an interpretive geography of detroit: structure versus will
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Appendix A
An Interpretive Geography of Detroit: StructureVersus Will
Contents:
Figure A - 1: Recent Aerial Photograph of Downtown Detroit and itsSurrounds
Figure A - 2: Detroit's Book Tower
Figure A - 3: The Ruins of Detroit's Magnificent Michigan Central RailroadStation and Michigan Central Railroad Headquarters Building.
Figure A - 4: Scenes from the Michigan Theatre
Figure A - 5: Commercial Devastation in Detroit
Figure A - 6: Residential Devastation in Detroit
Figure A - 7: The Ruins of Detroit's Packard Motors Complex
Figure A - 8: Land Use in Canton Township in 1967
Figure A - 9: Land Use in Canton Township in 1973
Figure A - 10: Land Use in Canton Township in 1998
Figure A - 11: Residential Housing Developments in Canton CharterTownship
Figure A - 12: Approximate Location of Paradise Valley
Figure A - 1
Recent Aerial Photograph of Downtown Detroit and its Surrounds
Photograph shows Detroit's small commercial district in the center lower half of the image. Thisarea is located immediately north of the Detroit River, which is not shown here. Massiveexpressways surround the other three sides of Detroit's downtown. These cut deep and widetrenches through the region's urban core, and are surrounded by hundreds of acres of devastatedVictorian era neighborhoods. Vast swaths of these places have been reduced to little more thanfields and burned out houses and buildings.
Photograph Circa 2000Source Unknown
Figure A - 2
Detroit's Book Tower
The once magnificent book tower at once represents an eccentric architectural statement and is a typicalexample of Detroit's many underutilized commercial towers dating to the 1920s. In its present condition,the Book tower appears to be in danger of joining Detroit's abandoned skyscrapers, which compriseapproximately half of the City's total number of downtown commercial towers.
Image from The Fabulous Ruins of DetroitWebsite created by Lowell Boileau© 1997 - 2000 All Rights Reserved
http://www.bhere.com/ruins/home.htm
Figure A - 3
The Ruins of Detroit's Magnificent Michigan Central RailroadStation and Michigan Central Railroad Headquarters Building
Image from The Fabulous Ruins of DetroitWebsite created by Lowell Boileau© 1997 - 2000 All Rights Reserved
http://www.bhere.com/ruins/home.htm
Figure A - 4
Scenes from the Michigan Theatre
Images from The Fabulous Ruins of DetroitWebsite created by Lowell Boileau© 1997 - 2000 All Rights Reserved
http://www.bhere.com/ruins/home.htm
Figure A - 5
Devastation in Detroit
Images of urban devastation in the Chene commercial corridor of Detroit. Richard Sauerzopf 2001
Figure A - 6
Residential Devastation in Detroit
Images of urban devastation in a residential neighborhood in the Chene corridor. Richard Sauerzopf 2001
Figure A - 7
The Ruins of Detroit's Packard Motors Complex
Images from The Fabulous Ruins of DetroitWebsite created by Lowell Boileau© 1997 - 2000 All Rights Reserved
http://www.bhere.com/ruins/home.htm
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Figure A - 8
Land Use in Canton Township 1967
Scanned from "About . . . . Wayne County Municipalities" Compiled by the Wayne County Economic Development Commission - 1967
Figure A - 9
Land Use in Canton Charter Township 1973
Scanned from the Canton Charter Township "Future Land Use Plan" of 1976
Figure A - 10 Land Use in Canton CharterTownship 1998
Scanned from Canton Michigan's1998 Comprehensive Plan
Vacant/AgricultureSingle Family ResidentialSubdivisionMultiple Family ResidentialCommercialOfficeIndustrialInstitutionalPublic Facilities
Figure A - 11
Subdivisions in Canton
Image from GlobeXplorer image files searchable and downloadable from MapQuest's on-line image serverat www.mapquest.com
Rich Sauerzopf 2001
Figure A - 12
Approximate Location of Paradise Valley
Map image produced with MapQuest's online mapping function 2001http://www.mapquest.com