Lost Detroit is the latest in the series from Anova Books that
traces the cherished places in a city that time, progress and
fashion have swept aside before concerned citizens or the National
Register of Historic Places could save them from the wrecker's
ball. Organised chronologically, starting with the earliest losses
and ending with the latest, the book features much-loved Detroit
insitutions that failed to stand the test of time. Long before
there was a motor industry, the city lost the Central Market
(1889), the Belle Isle swimming pool and the Capitol Building
(1893). Grand buildings erected in the Victorian era that were too
costly to be refurbished, or movie theaters that the age of
television made redundant are featured. Alongside the city's iconic
and much-missed buildings, Lost Detroit also looks at the
industries that have declined or left town. Sites include: Detroit
Boat Club, Belle Isle Casino, Pontchartrain Hotel, Hotel Cadillac,
Electric Park, Detroit House of Corrections, Federal Building,
Temple Theatre, the Tashmoo, Hammond Building, Packard Car Company,
Detroit Museum of Art, Waterworks Park, City Hall, Hudson Motor Co,
Ford Rotunda, the Opera House, Kerns department store, Union
Station, Grace Hospital, Dodge factory, Convention Hall, Olympia
Stadium, Michigan Central Railroad, the Tuller Hotel and many more.
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