The Whales Return to Downtown Detroit

Watching a Tigers game I noticed that the whale mural on the Broderick Tower is back and the garish and childish ad that had covered it is gone.

Turns out Mother Nature had a vote on it.

“It's ironic,” Creech [President of the artist's Wyland Foundation] wrote. “After years of contention, soda ads, car ads, appeals to the state supreme court, and Rocket Mortgage completely disregarding any communication with us to find another building for their ad instead of covering up a legacy work of public art, it finally took Mother Nature to step in and say, 'Let me handle this.'

“We really hope this incident gives the advertisers pause. If you look at water pollution, declining biodiversity, and the worsening climate change, humanity hasn't exactly been doing the planet any favors lately.

"So, there's something rather poignant about the timing for the return of the mural. Maybe the advertisers will finally consider letting the mural serve the purpose Wyland intended: to remind people that no matter where we live, we are always intrinsically connected to nature.”

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In case anyone wants to read the full story...

https://www.freep.com/story/news/loc...m/70717862007/

Thanks Mom....

That line in the article would have been funnier if it had said "it finally took Mother Nature to step in and say, ‘Hold my beer.’"

That Rocket ad was really pointless. It didn't have the corporate name in big print. In fact you had to stare hard to see what the ad was for and yet any feel good point to it with the smiley faces was overwhelmed by the fact you knew it was covering the mural.