Sunday, August 1, 2010
Historic Eagle
I saw this Bronze relief while on my photographic journey this weekend. It's on the Ford Training Center in Downtown Detroit. This Eagle was made by Marshall Fredericks, who designed the Spirit of Detroit in front of the City-County Building downtown, the American Eagle statue near the Detroit Athletic Club, the Boy and Bear statue at Northland Mall in Southfield, Lion and Mouse at Eastland Mall in Harper Woods, and many other statues. The Plaque reads that the building was originally known as the Veterans Memorial Building at the time of its completion in 1950 (The cornerstone was laid in 1948, hence the date there), and was the first of many buildings in the then-new Civic Center to be built. Currently, UAW/Ford has their national Training Center there for all their union employees. This and other adornments on the complex were designed by Marshall Fredericks, who passed in April of 1998. You'd never know that this was here if you didn't do some looking around when you pass by. This is right near Hart Plaza in Downtown Detroit.
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