| Lost Detroit:: Stories Behind the Motor City's Majestic Ruins Contributor(s): Austin, Dan (Author) |
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ISBN: 1596299401 ISBN-13: 9781596299405 Publisher: History Press OUR PRICE: $25.19 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2010 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Architecture | Buildings - Landmarks & Monuments - Architecture | History - General |
| Dewey: 977.434 |
| LCCN: 2010020764 |
| Series: Lost |
| Physical Information: 0.48" H x 9.4" W x 7.76" (1.20 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Locality - Detroit, Michigan - Geographic Orientation - Michigan - Cultural Region - Great Lakes - Cultural Region - Midwest |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Lost Detroit tells the stories behind 12 of the city's most beautiful, all-but-forgotten landmarks and of the people behind them, from the day they opened to the day they closed. While these buildings might stand as ghosts of the past today, their stories live on within these pages. The team behind BuildingsofDetroit.com brings you the memories of those who caught trains out of the majestic Michigan Central Station, necked with girlfriends in the balcony of the palatial Michigan Theatre, danced the night away at the Vanity Ballroom and kicked out the jams at the Grande Ballroom. As Detroit Free Press Architecture Critic John Gallagher said, the buildings in these pages held a central place in the story of Detroit's Auto Century. It was America's story, too. Detroiters lived, loved, toiled, played, celebrated and dreamed great dreams in these buildings and thereby helped shape a nation." |
Contributor Bio(s): Austin, Dan: - Dan Austin is a journalist at the Detroit Free Press and a historian of the city's landmarks. He began researching and writing about Detroit's architectural wonders in 2006. His first book, Lost Detroit: Stories Behind the Motor City's Majestic Ruins, "? tells the stories behind the boarded-up windows of Detroit's most spectacular abandoned buildings. He runs HistoricDetroit.org." |