH
Toledo Museum of Art
Tony Packo's Cafe (Hungarian hot dogs)
Parma OH
Henninger Homestead
Richfield OH
INDIANA
Welcome Center visit
PENNSYLVANIA
Welcome Center visit
Delaware Water Gap PA
Amish Pennsylvania
Lamar PA
Mill Hall PA
Danville PA
Mauses Creek
Mausdale, PA
Brookville PA
NEW JERSEY
Kittatinny Point Visitor Center
Delaware Water Gap
Delaware River
NEW YORK
Chinatown NYC
ONTARIO
Windsor Ontario
United States–Canada border People Mover ride by
Bus border drive along
TakeTours
888-428-7255
Host company
E-World Tours
48 Bowery, New York, NY 10013
(212) 385-1688
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Detroit city, Michigan state, The United States of America U.S.A. country, North America Continent
May 22nd 2015
Bread and Puppet visited northern Wayne county for a one night magical performance at the end of August. Lots of space in a field allowed for plenty of physical distance and the opportunity to enjoy a live show!
1949 Plymouth taillight. Taillight assemblies such as this, found on many 1949 Chrysler Corporation cars, sometimes are called early versions of tail fins, along with the small fins found on the new-design 1948 Cadillacs. They were dropped in 1950, but fins once more sprouted on Chrysler products for 1956 (with a few chrome-trim hints of fins in the intervening years), and the fins of the '57 models (and those for a few years thereafter) were much larger and more prominent, the major emblem of Chrysler Corporation's "Forward Look". By the early 1960s, fins were out of favor and car makers soon eliminated them. I like the chrome trim capping this taillight, particularly paired with the parallel trim on the fender below. (Note the exposed screws that attach the chrome strip to the top of the taillight assembly -- something car buyers today probably would find unacceptable.) This is one of four photos posted today showing a beautiful 1949 Plymouth Special DeLuxe convertible seen at the Greenfield Village Motor Muster, which I attended June 18 with Steve Brown (sjb4photos); others include the stylized Mayflower ship mascot adorning the hood (previous photo), the dash, and a full-side exterior shot (following two photos). Best if viewed in the light box.
Built in 1929, this Art Deco-style skyscraper was designed by Wirt C. Rowland and Smith, Hinchman and Grylls for the Union Trust Company, and was originally known as the Union Trust Building, later being renamed the Guardian Building. The building was one of the first in the world to feature automatic push-button elevators, and Monel metal fixtures, metal elements, and metal fittings. The building housed the Union Trust Company until 1932, when it went into receivership due to unsustainable growth during the 1920s economic boom and the impact of the Great Depression. The building housed various office tenants after the demise of the bank, including the United States Army Command Center for wartime production during World War II, and became the headquarters of Michigan Consolidated Gas Company in 1982, which led to the restoration of the exterior and interior of the building, with the company remaining in the building until it merged with DTE Energy in 2001, after which it was sold to Sterling Group in 2002. The building features a 36-story section that runs parallel to Griswold Street between a 40-story tower at the northern Congress Street end of the building, which rises to 496 feet (151 meters) above the street, with a spire that soars to 632 feet (192 meters), and a 38-story tower at the southern Larned Street end of the building. The extieor is clad in red brick with decorative polychromatic terra cotta trim with geometric motifs, red granite and limestone cladding at the base with large arched windows into the former main banking hall, a recessed main entrance with decorative polychromatic trim on the half-dome ceiling and ziggurat-shaped window bays, a large arched window bay trimmed with polychromatic terra cotta on the Congress Street facade, Monel metal flagpoles with decorative bases, and carved sculptural reliefs of figures on the Griswold Street facade. Inside, the building’s main lobby features a colorful polychromatic tile ceiling with octagonal and rectangular tiles, ziggurat vaults, abstract geometric forms, decorative metal elevator doors, stained glass windows, a tile mosaic behind the front desk with a ziggurat-shaped tree, limestone-clad walls, a barrel vaulted ceiling, a large Monel metal screen at the entrance to the banking hall, red marble trim at the stone stairs, a clock at the entrance to the banking hall, stone steps to the banking hall and the current Wayne County Commission chambers below, stone floors with ziggurat motifs, and decorative pendants at the elevators. The banking hall features a vaulted ceiling with arched openings and decorative polychromatic panels, a large map of the state of Michigan at the south end of the space in a large arched blind bay with symbols of the state’s various industries, stone floors, stone-clad walls, decorative ziggurat motifs on the pillars, walls, and floor, and a large Monel metal screen at the entrance. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1989, and is a contributing structure in the Detroit Financial District Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. In 2007, the building was purchased by the Wayne County Government, and became the home of their offices and chambers in 2010, when they were moved from the Old Wayne County Building nearby. The building today houses the offices and chambers of the Wayne County Government, as well as several other office tenants.
Established in 1929, the Henry Ford Museum of American Innovation was created by Henry Ford as The Edison Institute, a private educational institution, before opening to the public in 1933, initially being owned and operated by the Ford Motor Company. The museum contains exhibits and artifacts that were collected by Henry Ford starting in 1906, when his wealth began to increase substantially due to the success of the Ford Motor Company, with the institutions continuing to collect artifacts and items to this day. The museum is housed in a large structure, designed by Robert O. Derrick, that is quite similar in structure to a warehouse or factory built during the time of construction. Covering approximately 500,000 square feet (50,000 square meters), the building contains a variety of exhibits, mostly focusing on machinery, furnishings, automobiles, and other industrial goods, as well as historic artifacts that represent culturally significant moments in the history of the United States. The museum today is a major tourist attraction within the Detroit Region, and is one of three significant attractions affiliated with the Ford Motor Company in Dearborn, alongside Greenfield Village and the Ford Rouge Complex, all of which are open to tourists and visitors. The museum was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1969, and was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1981.
