In an ideal world the government would have commissioned Detroit artist Gordon Newton to install a piece outside the Federal building while it underwent renovations. Instead they only built a cheap imitation of something he may have done. For the real thing we will have to hope for another work outside the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit; his second of which has just been taken down and was a far better commentary on current building trends than I could have wished for with my previous post.
Emily Elizabeth called. Clifford wants his 20% from MOCAD elitists who bit his house plan.
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Was Gordon Newton commissioned to erect the structure on the Slow's Parking Lot south of Michigan and East of 14th?
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initially i didn't care for Gordie's piece in the Mocad show, but after reading your article on new arch. in Detroit, and architects love of gables, perhaps it's a commentary on suburban architecture.
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