Didn’t get a chance to get inside, and the lights of the Fillmore weren’t on last when I took this from across the street, basically in front of Comerica Park, where the Detroit Tigers play. But it looks fantastic from the outside.

Here’s the Wikipedia entry on the Fox:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox_Theatre_(Detroit,_Michigan)

Thanks to sister-in-law Leslie and her step-father Gerry!

Big messy version is here.

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Here’s the larger version.

In my imaginary Portland (Portlantis?) I-295 doesn’t cut off Bayside and from Back Cove. You’d be able to follow the rebuilt city crid to the walking and bicycling path there. Deering Oaks Park would meet the University of Southern Maine campus. And Libbytown and St. John’s would connect, and there’d be a continuous block of shops, restaurants and galleries along a streetcar line running to Commercial Street.

Here’s an interesting article from Next American City on removing urban interstate roads:

http://americancity.org/buzz/entry/3378/

And here is the Portland Press-Herald story from a party interested in insuring urban roads are even more inhospitable:

http://www.pressherald.com/news/Ford-leader-says-plan-now-for-future-traffic-jams-.html