SPRING 2004 in Detroit -
[LAFAYETTE BUILDING, BELLE ISLE POLICE STATION, AMBASSADOR BRIDGE, CHENE PARK, HIGHLAND PARK FIRE STATION RUIN, BELLE ISLE SHELTERS, FLYNN PAVILION UPDATE, SOLANIS CASEY CAPUCHIN GARDEN, KIRK IN THE WOODS, E. GRAND BLVD. NEW HOUSE, RENCEN PEOPLE MOVER STATION]
Eastside Detroit Driveabout - [OSSIAN SWEET HOUSE, NEW EASTSIDE HOUSING, GRAYHAVEN ESTATES, HARBOR ISLAND, JEFFERSON AVE. BAPTIST, DETROIT WATERWORKS,JEWISH CEMETERY, ST. CYRIL'S]
Westside Detroit Driveabout - [8TH PRECINCT REDFORD POLICE STATION, ROSEDALE PARK, CUNNINGHAM DRUGSTORE, HENRY FORD GRAVE, ST. MARTHA'S, ISLAMIC CENTER OF AMERICA, JOY RD. CHURCH RUIN, MALICE GREEN SITE, BOHEMIAN HOUSE, CORKTOWN, COMPUWARE CONSTRUCTION, RENAISSANCE CENTER WINTER GARDEN]
November Walkabout - [CADILLAC HOTEL, COMPUWARE CONSTRUCTION, BRUSH PARK, STATLER HOTEL, WHITNEY BUILDING, BRODERICK TOWER, FOX THEATER, PARK AVENUE, FREE PRESS BUILDING]
Downtown Detroi- December Night Surf -
[FEDERAL BUILDING, PENOBSCOT BUILDING, COMPUWARE CONSTRUCTION, FOX THEATER, FORT STREET PRESBYTERIAN, CORKTOWN, MICHIGAN AVE.]
Downtown Ruins - [MOOSE LODGE, CHIN TIKI, EDDYSTONE HOTEL, PARK AVENUE HOTEL, MADISON LENNOX HOTEL, CADILLAC HOTEL]
Downtown Montage - [JOE LOUIS 'FIST' SCULPTURE, AMERICAN HOTEL, HUDSON'S PIT, UNITED ARTISTS, KINSEL'S DRUGSTORE, LAFAYETTE BUILDING, FORD AUDITORIUM, BOOK CADILLAC HOTEL, LENNOX HOTEL, MILLENNIUM BELL, TELEMARK THEATER, 1250 W. FORT, MICHIGAN CENTRAL STATION, NEW TIGER BALLPARK, GRAND CIRCUS PARK]
The DetroitYES Project began in 1997 with the launch
of The
Fabulous Ruins of Detroit Tour to express the inherit beauty and
power of the ruins of modern day Detroit. This tour was expanded and
enhanced until 1999 when new tours began to appear independently and
the DetroitYES forum was started. The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit
provides the setting and context of the DetroitYES Project -
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Detroit falls, Detroit Rises. Detroit was in the depths of her decline when the Fabulous Ruins of Detroit was first published on the web. Yet the seeds of Detroit's resurgence were springing forth amid the broken glass and crumbling brick of a decades-long decline. Detroit has dramatically risen in the years since. The themes established in the City Rises chapter of The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit continue here.