This artwork is featured in the exhibition Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2018 at The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. This exhibition runs from Sunday, June 24, 2018 to Sunday, September 9, 2018. www.statemuseumpa.org
Paul Plumadore lives in Wayne County.
Built in 1929, this Art Deco-style skyscraper was designed by Wirt C. Rowland and Smith, Hinchman and Grylls for the Union Trust Company, and was originally known as the Union Trust Building, later being renamed the Guardian Building. The building was one of the first in the world to feature automatic push-button elevators, and Monel metal fixtures, metal elements, and metal fittings. The building housed the Union Trust Company until 1932, when it went into receivership due to unsustainable growth during the 1920s economic boom and the impact of the Great Depression. The building housed various office tenants after the demise of the bank, including the United States Army Command Center for wartime production during World War II, and became the headquarters of Michigan Consolidated Gas Company in 1982, which led to the restoration of the exterior and interior of the building, with the company remaining in the building until it merged with DTE Energy in 2001, after which it was sold to Sterling Group in 2002. The building features a 36-story section that runs parallel to Griswold Street between a 40-story tower at the northern Congress Street end of the building, which rises to 496 feet (151 meters) above the street, with a spire that soars to 632 feet (192 meters), and a 38-story tower at the southern Larned Street end of the building. The extieor is clad in red brick with decorative polychromatic terra cotta trim with geometric motifs, red granite and limestone cladding at the base with large arched windows into the former main banking hall, a recessed main entrance with decorative polychromatic trim on the half-dome ceiling and ziggurat-shaped window bays, a large arched window bay trimmed with polychromatic terra cotta on the Congress Street facade, Monel metal flagpoles with decorative bases, and carved sculptural reliefs of figures on the Griswold Street facade. Inside, the building’s main lobby features a colorful polychromatic tile ceiling with octagonal and rectangular tiles, ziggurat vaults, abstract geometric forms, decorative metal elevator doors, stained glass windows, a tile mosaic behind the front desk with a ziggurat-shaped tree, limestone-clad walls, a barrel vaulted ceiling, a large Monel metal screen at the entrance to the banking hall, red marble trim at the stone stairs, a clock at the entrance to the banking hall, stone steps to the banking hall and the current Wayne County Commission chambers below, stone floors with ziggurat motifs, and decorative pendants at the elevators. The banking hall features a vaulted ceiling with arched openings and decorative polychromatic panels, a large map of the state of Michigan at the south end of the space in a large arched blind bay with symbols of the state’s various industries, stone floors, stone-clad walls, decorative ziggurat motifs on the pillars, walls, and floor, and a large Monel metal screen at the entrance. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1989, and is a contributing structure in the Detroit Financial District Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. In 2007, the building was purchased by the Wayne County Government, and became the home of their offices and chambers in 2010, when they were moved from the Old Wayne County Building nearby. The building today houses the offices and chambers of the Wayne County Government, as well as several other office tenants.
This artwork is featured in the exhibition Art of the State: Pennsylvania 2017 at The State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg. This exhibition runs from Sunday, June 11, 2017 to Sunday, September 10, 2017. www.statemuseumpa.org
Paul Plumadore lives in Milanville, Wayne County.
The Pontchartrain Club/Town Apartments is a thirteen-story-plus-tower building that, begun as a clubhouse
building styled in an eclectic Mediterranean/Art Deco vein, but left unfinished except for the exterior shell
through the Depression and World War II years, was renovated in a modern style in 1951-53 as the Town
House Apartments.1 The building’s unique exterior design, combining clean-cut modern styling from the
early post World War II era with substantial remnants of the original Mediterranean/Art Deco finishes,
especially in the blocky central tower and upper façade, has made it a highly recognizable landmark in
downtown Detroit over the years. The rectangular-footprint building fills the lot line at the southwest corner
of Bagley Avenue and First Street in downtown Detroit. It is of steel frame and concrete construction faced
in orange and buff colored brick, with much buff Mankato stone trim. The building fronts First Street and
has a centered entrance on the First Street façade. Above the eighth floor, the center part of the building
front is recessed, giving the upper stories broadly U-shaped footprints. This central part of the building rises one story above the sections to either side. Rising above the center of the roof is a two-story tall square tower
that retains its original detailing and steps up in graduated levels in each face. On the western façade of the tower is a large red sign reading “Town Apartments.” The western alley-facing rear façade is finished in buffhued brick without any decorative trim. As part of the 1951-53 renovation the building’s window openings were much renovated, with broader and lower openings typically replacing taller, narrower ones; only in the upper stories, including a central five-story vertical bay window unit, have many of the smaller original window openings remained intact. The 1953 lobby has been renovated but retains two sets of fluted twosided
columns from 1953. All other tenant spaces have been renovated over time, and the total number of
apartment units has been reduced from 319 to approximately 250 today.
