Michael H. Hodges Detroit News Fine Arts Writer Published 6:54 PM EST Dec 10, 2018 Such splashy purchases, however — often not cheap — can feel extravagant when buying for one's self. But they've got just the right touch of "special" to wrap in gorgeous paper and present to a favorite on your list. Some suggestions, just out this year: Michigan architecture "Michigan Modern: An Architectural Legacy" by Brian D. Conway with photographs by James Haefner. Visual Profile Books, $60. This is Brian D. Conway's second book on Michigan's decisive role in shaping architectural modernism, and it's a stunner. With luminous photographs by James Haefner, this 300-page volume takes us from the dawn of modernism at Cranbrook to the 2012 Eli and Edyth Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University. Conway notes the state was lucky to be blessed with considerable wealth, a dominant industry with tons of designers, and institutions like … [Read more...] about Gift Guide: From Aretha to MI architecture, big books make great gifts
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Design concepts for Midway’s East River take shape
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How San Pedro’s Croatian community helped shape the port town
By Donna Littlejohn | [email protected] | Daily BreezePUBLISHED: July 13, 2018 at 6:02 pm | UPDATED: July 13, 2018 at 6:17 pm Newcomers to San Pedro pick it up quickly. Menus at restaurants around town feature items such as cevapcici, kapus, and coppino (translations: a sausage dish, coleslaw and fish stew). There’s a weekly Croatian language Mass at Mary Star of the Sea Catholic Church along with traditional Croatian dinners. According a long popular newspaper column written in the 1980s, a real San Pedran’s name ends in a vowel “or the last syllable is pronounced ‘itch.’ “ Since before World War I, the close-knit seaside community has been home to one of the largest Croatian populations this side of the Adriatic Sea. And on Sunday, July 15, San Pedro’s Croatian pride will be out in force to cheer the homeland on in its admittedly uphill battle to beat France for soccer’s coveted World Cup title. Early immigrants In many ways, San … [Read more...] about How San Pedro’s Croatian community helped shape the port town
Dunedin’s Fenway Hotel shaping up to be food and drink destination for Tampa Bay
Inside the new Fenway Hotel's HEW Parlor & Chophouse, which will feature a 22-seat chef's bar.Jennifer RingThe historic Dunedin property at 453 Edgewater Drive has undergone its fair share of change. At one time, the building overlooking St. Joseph Sound served as a hotel, the first radio station in Pinellas County, a couple of schools (including a Christian college) and an empty shell, according to Mainsail Lodging & Development President Joe Collier.But Collier’s Tampa-based hospitality company is restoring the structure to its former glory, and paying homage its musical legacy, as Fenway Hotel — with a big emphasis on food and beverage. Mainsail, after all, is responsible for the genesis of Tampa’s Epicurean Hotel, a playground for food-obsessed residents and out-of-towners across the street from Bern’s Steak House in SoHo.“If you’re gonna run an 82-unit boutique hotel, you’ve gotta do well in food and beverage,” Collier said … [Read more...] about Dunedin’s Fenway Hotel shaping up to be food and drink destination for Tampa Bay
Rare Rockwood Mansion “gas house” to be restored, shaped into new exhibit
Brandon Holveck Delaware News Journal Published 12:40 p.m. UTC Jun 27, 2018 A brick structure that appears to be built back into a hill near Rockwood Mansion is being hailed as a rare remnant of how house lights were powered before electric grids criss-crossed the country. This gas house, which looks like a fancy brick entrance to a cave embedded in a grassy incline, once was used to create acetylene gas to fuel chandeliers and light fixtures during the late 19th and early 20th century. "It’s historically significant because it’s just not many left," Museum Director Philip Nord said. "It's like an antique. The fewer and fewer antiques there are, the more and more valuable there are. I would hate to see this thing closed up. A lot of these things probably were closed up." Nord says he's been told there are fewer than a dozen gas houses of this nature shown to the public across the country. There may be more that exist, but … [Read more...] about Rare Rockwood Mansion “gas house” to be restored, shaped into new exhibit