I wasn't sure how late the Roger Waters concert would be nor how long it would take me to get home from it so I decided to take today off. After doing my laundry and seeing what a nice day it was, I decided to head down to Detroit. I thought that I would do the Woodward trip that I have been thinking about but once I got north of the Detroit Institute of Arts, there was alot of construction so that put the kabosh on my plans (besides it was getting fairly late). I got alot of good pictures from downtown to the DIA though and here they are.
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This was the display window of a wig shop as I was getting out of my car. I liked the reflections on the glass and the look of the wigs.
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This is sculpture that is in Campus Martius. Not sure what it is supposed to be.
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This is the Michigan Soldier's and Sailor's Monument in Campus Martius. This has been shown on this blog several times before because I really like it.
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And of course Joe Louis' fist. I've said it before and I'll say it again, it's no wonder that he beat so many of his opponents.
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This is the One Woodward Building. It was designed by the same guy that designed the World Trade Center (you can see hints of that building in this building).
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This is the Comidas statue on Jefferson.
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And of course the Renaissance Center. It was kind of interesting because the GM logo on the front of the building was blacked out. I wonder if that was because they were filming something and GM didn't pay for product placement.
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The Spirit of Detroit statue which also has been shown on this blog several times.
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The Comerica Tower. This is probably one of my favorite tall buildings in Detroit.
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I'm not sure what the statue is.
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The building in the front is the Vinton Building which was designed by Albert Kahn (a name you've seen several times on this blog).
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This used to be the Grand Trunk Ticket office. The Grand Trunk was a railroad that went from the Atlantic and through the Midwest. I think a version of it is still around these days.
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Looking up at the Vinton Building.
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The top of the Soldier's and Sailor's Monument.
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Another shot of the Soldier's and Sailor's Monument.
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Looking up at the statue at the top from a different angle.
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This is the point of origin for Detroit. It was established by Judge Woodward after the fire of 1805. From here you have Woodward, Michigan Avenue and a couple of other streets.
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This is the Kern's clock. It used to be on a building. It was restored to roughly its original spot by Compuware when they built their headquarters.
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Looking down Woodward Avenue.
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This is the Giant Tiger statue in front of Comerica Park. When I go to games, I don't get a chance to get a picture of this without throngs of people in the way so this was kind of nice to get it alone.
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Looking at the statue from another angle.
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The Fox Theater.
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I'm not sure what building this is, but it is on Wayne State's campus. I liked the knight sculptures.
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A bronze knight statue.
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The thinker statue sitting in front of the Detroit Institute of Arts.
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Another angle of the statue.
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This is the Horace H. Rackham Educational Memorial. This was the home of the Engineering Society of Detroit until they moved to Southfield and was built in 1941.
As I said, I had planned to go all the way up Woodward but construction kind of deterred that wish.