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Dodge Brothers Mausoleum

July 11, 2006
Located in Woodlawn Cemetery in Detroit, among the notables buried here are John & Horace Dodge. Built in the Egyptian Revival Style, two stone Spyhnxes stand guard over the front door. Both Brothers who were inseparable in life both died in 1920. They comissioned the Lloyd Brothers of Toledo, OH to build their mausoleum in 1913. *With addional information from the late A. Dale…
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Dearborn Montgomery Ward's

July 7, 2006
* First off, sorry for the lousy picture, I shot it a few years ago when Michigan Ave. was all torn up, and there wasn’t a great angle to shoot from… Now it seems as if this long time Dearborn Icon built in 1936, may meet the wrecking ball, in one of the shadyist…
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Via Italia

July 6, 2006
As Italy prepares to face off against France in Sunday’s World Cup final, here is a photo tour through Erie Street, Windsor’s Little Italy. The light pole banners welcoming you to Little Italy. The east end, many blocks east of the restaurant district is a little rougher around the edges. There is even a very small section of housing remaining at the east end of the street. There…
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Funerary Parducci's

July 5, 2006
In Detroit’s beautiful Woodlawn Cemetery one can find the stunning Art Deco Wilson Mausoleum. Comissioned by Matilda Dodge Wilson and designed according to the late A. Dale Northrup’s great book on the cemetery, in 1939 by New York City Architect William Henry…