  Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell Post Number: 3871 Registered: 10-2003 |
Since Arcadia Books sent me a free sampling of their recent books on Detroit and I like their product, I am inclined to give them a plug and pat on the back. They have produced a wide range of books that have done much to profile our history and bring it to the eyes of the world, while giving an opportunity for local authors to publish. They likewise offered me the opportunity in the past but I declined for lack of time and wanted to publish in color. I know many of you have enjoyed them, as I have, and they have been a topic of discussion up in here many times. I requested that they supply me with a complete list of their Detroit repertoire, which follows and which I will append to the HOF thread on Detroit Books when this thread expires. Comments and reviews? ============================== === Below is a list of Detroit titles and ISBN numbers. The newest releases include: Motor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit Detroit’s Historic Fort Wayne Detroit’s Downtown Movie Palaces The Scarab Club Detroit’s Mount Olivet Cemetery Detroit’s Mount Elliot Cemetery Detroit’s Woodmere Cemetery. We also have many suburban Detroit books—if you go to our website, www.arcadiapublishing.com, click on “Arcadia Catalog Search” (above ‘search by keyword’), you can do a search of all our titles by zip code. Thank you so much for including Arcadia on the forums! Your site’s mission to preserve Detroit’s history and discuss its future is great, and I really appreciate your support. If we ever decide to produce a color, hard back book on Detroit I’ll let you know. Thanks again, Emily [Arcadia publicist] 0738507105 American League: The Early Years MI 0738532282 Art Deco in Detroit MI 0738520330 The Birth of the Detroit Sound: 1940-1964 MI 0738507075 Black Baseball in Detroit MI 0738532355 Catholic Churches of Detroit MI $ 0738507792 Chrysler Heritage: A Photographic History MI 0738540455 Cruisin' the Original Woodward Avenue MI 0738539910 Detroit Aces: The First 75 Years MI 0738519014 The Detroit Athletic Club: 1887-2001 MI 0738539902 Detroit Sluggers: The First 75 Years MI 0738523151 Detroit's Belle Isle: Island Park Gem MI 0738541028 Detroit's Downtown Movie Palaces MI 0738551120 Detroit's Historic Fort Wayne MI 073854034X Detroit's Masonic Temple MI 0738518816 Detroit's Michigan Central Station MI 0738540935 Detroit's Mount Elliott Cemetery MI 0738540927 Detroit's Mount Olivet Cemetery 0738532711 Detroit's New Center MI 0738507873 Detroit's Olympia Stadium MI 0738531553 Detroit's Paradise Valley MI 0738539996 Detroit's Polonia MI 0738531669 Detroit's Sports Broadcasters: On the Air MI 0738540277 Detroit's Street Railways MI 0738531782 Detroit's Thanksgiving Day Parade MI 0738531561 Detroit's Woodlawn Cemetery MI 0738541206 Detroit's Woodmere Cemetery MI 0738501506 Detroit: 1930-1969 MI 0738520373 Detroit: City of Industry MI 0738524352 Detroit: A Motor City History MI 0738533726 Detroit: 1900-1930 MI $19.99 0 miles 0738545775 Detroit: A Postcard History MI 0738533734 Detroit: 1860-1899 MI 073852350X Detroit: A Motor City History MI 0738519545 Eloise: Poorhouse, Farm, Asylum and Hospital 1839-1984 MI 073852039X Ford Dynasty: A Photographic History MI 0738500194 General Motors: A Photographic History MI 0738533556 Hudson's Detroit's Legendary Department Store MI 0738539856 Italians in Detroit MI 0738540536 The Jewish Community of Metro Detroit: 1945-2005 MI 0738518964 Labor in Detroit: Working in the Motor City MI 0738518875 Metro Detroit Boxing MI 0738540846 Motor City Mafia: A Century of Organized Crime in Detroit MI 0738540447 Sanders Confectionery MI 0738541095 The Scarab Club MI 0738520209 Stinson Aircraft Company MI 0738523135 Tiger Stadium | ||
Gdub Member Username: Gdub Post Number: 1109 Registered: 10-2003 |
Their office is 1/2 block from mine in Chicago. I've met a couple of their editors--very cool people who have spent quite a bit of time in Detroit researching and working with local writers to put these volumes together. Last I spoke with them they were looking for someone with particular insight on the history of Bloomfield for an upcoming book project. | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 4497 Registered: 10-2003 |
I actually was going to put one together but obtaining certain vintage images was next to impossible. I was told that they wanted only vintage images and NOT current b&w ones. Most collections charge over $50 to use just one image. | ||
Bob Member Username: Bob Post Number: 1473 Registered: 11-2003 |
