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Old Posted Jul 28, 2017, 5:31 AM
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Some Michigan examples:

Project: Riverbank Park
Location: Flint, Michigan


Flint by Ian Freimuth, on Flickr


Flint by Ian Freimuth, on Flickr

Project: Fish Ladder Park
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan


Fish Ladder by Phil Squattrito, on Flickr

It gets fish over the 6th Street Dam:


Grand Rapids fish ladder by Brent Looyenga, on Flickr

I believe the tallest building in the state to use concrete as it's facade treatment is the McNamara Federal Building in Detroit:


GSA_McNamara_Q3_Exterior1 by gsamichigan, on Flickr

It's a real monster, which I think was the point. I still have very mixed feelings about concrete as a defining architectural characteristic of a structure. I guess it can be really impressive, but when it misses, it misses bigly.
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