Im heading to Detroit this winter for a vacation, (some of us in Arizona need to dust our coats off now and then) and am seeking advice for some places to go. I'll hit the HF museum, Edsel ford estate, rouge tour, but need to balance that with some HAMB type places/shops as well. Thanks guys
plan a whole day for the Henry Ford, and a second day at Greenfield Village. east at Vinsetta Garage, and get a coney dog at the birthplace of coney dogs, the American
What time of year? I would go check out the Highland Park Plant, the Ford Piquette Plant, go look,at the ruins of the Packard Plant, no far from that is the Dodge Brothers first Machine shop and n Hamtramack, Hit the Hudson museum in Ypsi. PM me I'll give ya some good spots
. In the early 30's, Edsel Ford commissioned Diego Rivera to paint a series of pictures depicting Detroit Industry and in particular, The Rouge. Housed at the Detroit Institute of Art (address at bottom/thread), are a total of 32 paintings - many of them are building/wall size.... ================================================ Of particular interest is a ~more or less~ conglomeration of the foundry - from iron ore to machined Flathead V8... Although not technically correct, the image shows early 21 stud Flathead V8's progressing down the line. ..I had to cut these images into sections to fit the HAMB, This is a mural and these images would be a continuous panorama from left to right.. ============================================= Click images for full size/view.. In the background can be seen several of the mills that bored/honed 48 holes in stepped operation -In this mammoth painting, the boring and threading machines are depicted in the background while a worker rotates the block in order to bore/hone/tap another one of it's 8 Faces. (Click to enlarge) And in reality...... For perspective, the North wall in it's entirety... The door at left is 12 feet high. Note the Ford Trimotors near the top of this image =================================================== The Opposite (South) Wall.. From the very far top left of the mural comes a million fresh car bodies down the line... Click images for full size/view.. Only to meet up with a million chassis. Note the crowd of visitors in center/background. And here the boys are pumping out Fenders for the "new 1933 Ford" ============================================ There are 32 panels in all but my favorite depicts ol Henry teaching the finer points of the new Flathead V8 at the The Ford Technical Institute.. The upholstery department and more.......... ========================== Address and info .... The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), located in 5200 Woodward Avenue Detroit, Michigan, has one of the largest and most significant art collection in the United States. With over 100 galleries, it covers 658,000 square feet. The DIA collection is regarded as among the top six museums in the United States With about 630,000 visitors annually, the DIA is among the most visited art museums in the world Its art collection is valued in billions of dollars, up to $8.1 billion according to a 2014 appraisal (address supplied by wikipedia) moe... .
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