Yamasaki, Minoru; Architect. & wife Teri. 2 - 120mm

Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University

Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts

Circa 1960s. View of interior construction of McGregor Memorial Conference Center from Floating Sculpture Gardens. Minoru Yamasaki and Associates Architects,1958. One of Yamasaki’s masterpieces and believed by many to be among Detroit’s finest buildings.

Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts

Circa 1960s. View of entrance of McGregor Memorial Conference Center from Floating Sculpture Gardens. Minoru Yamasaki and Associates Architects,1958. One of Yamasaki’s masterpieces and believed by many to be among Detroit’s finest buildings.

Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts

Circa 1960s. View of entrance of McGregor Memorial Conference Center from Floating Sculpture Gardens. Minoru Yamasaki and Associates Architects,1958. One of Yamasaki’s masterpieces and believed by many to be among Detroit’s finest buildings.

Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts

Circa 1960s. View of portion of McGregor Memorial Conference Center from Floating Sculpture Gardens. Minoru Yamasaki and Associates Architects,1958. One of Yamasaki’s masterpieces and believed by many to be among Detroit’s finest buildings.

Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts

Circa 1960s. Exterior view of McGregor Conference Center entrance from the Floating Sculpture Garden. Two men stand in Gardens by two statues. Minoru Yamasaki and Associates Architects,1958. One of Yamasaki’s masterpieces and believed by many to be among Detroit’s finest buildings.

All our yesterdays: a brief history of Detroit

All Our Yesterdays is an accurate account based on extensive historical research when initially published in 1969, and is written in such a style as to make interesting and historical snapshot of the history of the city of Detroit.

The authors recount the founding of the town by the French, control by the British, and growth as an American city. These episodes are recounted in the words and deeds of the people who lived and worked here, men like Judge Woodward, Father Gabriel Richard, a…