Art in the Stations: Cadillac Center
This past week I visited the Bricktown Station for the first time and picked up a brochure about the art in each of the thirteen Detroit People Mover stations. Each feature their own unique artwork, created by nineteen different artists from Michigan.
I decided to visit each station and share the art and stories behind each piece of work.
Starting with Cadillac Center, I enjoyed the colorful Pewabic Pottery arches greeting me inside the stairs of the platform. Originally fired for Strohs Brewery in 1955, the tiles were left unused.
The unique tiles were later used to create this mural designed by Diana Kulisek to represent the workers of Detroit.
The bronze plaque of Marie-Therese Guyon Cadillac is a loan from the Detroit Institute of Arts and depicts her entering Detroit on a canoe from Quebec. Known as the First Lady of Detroit, Madame Cadillac was a French-Canadian-American Pioneer who married Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac at age 17.
Dated 1903, the plaque was created by Carlos Romanelli. Romanelli was an Italian sculptor who moved to Detroit in the 1920s from Los Angeles. His work also includes La Pieta at the entrance of Mt. Elliott Cemetery in Detroit.
The Cadillac Center art is titled "In Honor of Mary Chase Stratton," the co-founder of Pewabic Pottery.
Stay tuned for a new post each day on each station!
