Today’s Photo Friday selection is another picture taken from the Windsor side of the Detroit Riverfront, just a short walk from my house. I was tickled by the juxtaposition of the quaint wooden birdhouse against the steel and glass of Detroit’s skyline – two completely different sizes and styles of architecture captured in the same shot.
Windsor birdhouse against the Detroit skyline
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Twitter: DebbieDoglady
August 22, 2014
Great effect, Laurel!
I haven’t been to the Windsor/Detroit area in a long time. Maybe next road trip. Have a good weekend.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
August 22, 2014
Thank you, Debbie – you as well!
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Twitter: SusanF_mt
August 22, 2014
The colors in the photo are beautiful contrasts as well!
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
August 22, 2014
Thank you, Susan!
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Twitter: BelowTheSalt
August 22, 2014
This so captured what I remembered as a Detroit visitor crossing over to Windsor. Canada was clean and green and inviting. Detroit looks impressive from a distance, but when your in and among all those shiny buildings you see mile after mile of serious hard core urban blight. Very sad.
As a nature lover, I’ll confess I love the symbolism of seeing the bird house as just a little bit taller than the shiny monuments of corporate life.
Twitter: alphabetsalad
August 22, 2014
I too like that the birdhouse is taller! And I must confess that even though I love the Detroit skyline, I’m very happy living on this side of the water.
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo Friday: Architecture
Beautiful capture Laurel! Loved it
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August 22, 2014
Thank you very much!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo Friday: Architecture
Twitter: fredalicious
August 22, 2014
I’ve been to Detroit and have to say, that’s a much nicer depiction of what Detroit really looks like.
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August 22, 2014
I’ve lived here in Windsor for almost three years now, but have only been over to Detroit a handful of times – so mostly I enjoy it from afar.
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo Friday: Architecture
Looks tall and sharp against the skyline..
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
August 22, 2014
I do like that contrast!
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Twitter: ccassara
August 22, 2014
I like the tones of grey.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
August 22, 2014
Thank you!
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August 22, 2014
Ah the paradox of life! Definitely a yin/yang perspective.
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
August 23, 2014
Yes indeed!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo Friday: Architecture
Great photo, Laurel – the bird house looks like a quaint architectural statement on the new trend toward “small house” living next to the McMansions!! Very clever.
I agree with your other readers -this photo certainly puts Detroit in its best (and sadly not true on closer inspection) light. The gleaming windows that don’t reflect the seamy underbelly that everyone familiar with the city knows has always been its overwhelming detract ion.
I did not realize you lived just across the river ! Best to view it from afar:-)
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August 23, 2014
I didn’t know much about Detroit until I moved here, but have been made much more aware of its struggles over the past few years. It’s a sad, sad story.
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August 23, 2014
Great pic! I loved teh bir house and the contrast of colors! It’s beautiful!
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August 23, 2014
Thank you so much!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo Friday: Architecture
That birdhouse looks cutely out of place there, I completely get you!
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August 23, 2014
I definitely like the contrast!
Laurel Regan recently posted… Photo Friday: Architecture
Twitter: ellytreehugger
August 23, 2014
GR8 shot Laurel: love it! Now if those were ‘homes’ in the background, that would make even for more parallelism and/or juxtaposition!
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Twitter: alphabetsalad
August 24, 2014
Thank you! Good point – I suppose they are homes of business, LOL!
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