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Author: Michael Boettcher

Culture History 

Pure Detroit turns 20: How simply loving Detroit has been the key to this shop’s success

February 17, 2019February 23, 2019 Michael Boettcher 669 Views 0 Comments detroit entrepreneurs, Detroit retail, fisher building, Pure Detroit, small business

Note: This article was written for Model D and was first featured on their website. Disclaimer: Michael Boettcher is an area

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Architecture Culture History 

Central America Influenced Detroit Architecture in the 1920’s

February 10, 2019February 22, 2019 Michael Boettcher 640 Views 0 Comments detroit architecture, diego rivera, indigenous themes, vanity ballroom

Aztec and Mayan Revival styles beautified the city By the time Mexican artist Diego Rivera arrived in Detroit to paint on the

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History 

Detroit’s Oldest House is in Canada

February 10, 2019February 22, 2019 Michael Boettcher 645 Views 0 Comments detroit history

British loyalist’s house now an Amherstburg museum Later this year Detroit will celebrate its 317th birthday. Antoine Laumet de la

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Architecture History 

50 Years Ago, Yamasaki was on Top of the World

February 9, 2019February 17, 2019 Michael Boettcher 605 Views 0 Comments detroit architecture, detroit design, McGregor Conference Center, Minuro Yamasak, modernism, One Woodward Avenue, World Trade Center

Troy-based architect designed the world’s tallest buildings and more In the early 1960s, Troy-based architect Minoru Yamasaki was riding high

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Architecture 

The Penobscot Building Defined Detroit’s Skyline

February 9, 2019February 22, 2019 Michael Boettcher 694 Views 0 Comments detroit architecture, detroit history, detroit skyline, detroit skyscraper, Donaldson and Meier, Penobscot Building, Wirt Rowland

Detroit Once Had the World’s Eighth Tallest Building Peeking just ten feet over the Washington Monument and towering 89 feet

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