The Pontchartrain Club/Town House Apartments meets national register criteria A and C for its
contributions to the social history and architectural development of downtown Detroit. The building is
notable for its unique, visually distinctive appearance in downtown Detroit because of its combining of post-
World War II era modernism inspired by the International style with remnants of the original 1920s eclectic,
Mediterranean and Art Deco styling, including the tower above the main roofline. Initially developed by the
real estate firm Stormfeltz & Loveley as part of their multi-building development plan for Bagley Avenue just
off Grand Circus Park, the building was originally planned to be a clubhouse that, built for the National
Town and Country Club’s Detroit chapter, would include dining and other public rooms, athletic facilities,
including swimming pool and gymnasium, bowling alleys, and overnight accommodations. Planning for the
clubhouse began in 1924, and construction began in September 1928, with Detroit architect Wirt C. Rowland
of Smith, Hinchman & Grylls serving as the lead designer. The club acquired a new name, the Pontchartrain
Club, early into construction of the building, but the project collapsed with the onset of the Depression
during 1929 with only the building’s structural system, walls and roof completed. The building remained a
shell, lacking interior finish and even windows, until 1951-53 when then owners the Bagley-First-State
Corporation completed the building as a 319-unit apartment house. The renovation, which included redesign of the exterior, leaving portions of the elaborate 1920s detailing in the upper portion while refacing the lower portions with a streamlined look of the early post-World War II period, was planned by the Byrne Organization, Inc., architects, of Washington, DC, with Fridy, Gauker, Truscott & Fridy, of Philadelphia, as consulting architects and engineers. The building, as rebuilt in 1951-53 as an apartment building, first labeled
the Town House Apartments, possesses significance under national register criterion A in the context of Social History as one of the first, if not the very first, large post-World War II residential development in Detroit’s downtown area, designed to provide modern amenities for middle and upper middle-class tenants.
The Ponchartrain Club apartments were listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 19, 2016.
The Pontchartrain Club/Town Apartments is a thirteen-story-plus-tower building that, begun as a clubhouse
building styled in an eclectic Mediterranean/Art Deco vein, but left unfinished except for the exterior shell
through the Depression and World War II years, was renovated in a modern style in 1951-53 as the Town
House Apartments.1 The building’s unique exterior design, combining clean-cut modern styling from the
early post World War II era with substantial remnants of the original Mediterranean/Art Deco finishes,
especially in the blocky central tower and upper façade, has made it a highly recognizable landmark in
downtown Detroit over the years. The rectangular-footprint building fills the lot line at the southwest corner
of Bagley Avenue and First Street in downtown Detroit. It is of steel frame and concrete construction faced
in orange and buff colored brick, with much buff Mankato stone trim. The building fronts First Street and
has a centered entrance on the First Street façade. Above the eighth floor, the center part of the building
front is recessed, giving the upper stories broadly U-shaped footprints. This central part of the building rises one story above the sections to either side. Rising above the center of the roof is a two-story tall square tower
that retains its original detailing and steps up in graduated levels in each face. On the western façade of the tower is a large red sign reading “Town Apartments.” The western alley-facing rear façade is finished in buffhued brick without any decorative trim. As part of the 1951-53 renovation the building’s window openings were much renovated, with broader and lower openings typically replacing taller, narrower ones; only in the upper stories, including a central five-story vertical bay window unit, have many of the smaller original window openings remained intact. The 1953 lobby has been renovated but retains two sets of fluted twosided
columns from 1953. All other tenant spaces have been renovated over time, and the total number of
apartment units has been reduced from 319 to approximately 250 today.
The Pontchartrain Club/Town House Apartments meets national register criteria A and C for its
contributions to the social history and architectural development of downtown Detroit. The building is
notable for its unique, visually distinctive appearance in downtown Detroit because of its combining of post-
World War II era modernism inspired by the International style with remnants of the original 1920s eclectic,
Mediterranean and Art Deco styling, including the tower above the main roofline. Initially developed by the
real estate firm Stormfeltz & Loveley as part of their multi-building development plan for Bagley Avenue just
off Grand Circus Park, the building was originally planned to be a clubhouse that, built for the National
Town and Country Club’s Detroit chapter, would include dining and other public rooms, athletic facilities,
including swimming pool and gymnasium, bowling alleys, and overnight accommodations. Planning for the
clubhouse began in 1924, and construction began in September 1928, with Detroit architect Wirt C. Rowland
of Smith, Hinchman & Grylls serving as the lead designer. The club acquired a new name, the Pontchartrain
Club, early into construction of the building, but the project collapsed with the onset of the Depression
during 1929 with only the building’s structural system, walls and roof completed. The building remained a
shell, lacking interior finish and even windows, until 1951-53 when then owners the Bagley-First-State
Corporation completed the building as a 319-unit apartment house. The renovation, which included redesign of the exterior, leaving portions of the elaborate 1920s detailing in the upper portion while refacing the lower portions with a streamlined look of the early post-World War II period, was planned by the Byrne Organization, Inc., architects, of Washington, DC, with Fridy, Gauker, Truscott & Fridy, of Philadelphia, as consulting architects and engineers. The building, as rebuilt in 1951-53 as an apartment building, first labeled
the Town House Apartments, possesses significance under national register criterion A in the context of Social History as one of the first, if not the very first, large post-World War II residential development in Detroit’s downtown area, designed to provide modern amenities for middle and upper middle-class tenants.
The Ponchartrain Club apartments were listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 19, 2016.
