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The Resource Lost Detroit : stories behind the Motor City's majestic ruins, Dan Austin ; photography by Sean Doerr

Lost Detroit : stories behind the Motor City's majestic ruins, Dan Austin ; photography by Sean Doerr

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From the Publisher: In this important book, Dan Austin and Sean Doerr have restored the real people to many of Detroit's architectural landmarks, and not a moment too soon. These "lost" buildings still stand, or rather totter, in a dilapidated state, their histories fading like the paint on their walls. The buildings might not long survive, but thanks to this book and the efforts of Austin and Doerr, the stories of these places and the people who built and used them will endure. Who were these lost Detroiters? Mayors and matrons, train conductors and auto workers, honeymooners and jitterbugging young couples out for a Saturday night - all the rich panoply of faces that make up Detroit's story. The buildings they inhabit in these pages - the Michigan Central Station, Vanity Ballroom, Cass Tech High School and others - held a central place in the story of Detroit's Auto Century. It was America's story, too. Detroiters lived, loved, toiled, played, celebrated and dreamed great dreams in these buildings and, thereby, helped shape a nation
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
172 pages
Contents
  • Broderick Tower
  • Cass Technical High School
  • Eastown Theatre
  • Grand Army of the Republic Building
  • Grande Ballroom
  • Lee Plaza
  • Metropolitan Building
  • Michigan Central Station
  • Michigan Theatre
  • United Artists Theatre
  • The Vanity Ballroom
  • Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church
Isbn
9781596299405
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Lost Detroit : stories behind the Motor City's majestic ruins
Title
Lost Detroit
Title remainder
stories behind the Motor City's majestic ruins
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Dan Austin ; photography by Sean Doerr
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Stories behind the Motor City's majestic ruins
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
From the Publisher: In this important book, Dan Austin and Sean Doerr have restored the real people to many of Detroit's architectural landmarks, and not a moment too soon. These "lost" buildings still stand, or rather totter, in a dilapidated state, their histories fading like the paint on their walls. The buildings might not long survive, but thanks to this book and the efforts of Austin and Doerr, the stories of these places and the people who built and used them will endure. Who were these lost Detroiters? Mayors and matrons, train conductors and auto workers, honeymooners and jitterbugging young couples out for a Saturday night - all the rich panoply of faces that make up Detroit's story. The buildings they inhabit in these pages - the Michigan Central Station, Vanity Ballroom, Cass Tech High School and others - held a central place in the story of Detroit's Auto Century. It was America's story, too. Detroiters lived, loved, toiled, played, celebrated and dreamed great dreams in these buildings and, thereby, helped shape a nation
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DLC
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1980-
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Austin, Dan
Dewey number
977.4/34
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
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Doerr, Sean
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  • Historic buildings
  • Historic buildings
  • Abandoned buildings
  • Abandoned buildings
  • Architecture
  • Architecture
  • Detroit (Mich.)
  • Detroit (Mich.)
  • Detroit (Mich.)
  • Detroit (Mich.)
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Lost Detroit : stories behind the Motor City's majestic ruins, Dan Austin ; photography by Sean Doerr
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volume
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
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rdacontent
Contents
Broderick Tower -- Cass Technical High School -- Eastown Theatre -- Grand Army of the Republic Building -- Grande Ballroom -- Lee Plaza -- Metropolitan Building -- Michigan Central Station -- Michigan Theatre -- United Artists Theatre -- The Vanity Ballroom -- Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church
Control code
sky228065947
Dimensions
21 x 24 cm
Extent
172 pages
Isbn
9781596299405
Lccn
2010020764
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)
Label
Lost Detroit : stories behind the Motor City's majestic ruins, Dan Austin ; photography by Sean Doerr
Publication
Carrier category
volume
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Contents
Broderick Tower -- Cass Technical High School -- Eastown Theatre -- Grand Army of the Republic Building -- Grande Ballroom -- Lee Plaza -- Metropolitan Building -- Michigan Central Station -- Michigan Theatre -- United Artists Theatre -- The Vanity Ballroom -- Woodward Avenue Presbyterian Church
Control code
sky228065947
Dimensions
21 x 24 cm
Extent
172 pages
Isbn
9781596299405
Lccn
2010020764
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Other physical details
illustrations (chiefly color)

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