Beautiful Detroit

over a year...

2007-11-16T01:14:00.000-05:00

without a post! i feel bad, i really do. i just kind of got too busy for this. i'll try to re-vive this blog for sure.

for now, here's a photo taken outside of windsor, ont. i can say with confidence that i'm sure most of michigan and southwestern ontario is covered in colourful leaves.

and, i hope that everyone remembers to visit the handmade detroit holiday market at the magic stick on woodward in detroit this weekend. it starts on friday, nov. 16 at 7pm (i believe this night is the VIP night so there's a $5 admission) with music by scarlet oaks and SSM.

the 17th is the more traditional day, starting at 10am and ending at 5pm with free admission.

the address for the magic stick is 4120-4140 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, MI.

link for complete info:
handmade detroit's holiday market

my absense: explained!

2006-10-09T22:21:00.000-04:00

this always happens, i forget about my blog. i have quite a few pictures to post, but for some reason photobucket just is not working. i'll try again later this week, though.

detroit river in wyandotte, mi.

2006-05-05T22:24:00.000-04:00

one sunday my dad and i were driving to and around wyandotte, mi for a reason i can't remember. it was a gloomy day, and we were driving back towards detroit, turning onto a road along the river. i took this picture as we were stopped at a traffic light. the mass that appears in the middle of the river is one of the little islands between wyandotte and lasalle, ont.

windsor/detroit from belle isle

2006-03-01T22:58:00.000-05:00

(click on image to see larger version)

on january 15, i went driving around detroit before a show with my friend, and we went to belle isle. the best photo of the belle isle photos are of these two border towns.

on the left, the blue-lit building is casino windsor. across the orange clouds is the ambassador bridge, and on the right is of course the RenCen.

thanks to a friend, steve, of detroit band the nice device, here's the link to a lot of nice shots of detroit. photos.

the brown bomber's arm

2005-10-09T20:26:00.000-04:00

this is the arm of the famous detroit boxer, joe louis (a/k/a the "brown bomber"). he was a symbol of freedom against nazi germany after defeating german max schmeling; also a hero to many african-americans during the days of segregation, according to research. a mini-bio can be found here, and another one here.

official site.

sadly, i can't find the exact stats of his arm measurements.

taken may 1, 2005.

downtown detroit, early spring

2005-10-02T21:37:00.000-04:00

taken by shoving the camera out the car window and clicking.
i think it turned out nicely.

so there has been quite a lapse in updates. i'm trying to make time for a photo a week, or possibly 3 a month, with updates on fridays.

Summer Murals Go Unfinished

2005-02-22T22:30:00.000-05:00

It already seems as if I've forgotten about this site! But no worries, this was al lthe result of a bad internet connection.

Corner of Talbot and Centre streets; Essex, Ontario (Late summer 2004)

Essex is very famous for its murals (over 13 works on different walls around the town by such famous artists as Ron Suchiu) and this is one that remains unfinished until the spring. It features the local residents who are involved with the Rotary Club.

First Picture

2005-01-23T19:43:00.000-05:00

This is the abandoned-looking building beside the Lafayette Coney Island restaurant on Lafayette St., Detroit. This was taken in the summer of 2004, and now it's blank again.

Welcome!

2005-01-23T19:36:00.000-05:00

I started Beautiful Detroit on January 23, 2005, but the idea has been in my head since about late May of 2004. I was at a French Kicks show and Ian Sefchick (formerly in Creeper Lagoon) of opening band On The Speakers and I were discussing various things, one of them being our location at the time. He stated that he liked Detroit "because it always looks like a war just happened." It's a pretty funny joke, but that has always been in the back of my mind.

I am a Canadian, from a town near the city across the Detroit River, Windsor (aka the Rose City), so my family and I frequent the Detroit area. By going there often, we see so much of the Motor City, such as the architecture, sculptures, etc.

I don't expect this site to heighten the Windsor-Detroit area's tourism, I just want to reach people in the far corners of the globe, and inform them visually of two wonderful cities and their surrounding areas.

This is just the first post of many to come. I'm going to aim for once every two weeks or so. Also, this won't include pictures from just Detroit or Windsor, but as far away as Ann Arbor, Michgan or as close as Essex, Ontario, for example.

Thanks for checking this out, and feel free to email me (located in my profile) or comment about any questions, etc. Feedback is always appreciated!