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Michigan became a state on January 26, 1837
State Abbreviation - MI - Mich
State Capital - Lansing
Largest City - Detroit
Name for Residents - Michiganders, Michiganians or Michiganites
Major Industries - car manufacturing, farming (corn, soybeans, wheat), timber, fishing
Origin of the Name Michigan - Michigan is from an Algonquian Chippewa Indian word "meicigama" that means "big sea wate" (referring to the Great Lakes).
State Nickname - Wolverine State
State Motto - "Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circum spice" [If you are seeking a amenable (pleasant) peninsula, look around you]
State Song - Michigan, My Michigan
State bird - Robin
State fish - Brook trout
State flower - Apple blossom
State tree - White pine
Detroit was founded on July 24, 1701, by the French explorer and adventurer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
The Renaissance Center (also known as the GM Renaissance Center and nicknamed the RenCen) is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters. The central tower, the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, is the tallest all-hotel skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere, and features the largest rooftop restaurant, Coach Insignia. It has been the tallest building in Michigan since it was erected in 1977.
Detroit, Michigan, USA is a border town across the Detroit River from Windsor, Ontario, Canada
*******ABOUT THIS TRIP***********
TakeTours
5-Day Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit Tour from New YorkTour Code: 172-2382
Visiting 8 states:
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Ontario (People Mover ride by)
*** VISITING***
ILLINOIS
Chicago IL
Grant Park
Buckingham Fountain
Millennium Park
Cloud Gate
The Magnificent Mile
Wrigley Building
Tribune Tower
Chicago Water Tower
Willis Tower (Sears Tower)
Navy Pier
Marina City
Lake Michigan & Great Lakes
Lake Michigan Cruise
Chinatown
MICHIGAN
Detroit MI
Ford Museum (National Historic Landmark)
GM Renaissance Center
People Mover - Detroit Transportation Corporation train
Detroit River
Bronner's Christmas Wonderland
Belleville, MI
Holland, MI
The Dutch Village - living museum
OHIO
Cleveland OH
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Lake Erie
Toledo OH
Toledo Museum of Art
Tony Packo's Cafe (Hungarian hot dogs)
Parma OH
Henninger Homestead
Richfield OH
INDIANA
Welcome Center visit
PENNSYLVANIA
Welcome Center visit
Delaware Water Gap PA
Amish Pennsylvania
Lamar PA
Mill Hall PA
Danville PA
Mauses Creek
Mausdale, PA
Brookville PA
NEW JERSEY
Kittatinny Point Visitor Center
Delaware Water Gap
Delaware River
NEW YORK
Chinatown NYC
ONTARIO
Windsor Ontario
United States–Canada border People Mover ride by
Bus border drive along
TakeTours
888-428-7255
Host company
E-World Tours
48 Bowery, New York, NY 10013
(212) 385-1688
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Detroit city, Michigan state, The United States of America U.S.A. country, North America Continent
May 22nd 2015
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Michigan became a state on January 26, 1837
State Abbreviation - MI - Mich
State Capital - Lansing
Largest City - Detroit
Name for Residents - Michiganders, Michiganians or Michiganites
Major Industries - car manufacturing, farming (corn, soybeans, wheat), timber, fishing
Origin of the Name Michigan - Michigan is from an Algonquian Chippewa Indian word "meicigama" that means "big sea wate" (referring to the Great Lakes).
State Nickname - Wolverine State
State Motto - "Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circum spice" [If you are seeking a amenable (pleasant) peninsula, look around you]
State Song - Michigan, My Michigan
State bird - Robin
State fish - Brook trout
State flower - Apple blossom
State tree - White pine
Detroit was founded on July 24, 1701, by the French explorer and adventurer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
The Renaissance Center (also known as the GM Renaissance Center and nicknamed the RenCen) is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters. The central tower, the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, is the tallest all-hotel skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere, and features the largest rooftop restaurant, Coach Insignia. It has been the tallest building in Michigan since it was erected in 1977.
Detroit, Michigan, USA is a border town across the Detroit River from Windsor, Ontario, Canada
*******ABOUT THIS TRIP***********
TakeTours
5-Day Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit Tour from New YorkTour Code: 172-2382
Visiting 8 states:
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Ontario (People Mover ride by)
*** VISITING***
ILLINOIS
Chicago IL
Grant Park
Buckingham Fountain
Millennium Park
Cloud Gate
The Magnificent Mile
Wrigley Building
Tribune Tower
Chicago Water Tower
Willis Tower (Sears Tower)
Navy Pier
Marina City
Lake Michigan & Great Lakes
Lake Michigan Cruise
Chinatown
MICHIGAN
Detroit MI
Ford Museum (National Historic Landmark)
GM Renaissance Center
People Mover - Detroit Transportation Corporation train
Detroit River
Bronner's Christmas Wonderland
Belleville, MI
Holland, MI
The Dutch Village - living museum
OHIO
Cleveland OH
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Lake Erie
Toledo OH
Toledo Museum of Art
Tony Packo's Cafe (Hungarian hot dogs)
Parma OH
Henninger Homestead
Richfield OH
INDIANA
Welcome Center visit
PENNSYLVANIA
Welcome Center visit
Delaware Water Gap PA
Amish Pennsylvania
Lamar PA
Mill Hall PA
Danville PA
Mauses Creek
Mausdale, PA
Brookville PA
NEW JERSEY
Kittatinny Point Visitor Center
Delaware Water Gap
Delaware River
NEW YORK
Chinatown NYC
ONTARIO
Windsor Ontario
United States–Canada border People Mover ride by
Bus border drive along
TakeTours
888-428-7255
Host company
E-World Tours
48 Bowery, New York, NY 10013
(212) 385-1688
Hashtag metadata tag
#Detroitcity #CityofDetroit #Detroit #city #DetroitMichigan #Michigan #Michiganstate #MI #Mich #DetroitRockCity #TheMotorCity #DetrioyMotorCity #WayneCounty #MetroDetroit #GreatLakes #BorderTown #NorthAmerica #NorthAmericann #USA #carmanufacturing #automobileindustry #automotiveindustry #Michiganders #Michiganians #Michiganites #WolverineState
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Detroit city, Michigan state, The United States of America U.S.A. country, North America Continent
May 22nd 2015
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Michigan became a state on January 26, 1837
State Abbreviation - MI - Mich
State Capital - Lansing
Largest City - Detroit
Name for Residents - Michiganders, Michiganians or Michiganites
Major Industries - car manufacturing, farming (corn, soybeans, wheat), timber, fishing
Origin of the Name Michigan - Michigan is from an Algonquian Chippewa Indian word "meicigama" that means "big sea wate" (referring to the Great Lakes).
