August 11, 2009 – 8:22 am
Waiting room, Michigan Central Station by jeanpierrelavoie Over on Michigan in Pictures today we featured a link to an incredible panoramic walkthrough of Detroit’s Michigan Central Station by Montreal photographer Jean-Pierre Lavoie. The Detroit News had a feature on Lavoie that explains: In Lavoie’s past, he was an electrical engineer with an interest in cameras. [...]
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Salad by by jpwbee Taste the Local Difference says that leafy greens are ready to pick! Greens are an excellent source of iron, calcium, Vitamins A and C, and folic acid and also very high in dietary fiber and low in calories and sodium. What’s not to love?? Here’s a few fun facts about greens: [...]
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Craftsman Home, McLean Street Highland Park MI by pinehurst19475 A few weeks ago, the Chicago Reader had a great feature saying there’s nowhere in America quite like Detroit right now. You should read the whole thing but here’s a taste: They say when the country catches a cold, Michigan gets the flu. Projects that started [...]
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cae3/ Anita says that she’s a mom, wife, registered nurse and photographer. Check this photo out larger in her Explored slideshow and see more of her lovely flower shots. Here’s her Flickriver. Share this:
cseeman (Corey) is the Library Director at the Kresge Business Administration Library at the University of Michigan (Corey’s homepage) You’ll definitely want to check this photo out background bigalicious or in his cool Tulip slideshow. His sets include Birds of Saline, Fiddlers Restrung (not to be confused with the Saline Fiddlers) and Lighthouses of Michigan [...]
Here’s a guest article from buckshot.jones’ excellent Detroit Journal. Here’s the process of prairiefying a city: A city is built on the river, allowing for trade and commerce and irrigation of farms. The city prospers and more people move in, the city expands. Farms on the edge of town are converted to housing, forest further [...]
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Morels ! by cedarkayak The latest issue of Midwest Living feature on the Best Midwest Food Towns served up a platefull of restaurants in our region that might entice the culinary tourist. Their editors selected Traverse City as the #2 town and Ann Arbor #3. Also featured were a collection of recipes from Traverse City [...]
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Abandoned building in Flint – Colors by Derek Farr ( DetroitDerek) The New York Times has a great report titled An Effort to Save Flint by Shrinking It that begins: Instead of waiting for houses to become abandoned and then pulling them down, local leaders are talking about demolishing entire blocks and even whole neighborhoods. [...]
Click this photo from Brooke Pennington for the Spring slideshow from our Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr! Here’s the link to Brooke’s photo (which you can see bigger in his Spring photo gallery) and here is some Spring wallpaper from Michigan in Pictures. Share this:
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The last Wednesday of every month is a “Weird Wednesday” on Absolute Michigan, when we feature offbeat stories from the Great Lakes State. Check out more Weird Wednesdays from Absolute Michigan. Here’s a video feature that we last showed so long ago, it should feel new to just about everyone! Thanks Jim for the reminder… [...]
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