Edgar_rhode Member Username: Edgar_rhode
Post Number: 20 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Sunday, February 08, 2009 - 12:09 pm: | |
i've been curious about this "decoration" for some time - its on a fairly tall building across from the detroit symphony building. does anyone know the history? the artist? the significance? who owns it? ( ie why hasn't the burned out hammer in the sequence been fixed? ) |
Tetsua Member Username: Tetsua
Post Number: 1540 Registered: 01-2004
| Posted on Sunday, February 08, 2009 - 12:15 pm: | |
lol, that hammer sequence has been jacked up for years now on both sides. |
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar
Post Number: 1415 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Sunday, February 08, 2009 - 12:23 pm: | |
I remember when the red neon stripe was on near the top of the building. I thought that looked very nice, compared to the "hammer carrot hammer" by itself. |
Jcole Member Username: Jcole
Post Number: 5703 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Sunday, February 08, 2009 - 12:36 pm: | |
I think it's the Carpenter's Union hall. Or at least it was at one time. |
Jcole Member Username: Jcole
Post Number: 5704 Registered: 04-2005
| Posted on Sunday, February 08, 2009 - 12:38 pm: | |
Local 687, according to Google. |
Homer Member Username: Homer
Post Number: 393 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Sunday, February 08, 2009 - 12:40 pm: | |
Only the sickle is missing. |
Glowblue Member Username: Glowblue
Post Number: 154 Registered: 09-2008
| Posted on Sunday, February 08, 2009 - 4:21 pm: | |
Nice try, Homer, but communists are anti-union. |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 9360 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, February 09, 2009 - 9:16 am: | |
quote:I remember when the red neon stripe was on near the top of the building. I thought that looked very nice, compared to the "hammer carrot hammer" by itself. Haha, that's what I've always called it too. |
Gravitymachine Member Username: Gravitymachine
Post Number: 1697 Registered: 05-2005
| Posted on Monday, February 09, 2009 - 9:28 am: | |
i called it hammer hammer carrot |
Crew Member Username: Crew
Post Number: 668 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Monday, February 09, 2009 - 9:29 am: | |
The Michigan Council of Carpenters and Millwrights union used to own the building. They still have offices on the top two floors. The rest of the building is primarily physian offices and business offices for the WSU Physician Practice (billing offices). http://www.hammer9.com/ |
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge
Post Number: 9362 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Monday, February 09, 2009 - 9:31 am: | |
quote:i called it hammer hammer carrot I think hammer hammer carrot is the North side, and hammer carrot hammer is the South side. |
Edgar_rhode Member Username: Edgar_rhode
Post Number: 21 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 6:41 am: | |
crew ( and everyone else ) - thanks for the info. i guess i'll contact the union for the specifics re the "artist" or tradesmen involved. funny - i always think of the hammer that makes up a part of the "story" in pink floyd's "the wall" when i see it. either that or the peculiar mindset that says " when all you have is a hammer - EVERYTHING looks like a nail." |
Bearinabox Member Username: Bearinabox
Post Number: 1218 Registered: 04-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 6:44 am: | |
I don't ever remember it working perfectly. I do remember it working better than it does now, though. |
Retroit Member Username: Retroit
Post Number: 945 Registered: 04-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 2:16 pm: | |
Perhaps a little intra-union cooperative partnership with International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers could get the sign working again! |
Thnk2mch Member Username: Thnk2mch
Post Number: 1339 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Tuesday, February 10, 2009 - 3:27 pm: | |
^^^^They ain't payin' those wages.... |