State Nickname - Wolverine State
State Motto - "Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circum spice" [If you are seeking a amenable (pleasant) peninsula, look around you]
State Song - Michigan, My Michigan
State bird - Robin
State fish - Brook trout
State flower - Apple blossom
State tree - White pine
Detroit was founded on July 24, 1701, by the French explorer and adventurer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
The Renaissance Center (also known as the GM Renaissance Center and nicknamed the RenCen) is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters. The central tower, the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, is the tallest all-hotel skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere, and features the largest rooftop restaurant, Coach Insignia. It has been the tallest building in Michigan since it was erected in 1977.
Detroit, Michigan, USA is a border town across the Detroit River from Windsor, Ontario, Canada
*******ABOUT THIS TRIP***********
TakeTours
5-Day Chicago, Cleveland and Detroit Tour from New YorkTour Code: 172-2382
Visiting 8 states:
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Ontario (People Mover ride by)
*** VISITING***
ILLINOIS
Chicago IL
Grant Park
Buckingham Fountain
Millennium Park
Cloud Gate
The Magnificent Mile
Wrigley Building
Tribune Tower
Chicago Water Tower
Willis Tower (Sears Tower)
Navy Pier
Marina City
Lake Michigan & Great Lakes
Lake Michigan Cruise
Chinatown
MICHIGAN
Detroit MI
Ford Museum (National Historic Landmark)
GM Renaissance Center
People Mover - Detroit Transportation Corporation train
Detroit River
Bronner's Christmas Wonderland
Belleville, MI
Holland, MI
The Dutch Village - living museum
OHIO
Cleveland OH
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Lake Erie
Toledo OH
Toledo Museum of Art
Tony Packo's Cafe (Hungarian hot dogs)
Parma OH
Henninger Homestead
Richfield OH
INDIANA
Welcome Center visit
PENNSYLVANIA
Welcome Center visit
Delaware Water Gap PA
Amish Pennsylvania
Lamar PA
Mill Hall PA
Danville PA
Mauses Creek
Mausdale, PA
Brookville PA
NEW JERSEY
Kittatinny Point Visitor Center
Delaware Water Gap
Delaware River
NEW YORK
Chinatown NYC
ONTARIO
Windsor Ontario
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The Pontchartrain Club/Town Apartments is a thirteen-story-plus-tower building that, begun as a clubhouse
building styled in an eclectic Mediterranean/Art Deco vein, but left unfinished except for the exterior shell
through the Depression and World War II years, was renovated in a modern style in 1951-53 as the Town
House Apartments.1 The building’s unique exterior design, combining clean-cut modern styling from the
early post World War II era with substantial remnants of the original Mediterranean/Art Deco finishes,
especially in the blocky central tower and upper façade, has made it a highly recognizable landmark in
downtown Detroit over the years. The rectangular-footprint building fills the lot line at the southwest corner
of Bagley Avenue and First Street in downtown Detroit. It is of steel frame and concrete construction faced
in orange and buff colored brick, with much buff Mankato stone trim. The building fronts First Street and
has a centered entrance on the First Street façade. Above the eighth floor, the center part of the building
front is recessed, giving the upper stories broadly U-shaped footprints. This central part of the building rises one story above the sections to either side. Rising above the center of the roof is a two-story tall square tower
that retains its original detailing and steps up in graduated levels in each face. On the western façade of the tower is a large red sign reading “Town Apartments.” The western alley-facing rear façade is finished in buffhued brick without any decorative trim. As part of the 1951-53 renovation the building’s window openings were much renovated, with broader and lower openings typically replacing taller, narrower ones; only in the upper stories, including a central five-story vertical bay window unit, have many of the smaller original window openings remained intact. The 1953 lobby has been renovated but retains two sets of fluted twosided
columns from 1953. All other tenant spaces have been renovated over time, and the total number of
apartment units has been reduced from 319 to approximately 250 today.
