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History

Detroit’s Olympic Bids

October 20, 2009 History
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Did you know that Detroit has submitted multiple bids to host the Summer Olympics?
They’ve actually submitted 7 bids in all.  They bid in 1944 (which was canceled due to the war) and then again in every year from 1952 thru 1972.  Many consider their bid for the 1968 Olympics their best chance at landing the [...]

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Vintage Advertising

September 25, 2009 History
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I had a great time looking through old exhibit catalogs from the Detroit Architectural Club and the Thumb Tack Club of Detroit.  I never put much thought into what went into publishing these books, but quickly realized that advertising was just as prevalent in the early 1900’s as it is today.
Each book had a few [...]

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Early Detroit Architecture Clubs

September 11, 2009 History

A couple of weeks ago I was confirming some dates for the Guardian building and ran across the following text:

(Excerpt from The Guardian Building: Cathedral of Finance By James W. Tottis)
I’ve never run across this name or organization before so I did some digging and discovered some very interesting things.

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