CRISOSTOMO, MANNY

Moving Pictures a Look at Detroit from High Atop the People Mover

Detroit, MI: Detroit Free Press, 1987. Softcover. ISBN: 0937247022. Soft cover is glazed, heavy paper. Grey spine with black lettering. Pages are clean and tight; appears almost unused. Illustrated with almost 100 color and black and white photographs, and a map of the People Mover loop. "Detroit Free Press photographer Manny Crisostomo's photos, taken from the People Mover guideway, reveal cityscapes and slices of urban life that are altogether different looks at familiar surroundings...spent the last four seasons walking the guideway and riding the test vehicles, photographing what he calls a 'visual feast'. His is a fresh look at an old city from the vista of a 2.9 mile high-tech highway". Crisostomo was named a Michigan Photographer of the Year by the Michigan Press Photographers Association. Oversized, 3#. ; B & W and color photographs; 9 x 10; 110 pages; Cover has light rubbing/scuffing, light shelf wear; faint sticker mark inside back cover.. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 5155

Catalogue: Mi: Detroit Area

Keywords: 0937247022 Detroit; Michigan; Michigan Arts; Michigan History; Detroit History; Urban History; Urban Life; American History; Photo Albums; Cultural History Architecture American History Art Geography Reference Social History Transportation/Vehicles/Machin

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Oakland County Book of History [Soft Cover]

No Place: No Publisher Listed, 1970. First Edition (?). Softcover. Cover is blue with gold county logo and lettering on front, gold lettering on spine. Overall pages are clean and tight. Published in honor of Oakland County's Sesqui-centennial [1820-1970]. Oakland county is on the northern border of Wayne County, where Detroit is located. It is also the location for one of the highest per-capita income populations in the US. Extensively illustrated with dozens of b/w photos and drawings. In the 34 years since this history was published, large areas of the county which were largely rural have now become large suburbs, and also the locations for one of the leading technology corridors in the US. Oversized, 5#. ; B&W Illustrations; 8 1/4 x 11; 623 pages; Cover has some shelfwear, bumping, rubbing/scuffing, slight sunning; some faint smudging on the sides of the text block and on a few page edges. Very faint musty aroma.. Very Good .

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Book number: 5989

Catalogue: Mi: Detroit Area

Keywords: Michigan History; Michigan; American History; Oakland County; County History; Local History; Urban History; Rural History; Urban Planning; Women/Womens' History Cultural History Education Architecture History American History Archaeology Geography Biograp