What:
A gala celebration of the first new book in 30 years illuminating Detroit’s rich architectural legacy, and showcasing downtown’s world-class architecture with stunning color photographs by William Zbaren and text by Robert Sharoff.

In the 1910s and 1920s, there was more steel going up in Detroit than anywhere outside of New York and Chicago. The result was the country’s first high-tech metropolis, a city of lavish monuments and glittering skyscrapers. The list of major architects who designed buildings for Detroit includes Frank Lloyd Wright, Mies van der Rohe, Stanford White, Daniel Burnham, Cass Gilbert, Albert Kahn, Minoru Yamasaki, Philip Johnson and numerous others.

A tour of the Guardian Building also will be featured.

Speakers:
Neil Shine, retired publisher of the Detroit Free Press; Jerry Herron, WSU professor and author of Afterculture; writer Robert Sharoff and photographer William Zbaren.

Where:
Guardian Building, 32nd Floor
500 Griswold Street, Detroit

When:
Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2005

Who:
Friends of the Wayne State University Press and anyone interested in Detroit architecture.

Cost: (Tax Deductible)
$50 donor, $100 patron, $150 Benefactor

For More Information, or to RSVP:
(313) 577-4607 or email ar9413@wayne.edu