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    Palmer Woods Historic District - Trumpeter Rayse Biggs at Palmer Woods Music in Homes. ©2017 Barbara Barefield

    Palmer Woods Historic District

    4.5(2 reviews)
    6.3 km

    If you are not familiar with this area of Detroit, take a drive through at least once, it's quite…read morecharming. It's situated just north of 7 mile and west of Woodward and south of Ferndale. There are some amazing homes back here. My parents had a home here that they restored a while back. It was a gorgeous house, over 10K square foot house. I had the privilege to stay there for a bit. It was also a host house for one of their regular Palmer Woods tour and Holiday parties. It has a beautiful black velvet ball room on the top floor, a blue powder room, bedrooms and bathrooms galore. The most beautiful sun drenche Florida room that was full restored to its glory days. Fireplaces that you could stand inside of. A huge carriage house above the 4 car garage.

    When reading an article on Times Magazine i saw Palmer Woods district as a top ten attraction in…read moreDetroit. I never never heard of this area and was intrigued. The Palmer Woods Historic District is named after Thomas W. Palmer, a prominent citizen of nineteenth-century Detroit and a United States Senator. Palmer's estate included land on both sides of Woodward Avenue, stretching from Six Mile Road to Eight Mile Road. It was a cold spring day but we wanted to start our adventure here (and eventually go North to Ferndale and Birmingham) This is a beautiful neighborhood with classic designed houses where Detroit elite have lived since the early 1900's . It is beautiful for a walk to enjoy the homes and have a feel for the culture. They also sometimes offer walking tours through http://www.palmerwoods.org, a great quiet escape in Detroit!

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    Fisher Building - Love the detail!

    Fisher Building

    4.5(61 reviews)
    1.2 kmNew Center

    The Fisher Building was completed in 1928 honored with a silver medal in architecture in 1929 by…read morethe Architecture League of New York. Currently, it's an office building with a theater showing Broadway quality shows, and some shops and restaurants on the ground floor. One of the most recognizable sights on Detroit's skyline, the building is also known as "The Golden Tower." The original gold-leaf tiles on the tower were covered with asphalt during WWII for fear of bombing. Following the war the damaged gold tiles were replaced with green terra cotta tiles that are illuminated gold at night.

    Sunday, May 17, 2026. Broadway In Detroit - #BroadwayInDetroit - The #FisherTheatre and more! and…read moremore! Detroit. #hamilton I have been planning this moment since I'd been informed that Hamilton was coming back in March -- and I don't think I fully understood the depths of my devotion to making it happen until I saw my mother's face. She had surgery just days before. She couldn't clap too hard. None of that stopped her from being completely, uncontainable, childlike giddy. It is not often that adult children get to see their parents that way -- eyes dancing, joy uncontained. I got to see it Sunday night. The cast -- predominantly Black and brilliant. Culturally, that matters deeply to me and my former Black Panther mother. I want to be clear, however: everyone on that stage gave everything. The dancers. The vocals. The lighting. The set. Collective excellence. That's what live performance does -- it doesn't let you just watch. It makes you witness. And then there's the #FisherBuilding itself. I love theatres. I see grand architecture as art. Every time I enter a building -- big or small -- I stop at the door and take it all in. The Fisher is what I imagine true opulence looks like: 40 kinds of marble, crystal and bronze, green terra cotta tiles, light that gives the whole space a warm, illuminated gold effect -- earning its name as "Detroit's largest art object." The staff moved with the same coordinated energy as the performers. Dennis (Head Usher and my old Detroit Opera House colleague) greeted me with a big hug and put Mommie in her wheelchair with care, walking her straight to dashing security -- who told her she looked like royalty -- an African Queen. Raul was assigned to her for the entire night and showed up like family. The bartenders argued -- warmly, playfully -- over who got to take care of her. And I cannot even discuss all of the examples of kindness from the patrons to me and each other, because this post will be longer than it already is. The usher at the door walked me through my QR code, and managed that entire line with authority and warmth. I told my sisters -- watching our mother's face glow that night, opened something in me I cannot name. I am addicted now. Addicted to chasing that look on their faces. For as long as I have breath and means, I will keep finding ways to put you all in rooms that make your eyes dance. Some nights just settle into you differently. This is one of them. Thank you, Fisher Theatre & Fisher Building for giving me one of those nights.

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