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Detroit: Reconstructed, 11/28/17 Irregular gelatin silver contact print

The Renaissance Center, 1977, John Portman- Though this confusing piece of architecture did bring some economic growth to the city within its first year, the true “renaissance” of Detroit began well after this “City Within a City,” arose.

Monument to Joe Louis, 1986 Robert Graham Graham referred to the sculpture as a “battering ram.” The Fist was symbolically aimed toward racial injustice because of Joe Louis’ effort to fight Jim Crow laws.

Detroit: Reconstructed, 12/7/17 Fyfe’s Shoe Store, 1919 Smith, Hinchman, Grylls with monument to Hazel S. Pingree ( The Idol of the People) #8x10 gelatin silver contact print

Cass Gilberts Woolworth building 1913 in New York established a precedent for Gothic commercial architecture. Fyfe’s Shoe Store in Detroit built in 1919, continued that tradition in a 14 story structure. Designed by Smith, Hinchman and Grylls, this handsome building with soaring vertical lines and deep window reveals stands as a landmark at the head of the busy thoroughfares that converge at Grand Circus Park. (Hawkins Ferry)