Chris, for your consideration:

This post won’t make sense for the average viewer as it’s meant to illustrate an idea I’ve had for a larger project. It’s eye candy for most, but I’m hoping for Christian Kinsler (the artist I’m hoping will want to get involved), it’ll tempt his consideration. It’s going up as a blog post because this is far kinder to Kinsler’s email inbox.

My thought behind this is the story Detroit has to tell… some good, some bad, but in the end all too important to forget. People no doubt love this city and many are working to revive it, with exciting results that are giving hope to many and inspiring others to step up and help heal Detroit. So for those of you from the Metro Detroit area, enjoy this little collection of vintage stills.

Images used from The Detroit News archive are available for reprint purchase, or if you want some more Detroit eye candy check out MCSDetroitFriend’s Flickr Photostream or Buildings of Detroit.

 

Downtown Detroit

Downtown Detroit, Kern's Department Store - date unknown (c/o The Detroit News)

 

Downtown Detroit, date unknown (c/o The Detroit News)

 

 

Sunday Mornings on Piety Hill

 

 

 

Dance Halls

Bob-Lo Pavilion dance, date unknown (c/o The Detroit News)

Detroit Dance Hall (c/o The Detroit News)

 

Crowd outside Detroit's Merry Gardens Dance Hall (c/o The Detroit News)

 

 

Race Riots

Detroit Race Riot 1943 (c/o The Detroit News)

 

Detroit Race Riots, 1943 (c/o The Detroit News)

Detroit Race Riot 1967 (c/o The Detroit News)

Detroit Race Riot 1967, Rep John Conyers speaks to crowd at 12th and Clairmount Streets (c/o The Detroit News)

 

Detroit Race Riots, 1967 (c/o The Detroit News)

 

Figures

The Supremes walking near Brewster Projects in Detroit, date unknown (c/o The Detroit News)

 

Rosa Parks leads parade down Woodward Avenue, 1976 (c/o The Detroit News)

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivering "I Have a Dream" speech at Cobo in Detroit - June 23rd, 1963 during the city's March for Freedom (c/o The Detroit News)

Santa greeting the crowds outside J.L. Hudson's in Downtown Detroit on Thanksgiving (c/o The Detroit News)

 

Michigan Central Station (Then)

Mary Rae Bingham kisses her boyfriend, Gordon Kiester, in the sunshine from a window at Michigan Central Station in Detroit, December 1944. Kiester is about to return to his duties as a sailor after a Christmas holiday break. (c/o The Detroit News)

 

WW1 Soldier returns to Detroit (c/o Wayne State University Archives)

 

Crowds gathered outside Michigan Central Station in Detroit to welcome home WW1 soldiers (c/o Wayne State University Archives)

Train passengers walking through Michigan Central Station, 1986 (I think) (c/o The Detroit News)

 

 

Michigan Central Station (Now)

Michigan Central Station now

 

 

Michigan Central Station interior, now

The Decaying Detroit