12:01am
Lafayette Park by Mies van der Rohe
My old home in Detroit.
From DWELL:
High-rise superblocks and identical clusters of row houses set apart from the urban grid have been much maligned as some of the major wrongdoings of modernism, but Detroit’s Lafayette Park—the first urban-renewal project in the United States—tells a vastly different story. Within a sprawling, decentralized city that has suffered near-disastrous decline, this racially and economically diverse enclave just northeast of downtown has not only aged gracefully but today flourishes with new life.—Sam Grawe
Must Watch Butt Pucker of the Day: Matt Hall nearly puts his plane in the Detroit River yesterday at the Red Bull Air Race Championships qualifying round in Windsor, Ontario.
June 6, 1982 Detroit Grand Prix, the start.
Though I was baking in the oven for another two months literally down the street, I’m sure as shit that the amazing sounds emitted from turbo era of Formula One embedded themselves in every ounce of my body.
These historical throwbacks are great—expect more in the future.