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23rd largest? Detroit's population has really decreased. Nice to see that the city still has lots of buildings in good condition, and it's still a great city. :)
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Some of the most beautiful architecture in North America is right here. What a great tour. Thanks.
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Beautiful place.
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Great photo sets! I hope you enjoyed your visit!
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Gorgeous gorgeous.
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Nice ones and sharp too! Good job
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Well, was it in France, both the metro area and the city proper would still rank 2nd to Paris that's obviously much larger, ahead of Lyon whose economy is yet healthy.
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To be frank, I don't like it at all when the church mimics the Middle Ages like that. It's scaring people instead of helping them grow more spiritual. Let me show you an example here. In my suburban town of Maisons-Alfort, we have a cute little church from the 12th century, whose bell tower is yet the original. It went through some 900 years or something. That's a bit crazy when you think about it. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...JPG?uselang=fr https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89...Maisons-Alfort So the more modern noticeable church in town, built in 1933 had to be more innovative. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...rt_France1.jpg https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89...Maisons-Alfort It is made of concrete and glass. That one's even registered as a national landmark, because it was bad ass in the 1930s. It is actually more interesting than the former. So I never really understood why the US always tried so hard to duplicate the ancient stuff. It's more valuable and more convincing to seek innovation, and the church itself should just do that. |
Unfortunately a couple of blocks away from these buildings it is still Dresden 1945.
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Very nice, with a lot of the old turn of the century and pre 1920's stuff still standing. I like the Argonaut Building's stripping, something I have seen in Torino Italy also. Surprised you don't see more of that style.
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somehow, the early skyscraper architecture of detroit has tons of integrity.
you get the sense that the clients wanted forward thinking architecture, not just some skyscraper version of a medieval cathedral like you see more of in New york and Chicago. |
Absolutely stunning beauty. I'm over in D-Town at least once a year (often for concerts at the incredible Masonic Temple) and I somehow had no idea that there were so many great cultural institutions and museums there! I guess I should explore Midtown a bit more thoroughly!
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The original "Big D"!!
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