The Pontchartrain Club/Town House Apartments meets national register criteria A and C for its
contributions to the social history and architectural development of downtown Detroit. The building is
notable for its unique, visually distinctive appearance in downtown Detroit because of its combining of post-
World War II era modernism inspired by the International style with remnants of the original 1920s eclectic,
Mediterranean and Art Deco styling, including the tower above the main roofline. Initially developed by the
real estate firm Stormfeltz & Loveley as part of their multi-building development plan for Bagley Avenue just
off Grand Circus Park, the building was originally planned to be a clubhouse that, built for the National
Town and Country Club’s Detroit chapter, would include dining and other public rooms, athletic facilities,
including swimming pool and gymnasium, bowling alleys, and overnight accommodations. Planning for the
clubhouse began in 1924, and construction began in September 1928, with Detroit architect Wirt C. Rowland
of Smith, Hinchman & Grylls serving as the lead designer. The club acquired a new name, the Pontchartrain
Club, early into construction of the building, but the project collapsed with the onset of the Depression
during 1929 with only the building’s structural system, walls and roof completed. The building remained a
shell, lacking interior finish and even windows, until 1951-53 when then owners the Bagley-First-State
Corporation completed the building as a 319-unit apartment house. The renovation, which included redesign of the exterior, leaving portions of the elaborate 1920s detailing in the upper portion while refacing the lower portions with a streamlined look of the early post-World War II period, was planned by the Byrne Organization, Inc., architects, of Washington, DC, with Fridy, Gauker, Truscott & Fridy, of Philadelphia, as consulting architects and engineers. The building, as rebuilt in 1951-53 as an apartment building, first labeled
the Town House Apartments, possesses significance under national register criterion A in the context of Social History as one of the first, if not the very first, large post-World War II residential development in Detroit’s downtown area, designed to provide modern amenities for middle and upper middle-class tenants.
The Ponchartrain Club apartments were listed in the National Register of Historic Places on April 19, 2016.
The Indiana BicentennialTorch Relay was one of the commemorative events of the 2016 Indiana Bicentennial Celebration. The torch passed through Wayne County on Sunday, September 25 with multiple citizens helping to carry it along its way.
Starkweather School is one of many schools designed by Detroit architects Malcomson & Higginbotham between 1890 and 1930. Built in 1927, it is the only school from its era still standing in its entirety in Plymouth, Michigan. The school was built as the first ward school located outside the central portion of the city. In accordance with educational philosophy introduced in the first years of the twentieth century, it was built as an educational, recreational and social focal point of its residential neighborhood. Architecturally, the school building is built on an I-plan footprint and is Collegiate Gothic in style. Set back from the streets on the north and west sides, the building breaks the traditional rhythm of surrounding front porches and gains further visual impact due to its size. It was designed with a Community Room (social room-gymnasium with stage), twelve classrooms, a kindergarten room, and a library. The original Community Room was redesigned as classroom space when a cafeteria and gymnasium addition was constructed in 1961. Significant exterior features include the masonry work, particularly chimneys and the decorative west façade. Significant interior features include terrazzo and linoleum floors in the corridors, plastered walls, wood floors and trims in the classrooms, and decorative art tiles from Flint Faience & Tile Company in the vestibules and kindergarten classroom.
Starkweather School, built in 1927, is significant under Criteria A (Education) in the local context of Plymouth, Michigan, as the first ward school in the community, the result of a concerted effort of north side residents – led by the scion of a founding family – to dissuade the school district from continuing to locate all the city’s schools at one central site. The school is also significant under Criteria A (Community Planning and Development) as an integral part of a neighborhood that traces its roots from the location of Plymouth’s first railroad station and allied industrial development in the 1870s, through the development of a commercial district, to fledgling automobile-related industries in the first quarter of the twentieth century. To a cohesive neighborhood of modest homes built during successive waves of settlement, Starkweather School brought a safe, nearby educational environment for the neighborhood’s primary students and provided a space for social activity. Starkweather School is also locally significant under Criteria C as the only example in Plymouth of the public school work of Detroit architects Malcomson & Higginbotham, a firm whose position as consulting architects for Detroit Public Schools from 1895 to 1923 gave them great depth of experience designing school buildings for a variety of specialized functions and, often, for very large student populations. Although the firm’s Detroit projects included buildings holding as many as fifty or 100 classrooms, Starkweather School, with its twelve classrooms, is a pleasing “neighborhood-size” version of the restrained Collegiate Gothic style the firm had perfected for its larger big-city school designs. The building is also notable under criterion C for containing highly intact examples of Arts-and- Crafts-period tilework by the Flint-Michigan-based Flint Faience & Tile Company, which produced its tiles from 1922 to 1933.
The Starkweather School was listed in the National Register of Historic Places on November 7, 2016.
Took the youngest and one of his friends to Detroit to catch some different Pokémon. Wayne County Building - in between the RenCen and our parking garage. Phone/photographer did a lousy job of capturing the sky.
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Michigan became a state on January 26, 1837
State Abbreviation - MI - Mich
State Capital - Lansing
Largest City - Detroit
Name for Residents - Michiganders, Michiganians or Michiganites
Major Industries - car manufacturing, farming (corn, soybeans, wheat), timber, fishing
Origin of the Name Michigan - Michigan is from an Algonquian Chippewa Indian word "meicigama" that means "big sea wate" (referring to the Great Lakes).
State Nickname - Wolverine State
State Motto - "Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circum spice" [If you are seeking a amenable (pleasant) peninsula, look around you]
State Song - Michigan, My Michigan
State bird - Robin
State fish - Brook trout
State flower - Apple blossom
State tree - White pine
Detroit was founded on July 24, 1701, by the French explorer and adventurer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
The Renaissance Center (also known as the GM Renaissance Center and nicknamed the RenCen) is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters. The central tower, the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, is the tallest all-hotel skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere, and features the largest rooftop restaurant, Coach Insignia. It has been the tallest building in Michigan since it was erected in 1977.
