Thanks for the View, Mr. Mies is a book about life in Lafayette Park, Detroit, a neighborhood of buildings designed by Mies van der Rohe. It is the first project of Placement, a collaboration between Danielle Aubert, Lana Cavar and Natasha Chandani. It includes essays and photographs by various Lafayette Park residents and visitors, including: Toby Barlow, Janine Debanne, Melissa Dittmer, Paul Elliman, Karin Jobst, Marsha Music, Joe Posch, Noah Resnick, Hilary Robie, Karen Tonso and Corine Vermeulen. Interviews with Jim Adams, Toysia Brooks, Cordelia Brown, Mattie Louise Cunningham, Bill Dickens, Bob Hafel, Barbara Matesa, Neil McEachern, Jacqueline Neal, Stephen Powell and Wesley Steele. Buy this book in Detroit from Source Booksellers! (2012) |