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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 deals of all time. The Free Press dug up some good documents here (.PDF). A few articles about the deal can be found here…
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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…
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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…
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Cathedral Of The Most Blessed Sacrament

June 29, 2006
Located at Woodward & Belmont Streets, the Cathedral was begun in 1915 by Cleveland Architect Henry A. Walsh. However the Cathedral didn’t look like it did today when Walsh was finished. *** Photo from the Diehl & Diehl Archives *** The local firm of Diehl & Diehl were commissioned by the Archdiocese to finish the towers and make the interior more Cathedral like. In 1940…
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Westside...

June 25, 2006
…of the continent. Work took me to Tucson, Arizona this past weekend, and I had half a day with my camera before the flight home. The “White Dove of the Desert”. The mission of Saint Xavier del Bac. Founded about 10 miles south of Tucson in 1692, the current church building was built in 1797. The interior of the church is both unexpected and stunning. Many members of the…
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Detroit Cornice and Slate

June 22, 2006
So, I’m up in Ferndale the other day, and what do I stumble across but the Detroit Cornice and Slate Company. As I’m sure everyone knows, the company’s old home downtown is now occupied by the Metro Times. So here they are still plugging away after…
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Gormar Apartments

June 21, 2006
Located at Woodward & Nevada between 6 and 7 mile roads, across from Palmer Park, this beatuy caught my eye the other day. Built in 1923 the Gormar Apartments has seen better days, however I’m sure with its location, it was at one time quite a fashionable address.