Detroit, Michigan, USA is a border town across the Detroit River from Windsor, Ontario, Canada
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New York
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ILLINOIS
Chicago IL
Grant Park
Buckingham Fountain
Millennium Park
Cloud Gate
The Magnificent Mile
Wrigley Building
Tribune Tower
Chicago Water Tower
Willis Tower (Sears Tower)
Navy Pier
Marina City
Lake Michigan & Great Lakes
Lake Michigan Cruise
Chinatown
MICHIGAN
Detroit MI
Ford Museum (National Historic Landmark)
GM Renaissance Center
People Mover - Detroit Transportation Corporation train
Detroit River
Bronner's Christmas Wonderland
Belleville, MI
Holland, MI
The Dutch Village - living museum
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Cleveland OH
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Lake Erie
Toledo OH
Toledo Museum of Art
Tony Packo's Cafe (Hungarian hot dogs)
Parma OH
Henninger Homestead
Richfield OH
INDIANA
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PENNSYLVANIA
Welcome Center visit
Delaware Water Gap PA
Amish Pennsylvania
Lamar PA
Mill Hall PA
Danville PA
Mauses Creek
Mausdale, PA
Brookville PA
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Detroit, Michigan, USA
Michigan became a state on January 26, 1837
State Abbreviation - MI - Mich
State Capital - Lansing
Largest City - Detroit
Name for Residents - Michiganders, Michiganians or Michiganites
Major Industries - car manufacturing, farming (corn, soybeans, wheat), timber, fishing
Origin of the Name Michigan - Michigan is from an Algonquian Chippewa Indian word "meicigama" that means "big sea wate" (referring to the Great Lakes).
State Nickname - Wolverine State
State Motto - "Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam, circum spice" [If you are seeking a amenable (pleasant) peninsula, look around you]
State Song - Michigan, My Michigan
State bird - Robin
State fish - Brook trout
State flower - Apple blossom
State tree - White pine
Detroit was founded on July 24, 1701, by the French explorer and adventurer Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac
The Renaissance Center (also known as the GM Renaissance Center and nicknamed the RenCen) is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the International Riverfront, the Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors as its world headquarters. The central tower, the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, is the tallest all-hotel skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere, and features the largest rooftop restaurant, Coach Insignia. It has been the tallest building in Michigan since it was erected in 1977.
Detroit, Michigan, USA is a border town across the Detroit River from Windsor, Ontario, Canada
*******ABOUT THIS TRIP***********
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Visiting 8 states:
Illinois
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
New York
Ontario (People Mover ride by)
*** VISITING***
ILLINOIS
Chicago IL
Grant Park
Buckingham Fountain
Millennium Park
Cloud Gate
The Magnificent Mile
Wrigley Building
Tribune Tower
Chicago Water Tower
Willis Tower (Sears Tower)
Navy Pier
Marina City
Lake Michigan & Great Lakes
Lake Michigan Cruise
Chinatown
MICHIGAN
Detroit MI
Ford Museum (National Historic Landmark)
GM Renaissance Center
People Mover - Detroit Transportation Corporation train
Detroit River
Bronner's Christmas Wonderland
Belleville, MI
Holland, MI
The Dutch Village - living museum
OHIO
Cleveland OH
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum
Lake Erie
Toledo OH
Toledo Museum of Art
Tony Packo's Cafe (Hungarian hot dogs)
Parma OH
Henninger Homestead
Richfield OH
INDIANA
Welcome Center visit
PENNSYLVANIA
Welcome Center visit
Delaware Water Gap PA
Amish Pennsylvania
Lamar PA
Mill Hall PA
Danville PA
Mauses Creek
Mausdale, PA
Brookville PA
NEW JERSEY
Kittatinny Point Visitor Center
Delaware Water Gap
Delaware River
NEW YORK
Chinatown NYC
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Detroit city, Michigan state, The United States of America U.S.A. country, North America Continent
May 22nd 2015
Built in 1929, this Art Deco-style skyscraper was designed by Wirt C. Rowland and Smith, Hinchman and Grylls for the Union Trust Company, and was originally known as the Union Trust Building, later being renamed the Guardian Building. The building was one of the first in the world to feature automatic push-button elevators, and Monel metal fixtures, metal elements, and metal fittings. The building housed the Union Trust Company until 1932, when it went into receivership due to unsustainable growth during the 1920s economic boom and the impact of the Great Depression. The building housed various office tenants after the demise of the bank, including the United States Army Command Center for wartime production during World War II, and became the headquarters of Michigan Consolidated Gas Company in 1982, which led to the restoration of the exterior and interior of the building, with the company remaining in the building until it merged with DTE Energy in 2001, after which it was sold to Sterling Group in 2002. The building features a 36-story section that runs parallel to Griswold Street between a 40-story tower at the northern Congress Street end of the building, which rises to 496 feet (151 meters) above the street, with a spire that soars to 632 feet (192 meters), and a 38-story tower at the southern Larned Street end of the building. The extieor is clad in red brick with decorative polychromatic terra cotta trim with geometric motifs, red granite and limestone cladding at the base with large arched windows into the former main banking hall, a recessed main entrance with decorative polychromatic trim on the half-dome ceiling and ziggurat-shaped window bays, a large arched window bay trimmed with polychromatic terra cotta on the Congress Street facade, Monel metal flagpoles with decorative bases, and carved sculptural reliefs of figures on the Griswold Street facade. Inside, the building’s main lobby features a colorful polychromatic tile ceiling with octagonal and rectangular tiles, ziggurat vaults, abstract geometric forms, decorative metal elevator doors, stained glass windows, a tile mosaic behind the front desk with a ziggurat-shaped tree, limestone-clad walls, a barrel vaulted ceiling, a large Monel metal screen at the entrance to the banking hall, red marble trim at the stone stairs, a clock at the entrance to the banking hall, stone steps to the banking hall and the current Wayne County Commission chambers below, stone floors with ziggurat motifs, and decorative pendants at the elevators. The banking hall features a vaulted ceiling with arched openings and decorative polychromatic panels, a large map of the state of Michigan at the south end of the space in a large arched blind bay with symbols of the state’s various industries, stone floors, stone-clad walls, decorative ziggurat motifs on the pillars, walls, and floor, and a large Monel metal screen at the entrance. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1989, and is a contributing structure in the Detroit Financial District Historic District, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2009. In 2007, the building was purchased by the Wayne County Government, and became the home of their offices and chambers in 2010, when they were moved from the Old Wayne County Building nearby. The building today houses the offices and chambers of the Wayne County Government, as well as several other office tenants.