Those books are great, but also do not forget: Detroit's Statler and Book Cadillac Hotels ISBN#073852025 Detroit's Michigan Central Station ISBN#0738518816 | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 4456 Registered: 08-2004 |
Hey Lowell, I am negotiating with another publishing company for a book version of the LEGO CD. The company name is NO STARCH PRESS. They advertise doing "geek" books, such as computer type books, so LEGO fits their criteria!  | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 1073 Registered: 10-2006 |
I have 0738541028 "Detroit's Downtown Movie Palaces MI" I bought it initially for my interest in the architecture of Detroit's theatres. The book turned out to be a bit different from what I had expected. Mainly there is actually quite a bit of focus on what particular types of media and when they were showed at any of the given locations featured in this book. I was not particularly interested in what types of media they had showcased at these theatres, as I am only 24. They also mentioned of course many of the different Detroit debuts for different features that were shown at the varying locations. What I was most intrigued by was that many of the theaters were only around for a few decades before they seemingly became inadequate. Many tired to update themselves, but still many others couldn't keep up with the bigger more up to date venue around the corner. Seems as though not much has changed in this regard over the last one hundred years in our Capitalism-competitive market. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 1074 Registered: 10-2006 |
I also have 0738532282 Art Deco in Detroit. This one I bought as one of the authors, Rebbeca Binno Savage, is an acquaintance of mine and I wanted to support the work which she put into it. She is probably the most knowledgeable person on Detroit architecture. You can pick out any building and she can tell you when it was built, who the architect was, the original owners, and many other facts about the building’s history and style. In terms of the content of the book, Detroit is well underrated for its examples of Art Deco. Many see them everyday as they go to work downtown in such great examples as the Guardian Building and many others, but there are also other simple examples throughout the entire city. The book is also a great ‘beginner level’ text for providing the information about what makes an art deco building art deco, from the materials used in the construction to the form and massing. | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 4504 Registered: 10-2003 |
Charlottepaul, I don’t know about that. I think Dr. Thomas Brunk is by far the most knowledgeable about Detroit architecture. | ||
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul Post Number: 1078 Registered: 10-2006 |
Yeah, maybe I should have said that "She is probably the most knowledgeable person on Detroit architecture that I have ever met." | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 4458 Registered: 08-2004 |
I don't know who Dr. Thomas Brunk is, but I do know Rebecca Binno-Savage. She is the President of DAADS (Detroit Area Art Deco Society) and an aggressive promoter for the now closed Broadhead Naval Academy (next to the Belle Isle MacArthur Bridge). Rebecca is also one of the walking tour guides for the August Preservation Wayne Downtown Historic Theatre tours. Both Rebecca and Michael Hauser (author of the Movie Palace and Hudson's Acadia books), are the most knowledgeable people on Detroit architecture THAT I KNOW. But to try to say someone is THEE MOST KNOWLEDGEABLE, well that's a tough one to prove. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 2272 Registered: 06-2004 |
FYI Dr. Brunk is an art and architectural historian - adjunct of CCS, taught architectural history at U-D, is historian and archivist for Pewabic, is the historian for Freer House, founder of Indian Village Historical Collections, Past President Saarinen (Michigan) Chapter of the Society of Architectural Historians, Former(?) Trustee Preservation Wayne, has restored a few houses in Indian Village (where he lives), wrote, among other things, the Arcadia book on IV (with one Mr. Cosgrove), who knows what all else he ain't chopped liver | ||
Smogboy Member Username: Smogboy Post Number: 5333 Registered: 11-2004 |
Dr. Brunk is practically a walking encyclopedia of Detroit knowledge. Very nice guy too. | ||
Lilpup Member Username: Lilpup Post Number: 2273 Registered: 06-2004 |
oh, yeah, he's the Library Association contact for the Masonic Temple Library, too |
