Wing House by KatheD
This impressive Second Empire style home with mansard roof sheathed in tin was constructed in 1875 for Jay Chandler (1850-1884) and his young bride Frances. This home has an open, two-bay porch along the front . The brick walls are covered with clapboard siding and a triple-bay porch with a [...]
Russell A. Alger, Jr., (1773-1930) son of Michigan's Governor Russell Alger and one of the founders of the Packard Motor Car Company, built this Italian Renaissance style mansion in 1910. Charles A. Platt of New York designed this elaborate structure, and Ellen Shipman of New York landscaped the grounds. The home is situated [...]
VOIGT HOUSE by GR58
The Voigt House is an elegant and perfectly preserved Victorian mansion was built for Carl G. A. Voigt in 1895. Voigt came to Grand Rapids in 1870 and ran a mill and dry goods store with W. G. Herpolsheimer. In 1902, when the partnership ended, Voigt took over the milling works.
The house [...]
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February 27, 2008 – 3:27 pm
Our Michigan event calendar for the month of March features all kinds of signs that spring is just around the corner (with some reminders that objects around the corner may be further off than they appear.
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February 25, 2008 – 10:35 am
1929 Ford Tri-Motor by Fernando Gomes Semedo
Six hours into their flight, the four explorers aboard the Floyd Bennett, a specially equipped Ford Tri-Motor airplane, stared at the mountain range ahead, blocking their way. Veteran pilot Bernt Balchen eased the plane upwards and entered the pass, which proved much narrower than anticipated. At the end of [...]
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February 1, 2008 – 9:17 am
The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) will host an exhibition of portraits by Russian-born American painter Alexander Melamid in Holy Hip-Hop! New Paintings by Alex Melamid.
The life-size portraits of twelve icons of hip-hop culture capture the larger than life personas embodied by these men, who are among the wealthiest and most influential [...]
December 4, 2007 – 10:18 am
Welcome to the "Big Tuesday" edition of Five Things you need to know about Michigan (sequel to our critically acclaimed Big Wednesday edition). For us, some big news was the fact that the Nick of Time Gang in Lansing managed to replace the service tax with something a lot fairer and more sensible. AP writer [...]
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November 21, 2007 – 9:12 am
Below is a list of just a few Michigan festivals & events for the month of December. As usual, there's no way to get them all, so please add links and information for those we missed and reviews of ones we have here in the comments below!
home for the holidays by Where's Walden
November 20 - [...]
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November 7, 2007 – 11:23 am
Pointe Aux Barques LightHouse built 1857 by TamedWolf
Anyone who has spent time in Michigan late in the fall has probably heard Gordon Lightfoot singing of the gales of November. The big blow that sunk the Edmund Fitzgerald was far from the first (or deadliest). Wikipedia's entry on the Great Lakes Storm of 1913 says that [...]
October 17, 2007 – 9:06 am
Our next fall color tour from Travel Michigan, Lansing - Grand Ledge - Hastings - Battle Creek - Eaton Rapids, starts where the photo the the right (maplepath by Aunt Owwee) was taken: at the Fenner Nature Center in Lansing (once known as the Fenner Arboretum). The park is named after biologist Carl G. [...]
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