MICHIGAN

In the backdrop of Lake St. Clair and Peche island. A sudden change of plans neccessitated by a hurricane saw us visiting Michigan on the long weekend. 

Downtown Detroit

Downtown from car uptown - Penobscot Building is the one to the top left. 150, West Jefferson is the one on the top right. Quite a few of the skyscrapers are vacant - see here 

Downtown Detroit from the car 2 - Detroit's skyscrapers are full of flying buttresses and other concrete garnishes. this is the Buhl Building 

Downtown Detroit from the car 3. The black building is the Hotel Potchartrain. 

At an angle 

A fisheyed panorama of GM's global HQs 

Som and Suman in front of the Renaissance Center 

Looking up at the "Ren Cen". The middle tower is the Detroit Marriott. 

A riverboat 

The Ambassador Bridge - connecting Windsor, Ontario with Detroit 

The Detroit River Cruise

Som and I in front of the tour boat 

The GM Renaissance Center - the icon of the new Detroit, and of Superbowl XL . Equipped with an observation deck, restaurants, museums, jazz clubs, a winter garden, a Marriott, a cruise ship dock and GM's offices - this was primarily funded by Ford Motor Company in 1971 after the race riots to stop the "white flight". It was purchased and refurbished by GM in the 1990s.  

Suman in front of the Gm Renaissance Center 

First of the lighthouses 

A state building on the riverfront 

The Omni Riverplace Hotel 

The Douglas Macarthur Bridge - connecting the city of Detroit with Belle Isle - the island park designed by Olmsted. 

Another shot of the Douglas Macarthur Bridge 

Slightly run down riverside apartments 

Chair configurations 

Willow 

A riverine gas station 

Yachting on the Detroit River 

A water treatment plant ? 

A long shot