Known as Wah-na-be-zee (Swan Island) to the Chippewa and Ottawa Native American tribes, today Belle Isle reflects the late 19th century movement to create metropolitan parks begun in Paris and emulated in America by landscape architects like Frederic Law Olmsted. Ownership of these six hundred acres in the Detroit River passed over time to the French and then to the British before ending up with American settlers. The city of Detroit finally acquired the island, whose name had changed from Hog Island to Belle Isle in the middle of the century, in 1879. Soon citizens were calling on the city to create a public park on Belle Isle that would emulate the parks and tree-lined boulevards of Paris. In 1883, the city secured the services of Frederick Law Olmsted, the prominent landscape architect and planner responsible for famous urban parks in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Boston. After Olmsted's design was completed, other buildings were slowly added to the island. The most famous structure on Belle Isle is undoubtedly the Aquarium and Horticulture Building. Inspired by the Naples aquarium, the firm of Nettleton & Kahn designed a building with a highly articulated brickwork facade, copper roof, and a huge interior space to hold the great aquariums, where diverse marine habitats are displayed. The Horticulture building, also called the Conservatory, includes a fernery and a tropical plants sections, and is surrounded by three acres of formal gardens, lily ponds and greenhouses. Another noted building is the Belle Isle Casino, designed by Albert Kahn in 1908. Once said to be the finest casino in the United States, ornate towers frame the building's four corners, and verandas provide picnickers with shelter. A beautiful public park of memorials, fountains, athletic fields, manmade lagoons, and dramatic buildings, Belle Isle is a green oasis near the city's center.
Right headlight of the 1940 Ford in the next photo. The cars was one of several hundred from 1933 into the 1970s on display at the Greenfield Village Motor Muster three years ago, which Ruth Ann and I attended with Steve Brown (sjb4photos).
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The Indiana BicentennialTorch Relay was one of the commemorative events of the 2016 Indiana Bicentennial Celebration. The torch passed through Wayne County on Sunday, September 25 with multiple citizens helping to carry it along its way.
Known as Wah-na-be-zee (Swan Island) to the Chippewa and Ottawa Native American tribes, today Belle Isle reflects the late 19th century movement to create metropolitan parks begun in Paris and emulated in America by landscape architects like Frederic Law Olmsted. Ownership of these six hundred acres in the Detroit River passed over time to the French and then to the British before ending up with American settlers. The city of Detroit finally acquired the island, whose name had changed from Hog Island to Belle Isle in the middle of the century, in 1879. Soon citizens were calling on the city to create a public park on Belle Isle that would emulate the parks and tree-lined boulevards of Paris. In 1883, the city secured the services of Frederick Law Olmsted, the prominent landscape architect and planner responsible for famous urban parks in New York, Chicago, San Francisco, and Boston. After Olmsted's design was completed, other buildings were slowly added to the island. The most famous structure on Belle Isle is undoubtedly the Aquarium and Horticulture Building. Inspired by the Naples aquarium, the firm of Nettleton & Kahn designed a building with a highly articulated brickwork facade, copper roof, and a huge interior space to hold the great aquariums, where diverse marine habitats are displayed. The Horticulture building, also called the Conservatory, includes a fernery and a tropical plants sections, and is surrounded by three acres of formal gardens, lily ponds and greenhouses. Another noted building is the Belle Isle Casino, designed by Albert Kahn in 1908. Once said to be the finest casino in the United States, ornate towers frame the building's four corners, and verandas provide picnickers with shelter. A beautiful public park of memorials, fountains, athletic fields, manmade lagoons, and dramatic buildings, Belle Isle is a green oasis near the city's center.
It was a tough but necessary decision to keep our daughter, Ada, away from her grandparents when the pandemic started in March. After about five weeks apart, her great-grandmother and namesake, Nannie, stopped by our house to drop something on our porch. We tried to let her wave through the glass, but Ada burst out of the front door and jumped up to give Nannie the biggest hug ever. Neither Ada would let go!