Detroit Photo of the Day

[rbdetsport]

Thank you Allan for updating it almost daily again!!!!!

[baldy]

Yeah, Allan has been so quick at posting the photo of the day, the rest of us haven't had a chance! LOL!

Here's some pictures I took of the C-mart fountain from Jazzfest last weekend.

Edited September 9, 2005 by baldy

[Allan]

Yeah, Allan has been so quick at posting the photo of the day, the rest of us haven't had a chance!  LOL!

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LOL, nobody ever said we couldn't have 100 photos on a given day. The more the better.

Here's the top of the Penobscot...still one of my favorites.

[ironchapman]

Yeah, Allan has been so quick at posting the photo of the day, the rest of us haven't had a chance!  LOL!

Here's some pictures I took of the C-mart fountain from Jazzfest last weekend.

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Beautiful...

@Allan: That's agood shot. The Penobscot always remined me of the Empire State Building.

[Allan]

Saturday, September 10, 2005

Homes being renovated on Alfred Street

[ironchapman]

What happened to them to make renovation necessary?

Urban decay? Blight? Fire? Neglect?

[Allan]

Try neglect and wholesale abandonment of the entire neighborhood...although I'm sure there was a fire or two in there. Gotta love squatters...they are always trying to light fires inside wood-framed buildings to stay warm.

Here are some shots of those two houses from a year ago.

This house down the block is also being redone.

That pretty much just leaves the Ransom Gillis home, the most photographed ruin in the city....

And this one, which had its roof cave in completely fairly recently.

The mansions of Brush Park are coming down quickly these days. Every few months another one disappears.

[Allan]

Sunday, September 11, 2005

1403 Woodward Avenue

[baldy]

Monday, Sept 12

Saturday was Red Bull Dragsterday in downtown. Unfortunately, I was not able to see a race and find out what it was all about.

[Allan]

I missed the race too. All I know is that it was the first ever, that they were racing man-powered cars, and that Red Bull paid for the participants to attend.

I wandered up to the Dally in the Alley later in the day though...a lot of fun. Didn't take too many photos though.

[Allan]

Tuesday, September 13, 2005

The Kales Building with its new exterior lighting that was installed this past week. Now that the Kales has exterior lighting, the city decided that they could turn off the lights in Grand Circus to save money.

[ironchapman]

^That fountain adds a nice touch.

[RustTown]

Strange exterior lighting, but anything high-rise lit is good to see.

[Allan]

How is the lighting strange? I like it, and was quite glad to see them installing it.

[tapezord]

How is the lighting strange?  I like it, and was quite glad to see them installing it.

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agreed. I don't see how else you would light a building with no real setbacks.

[baldy]

I would have liked to have seen lights shining on the crown, specifically the "KALES" part. I know it's the photo, but it kind of looks like flourescent lighting under the arched windows at the top! Agreed, it's good to see the building lit up, but most importantly, to see the windows lit up.

[detroitfan]

Great pic the Kales looking amazing with the new lighting

[tapezord]

Drove by tonight. It looks terrific!

[Allan]

Wednesday, September 14, 2005

Now that the Kales has exterior lighting, if we could convince the owners of the David Stott Building to keep their lights on all the time....

[RustTown]

I think the Stott needs some more exterior lighting placed down at the base illuminating most of the tower. But, like the Book Tower, that will come later as the building's occupancy goes up.

[Allan]

It could use a few more lights...either illuminating more of the setbacks, or some lights down towards the base. But you've got to admit, it is more well lit than it was historically.

Actually, I can only think of three buildings that had exterior lights historically: the Fisher, the Book, and the Broderick.

The Broderick was the most well-lit building in the world upon its completion in 1928. Here it is around Christmas 1930. The original exterior lighting can still be found on the 30th, 31st, and 33rd floor setbacks, although my guess is that if the electricity up there was turned on they wouldn't work.

The Book Tower had lighting on its setbacks, most notably on the 33rd floor and on the roof.

[RustTown]

A little off subject, but the David Whitney Building was so modern for its time. In fact, it still looks relatively modern to me.

[Allan]

The lack of a cornice certainly adds to the modern look. It's too bad that they completely rebuilt the top of the building in the 1950s.

[Allan]

Thursday, September 15, 2005

I think this might be a repeat, but it's one of my most recent photos....

[baldy]

I really love the urban feel this shot gives downtown Detroit and it shows its great architecture. A little bit of new, and a lot of old. Plus, with the construction of 1 Kennedy Sq, and a crane on the left (don't let people know it's a parking garage), it really looks like downtown has it going on.