Art Deco in Detroit (Images of America)
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| Rating | : | 4.34 (570 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B0093XEFJ2 |
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| Number of Pages | : | 205 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-09-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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Through a panorama of photographs, authors Rebecca Binno Savage and Greg Kowalski take readers on a fascinating tour of this influential movement and its manifestations in and around Detroit. Since the 1920s, Art Deco, or "The Modern Style," has delighted people with its innovative use of materials and designs that capture the spirit of optimism to create the style of the future. Although the Detroit metro area is primarily known as an industrial region, it boasts some of the finest examples of Art Deco in the country. Art Deco in Detroit explores the wide-ranging variety of these architectural marve
Rebecca Binno Savage is a writer and preservationist, as well as a board member of the Detroit Area Art Deco Society. He is the author of Hamtramck: The Driven City and Hamtramck: Soul of a City, both published by Arcadia. . Greg Kowalski is a journalist and local historian, and is the editor of the Birmingham Eccentric newspaper
. About the Author Rebecca Binno Savage is a writer and preservationist, as well as a board member of the Detroit Area Art Deco Society. Greg Kowalski is a journalist and local historian, and is the editor of the Birmingham Eccentric newspaper. He is the author of Hamtramck: The Driven City and Hamtramck: Soul of a City, both published by Arcadia
"One-of-a-Kind View of Detroit" according to John B. Archibald. Of the many cities embellished architecturally during the period between the Two World Wars of the twentieth century, Detroit surely had an athletic spurt of growth, with many examples of the architecture now known as Art Deco decorating its downtown landscape. Now, the Arcadia series has put together a volume of views of these many fine buildings into one book, and at a reasonable price. . Christopher L. Taylor said Five Stars. A+. Great Art Deco resource! Jeffro I had no idea there was so much authentic Art Deco in Detroit! Need tours and a documentary. Need to advertise the architect tours of the fabulous Fisher Building in Chicago!