Lost Detroit

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Call Number: 977.434 Ga, Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / United States / Michigan / Gay, Cheri
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Westgate Branch

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Downtown 2nd Floor 4-week checkout	977.434 Ga	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / United States / Michigan / Gay, Cheri	4-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Adult Books 4-week checkout	Adult Book / Nonfiction / History / United States / Michigan / Gay, Cheri	4-week checkout	Due 05-11-2024

Organized chronologically, starting with the earliest losses and ending with the latest, the book features much-loved Detroit institutions that failed to stand the test of time. Long before there was a motor industry, the city lost the Central Market (1889), the Belle Isle swimming pool, and the Capitol Building (1893). Grand buildings erected in the Victorian era that were too costly to be refurbished, or movie theaters that the age of television made redundant are featured. Alongside the city's iconic and much-missed buildings, the book also looks at the industries that have declined or left town. Sites include Detroit Boat Club, Belle Isle Casino, Pontchartrain Hotel, Hotel Cadillac, Electric Park, Detroit House of Corrections, Federal Building, Temple Theatre, the Tashmoo, Hammond Building, Packard Car Company, Detroit Museum of Art, Waterworks Park, City Hall, Hudson Motor Co, Ford Rotunda, the Opera House, Kerns Department Store, Union Station, Grace Hospital, Dodge factory, Convention Hall, Olympia Stadium, Michigan Central Railroad, the Tuller Hotel, and many more.--Publisher's description.

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beautiful buildings submitted by Jackie77 on August 22, 2015, 10:21pm Beautiful photos of buildings in detroit in the 1800's and early 1900's. What a shame that they were demolished, razed, or burned down. The architecture was gorgeous!! Belle Isle had a huge roller coaster and other adventurd parks through the years. It really was an amazing place to visit or live decades ago. It's truly sad that nobody cared enough to preserve the buildings and greatness the city had to offer. Thank goodness UofM was brought to Ann Arbor.