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DETROIT (10/23/10): Downtown, RenCen, Brush Park, Midtown - PART ONE 06-12-2010 18:42 к комментариям - к полной версии - понравилось!




Without further ado, here's another one of my fine Detroit tours...



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Looking up at the Renaissance Center, I stayed in the Marriott Hotel...


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View of Windsor, Ontario from my room...

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Watergarden dome

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Tower 300 of the Renaissance Center

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Most comfortable bed I have ever slept on in my life, period...

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Little tour of the RenCen

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Walked to the People Mover station, waiting for the train...






The People Mover arrives! Took it to Grand Circus Park

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A few shots from around Grand Circus Park

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The famous Fillmore Theatre, a popular concert venue

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Fox Theatre


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Hockeytown Cafe on Woodward Ave.

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St. Johns Episcopal Church

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New townhouses appear in the Brush Park Neighborhood, north of downtown and I-75.

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Two bombed-out buildings... sadly something that is not uncommon in Detroit


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Building in Cass Park slated for demolition

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Detroit's Brush Park neighborhood... in this neighborhood, once home to prominent and beautiful Colonial and Victorian-style mansions, it has fallen on hard times, although is seeing some rejuvenation and life...

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Unfortunately unkempt houses and burned-out houses like this still linger around Brush Park...


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I believe this house is going to be restored...

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Two more beauties...

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A castle-like apartment building bombed out, however the trees add colour to it...

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SO MUCH POTENTIAL! Being footsteps away from downtown, Comerica Park, Ford Field, Fox Theatre, and the People Mover!

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Masonic Temple

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Bonstelle Theatre, part of Wayne State University

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Milner Arms Apartment Building


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New Building on Woodward

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Orchestra Hall

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Professional Plaza

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Harper Hospital and DMC


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Buildings slated for renovation along Woodward Avenue

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Another bombed-out building, slated for demolotion...

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One of Detroit's Premier Entertainment Centers, Majestic Theatre and the Garden Bowl Lanes, built in 1919, it is the oldest continually-used bowling alley in the United States.

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Inside the Garden Bowl...

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Bowled a few games...

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The last one was my best, 173!

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Union Street Saloon, a fine dining restaurant across from the Majestic/Garden Bowl...

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Nice decor, very saloon-like, the steak here was excellent...

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Detroit School of Arts...

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St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church

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Two old former performing arts centers...

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Addison Building

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First Presbyterian Church

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Skyline...

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Comerica Park, home of the Detroit Tigers


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David Broderick Tower and David Whitney Building, near the People Mover station...

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nited Artists building, owned by Mike Ilitch, may be soon-to-be renovated

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Kales Building on the right and two other buildings vacant

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After getting back to my hotel, on the PM again, made to the Joe Louis Arena for the game...


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"Terrible" Ted Lindsay statue in the concourse

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Mr. Hockey, Gordie Howe statue

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Concourse of the Joe

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Sweet seats, right in the center...

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Red Wings practising...

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Opening faceoff...

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Red Wings score early to make it 1-0 on the power play! Henrik Zetterberg with the goal!

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Ducks took a two-goal lead after a goal to make it 3-1, they had to review it, but I thought it went win, unfortunately...

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Face-off in the Red Wings zone in the second period...

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Red Wings trailing 3-1...

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But the Red Wings answer the call! THE MULE (Johan Franzen), makes it 3-2!

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Then Tomas Holmstrom ties it at 3-3, after standing in front of the goalie and re-deflecting it in!

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Zambonis clearing the ice for the 3rd Period...


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Red Wings Bench...

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Start of the 3rd period...

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After Anaheim made it 4-3 with a five-hole goal by Teemu Selanne, the Red Wings tied it up on another goal by Henrik Zetterberg!

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Crowd getting antsy...

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Everybody stood the last few minutes of the game...

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Less than five minutes in the game, Detroit pressing...

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Red Wings continue to press...

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While Jimmy Howard holds fort in the other end...

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Pavel Datsyuk scores through a crowd over the goalie and wins the game with 11.4 seconds left in the third period!

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Red Wings win!!! Congratulating Jimmy Howard!!!!

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5-4 Detroit the final!

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Pavel Datsyuk the second star of the game...

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Henrik Zetterberg the first star of the game...

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The Joe after the game...

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Blurry shot of Windsor...

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RenCen at night...


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The Financial District area of Detroit, would have taken more night pictures...

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but it started to rain heavily, argh!

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Back in my room, watching game 6 of the NLCS between the Giants and Phillies... which the Phillies lost sadly

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Looking across at Windsor from my room at night...

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Tower 300 at night of the RenCen

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