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The Shape of Things to Come: 1912
Submitted by Dave on Wed, 07/06/2011 - 5:51pm.
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August 31, 1912. "Dime Savings Bank and Detroit City Hall." 8x10 inch dry plate glass negative, Detroit Publishing Company. View full size.
Yucca, Yucca
Submitted by Mudhooks on Fri, 07/08/2011 - 2:53am.
Believe it or not, here in Ottawa, many people grow yucca. It is hardy enough to withstand an Ottawa winter.
Tombstone Folks in Town
Submitted by drkbp on Thu, 07/07/2011 - 4:42pm.
Don't make a misstep on the girders -- but if you do, the National Retail Monument Dealers Association is in town.
Peeping Tom
Submitted by GV1200 on Thu, 07/07/2011 - 1:39pm.
So what is the guy on the first window ledge doing? I love the untold stories in these snapshots of a time long lost.
Tropical Detroit
Submitted by RoccoB on Thu, 07/07/2011 - 10:01am.
City Hall front lawn corner. Are those palms and yucca plants I see?
A palm tree in Detroit
Submitted by Hawk777 on Thu, 07/07/2011 - 7:20am.
I doubt landscape architects or workers would put palm trees these days outside public buildings in such northern latitudes.
[But they do. Then as now, it's in a a big planter. - Dave]
What a Contrast
Submitted by DonY on Wed, 07/06/2011 - 10:12pm.
between old and new! The Second Empire style city hall building was completed in 1871 and demolished in 1961.
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