Monroe, MI
Category Archives: buildings
agave in bloom
80 year old Agave americana variegata imported from the state of San Luis Potosi, Mexico in 1934; blooms one time, sets seed, and dies; a window pane was removed from the conservatory roof to allow the stalk to continue growing
Matthaei Botanical Gardens; Ann Arbor, MI
classic standard oil station
red crown design, built in the 1920s; now occupied by an insurance agency
Port Huron, MI
sawyer motor building
4 story auto dealership built in 1926, converted to condominiums/office/parking in 2010
Asheville, NC
simulacrum
red barn with silo
Huron Township, MI
solstice
St. Clair Township, MI
deco filling station
opened 1936 as the McGeachy Filling Station, now a convenience store and bio-diesel fuel station
Asheville, NC
dome, basilica of saint lawrence
Guastavino vaulting made of interlocking terracotta tile and mortar.
Asheville, NC
indigo sky
ned skeldon stadium
home field of the Toledo Mud Hens, 1965 – 2001
Maumee, OH
ford valve plant
Designed by Albert Kahn, constructed in 1936 as part of Henry Ford’s Village Industries program, later converted to office space.
Northville, MI
portico view
Belle Isle – Detroit
the village florist
facade, r. hirt jr. building
Eastern Market; Detroit
weathered barn
marquee moon
lifeguard bungalow
Miami Beach, FL
from the jazz age
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Monroe, MI
silver tower on woodward
Berkley, MI
the marlin hotel
Streamline Moderne, circa 1939; Miami Beach, FL
venetian pool
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Constructed in 1923 on the site of an abandoned quarry in Coral Gables, FL
crandon park marina building
Key Biscayne, FL
sandstone bricks
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sky and masonry
Wyandotte, MI
papa joe’s
Woodward Ave, Birmingham MI
bright lights
ford drive-in theatre
Opened 1950; still showing outdoor movies year round – Dearborn, MI
deco building with sundial
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14th Street and Drexel Avenue, Miami Beach
chelsea at dusk
