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The Spirit of Detroit is a monument with a large bronze statue created by Marshall Fredericks and located at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center on Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. Cast in Oslo, Norway, the 26-foot (7.9 m), 9-ton sculpture sits on a 60-ton marble base; it was the largest cast bronze statue since the Renaissance .
English: Color 16mm film with optical sound containing the Detroit-Wayne Joint Building Authority 1959 public service informational film "The Spirit of Detroit," about the completion, installation, and dedication of Marshall Fredericks' titular statue outside of the City-County Building the previous year. A title card notes that the film was ...
The Spirit of Detroit by Marshall Fredericks. Working from a small model, Fredericks made the full-scale model for the 16-foot-tall (4.9 m) figure at the entrance to the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center in Detroit. For monumental sculpture, sculptors typically create a small model or maquette, then progressively larger models.
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Detroit: Wayne: Designed by naval architect Frank E. Kirby. Between 1910 and 1991, the Ste. Claire ferried passengers to Bois Blanc Island for the Detroit & Windsor Ferry Company. [50] She was moved to Toledo, Ohio in 2003, but returned to Michigan a few years later and in 2019 is docked at Riverside Marina in Detroit. [51]
City of Fort Wayne [80] The Spirit of Flight James Novelli 1928 Memorial Park Bronze: Sculpture: approx. 55 × 76 × 77 in. City of Fort Wayne [81] Spirit of the American Doughboy: E. M. Viquesney: 1920 Memorial Park Bronze: Sculpture: approx. 7 ft. × 31 in. × 26 in. City of Fort Wayne [82] The Spirit of the American Navy E. M. Viquesney ...
There are currently six Spirit Halloween stores within 50 miles of Detroit, with 11 more listed as "opening in August" or "coming soon."
Fort Wayne is Detroit's third fort. The first, Fort Pontchartrain du Detroit, was built by the French in 1701 near current day Hart Plaza.This fort, constructed shortly after Cadillac landed, was manned by the French until they surrendered it to the British in 1760 during the French and Indian War.