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Detroit Cyberpunk-WriterThe Globe Trade Hacker & Writer Innovation Center

Ben Rambadt

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Read-WriteDetroit’s creative center for beginning or advanced authors who can utilize the facility’s resources and space as a starting point or outlet for written innovations.

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Hacker-BuildCollaborative, gallery, and workshop spaces for the tech junkies of Detroit.

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Site Analysis and Building Extraction

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An apparent difference from this generation of hand-painted wall ads from that of the earlier hand-painted ads at the beginning of the twentieth century is the use of wall space and the building types available. In Detroit the best available spaces for business owners to display their products is either on their own building or on another building besides their own if their budget permits. With these businesses lacking deep pockets, they must turn to utilizing their

Globe Building Cut

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An apparent difference from this generation of hand-painted wall

ads from that of the earlier hand-painted ads at the beginning of

the twentieth century is the use of wall space and the building types

available.

Diagram_An apparent difference from this generation of hand-painted wall

ads from that of the earlier hand-painted ads at the beginning of

the twentieth century is the use of wall space and the building types

available.

Diagram_An apparent difference from this generation of hand-painted wall

ads from that of the earlier hand-painted ads at the beginning of

the twentieth century is the use of wall space and the building types

available.

Diagram_An apparent difference from this generation of hand-painted wall

ads from that of the earlier hand-painted ads at the beginning of

the twentieth century is the use of wall space and the building types

available.

Diagram_

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An apparent difference from this generation of hand-painted wall ads from that of the earlier hand-painted ads at the beginning of the twentieth century is the use of wall space and the building types available. In Detroit the best available spaces for business owners to display their products is either on their own building or on another building besides their own if their budget permits. With these businesses lacking deep pockets, they must turn to utilizing their

Material Shift

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An apparent difference from this generation of hand-painted wall

ads from that of the earlier hand-painted ads at the beginning of

the twentieth century is the use of wall space and the building types

available.

Diagram_An apparent difference from this generation of hand-painted wall

ads from that of the earlier hand-painted ads at the beginning of

the twentieth century is the use of wall space and the building types

available.

Diagram_An apparent difference from this generation of hand-painted wall

ads from that of the earlier hand-painted ads at the beginning of

the twentieth century is the use of wall space and the building types

available.

Diagram_An apparent difference from this generation of hand-painted wall

ads from that of the earlier hand-painted ads at the beginning of

the twentieth century is the use of wall space and the building types

available.

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An apparent difference from this generation of hand-painted wall ads from that of the earlier hand-painted ads at the beginning of the twentieth century is the use of wall space and the building types available. In Detroit the best available spaces for business owners to display their products is either on their own building or on another building besides their own if their budget permits. With these businesses lacking deep pockets, they must turn to utilizing their

Level_Work

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An apparent difference from this generation of hand-painted wall ads from that of the earlier hand-painted ads at the beginning of the twentieth century is the use of wall space and the building types available. In Detroit the best available spaces for business owners to display their products is either on their own building or on another building besides their own if their budget permits. With these businesses lacking deep pockets, they must turn to utilizing their

Level_Learn

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An apparent difference from this generation of hand-painted wall ads from that of the earlier hand-painted ads at the beginning of the twentieth century is the use of wall space and the building types available. In Detroit the best available spaces for business owners to display their products is either on their own building or on another building besides their own if their budget permits. With these businesses lacking deep pockets, they must turn to utilizing their

Level_Live

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An apparent difference from this generation of hand-painted wall ads from that of the earlier hand-painted ads at the beginning of the twentieth century is the use of wall space and the building types available. In Detroit the best available spaces for business owners to display their products is either on their own building or on another building besides their own if their budget permits. With these businesses lacking deep pockets, they must turn to utilizing their

Level_Focus

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An apparent difference from this generation of hand-painted wall ads from that of the earlier hand-painted ads at the beginning of the twentieth century is the use of wall space and the building types available. In Detroit the best available spaces for business owners to display their products is either on their own building or on another building besides their own if their budget permits. With these businesses lacking deep pockets, they must turn to utilizing their

Suspended Space

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An apparent difference from this generation of hand-painted wall ads from that of the earlier hand-painted ads at the beginning of the twentieth century is the use of wall space and the building types available. In Detroit the best available spaces for business owners to display their products is either on their own building or on another building besides their own if their budget permits. With these businesses lacking deep pockets, they must turn to utilizing their

Focus Pods

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An apparent difference from this generation of hand-painted wall ads from that of the earlier hand-painted ads at the beginning of the twentieth century is the use of wall space and the building types available. In Detroit the best available spaces for business owners to display their products is either on their own building or on another building besides their own if their budget permits. With these businesses lacking deep pockets, they must turn to utilizing their

Renderings

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gallopping_geezer/4597259929/.

2. Photograph, Flickr User: Detroit Liger, Web.

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detroitliger/5287082600/sizes/l/in/photostream/

3. Arthur Krim, foreword to Ghost Signs: Brick Wall

Signs in America. by WM. Stage. (ST Publications Inc. ,

1989).

4. Photograph, Flickr User: DerekDetroit Photography,

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detroitderek/4866035522/.

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http://www.shorpy.com/node/9767.

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N02/4288738915/.

7. Photograph, Flickr User: Adore707, Web January

25, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/42814161@

N03/4712519510/.

8. Photograph, Flickr User: LindaB., Web January 25,

2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/14672929@

N02/2719686255/.

9. Photograph, Flickr User: retrosigns, Web January

26, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/38963759@

N03/3581138429/in/set-72157619327713736/.

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fsa1997005725/PP/.

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detroitliger/2559408149/.

12. Brian O’Connor, “Signs of the Times: Exterior ad

painting are century-old ghosts,” The Detroit News,

Last Updated: May 30, 2007 1:00am, Web January

18, 2011. http://detnews.com/article/20070530/

METRO/108010013/Signs-of-the-times--Exterior-ad-

paintings-are-century-old-ghosts.

13. Photograph, Flickr User: daycoppens, Web

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daycoppens/3330053772/in/set-72157603986418960/.

14. Photograph, Flickr User: wdebalt, Web January 21,

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N00/3573754894/.

15. Harris, Bill, foreword to Talking Shops: Detroit

Commercial Folk Art. by David Clements. (A Great

Lakes Books Publication, 2005), 7.

16. Photograph, Flickr User: Detroit Liger, Web

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detroitliger/5066706232/in/photostream/.

17. Photograph, David Clements, Talking Shops:

Detroit Commercial Folk Art, (A Great Lakes Books

Publication, 2005), 64.

18. Photograph, Flickr User: Katherine of Chicago, Web

January 30, 2011.

19. Photograph, Flickr User: Katherine of Chicago, Web

January 30, 2011.

20. Photograph, Flickr User: Joey Harrison: Web

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joeyharrison/238119473/.

21. Photograph, Flickr User: buckshot.jones, Web

February 1, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/

buckshotjones/1719988565/sizes/l/.

22. Photograph, Flickr User: pjchmiel, Web January

30, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/

pjchmiel/4099484155/.

23. Photograph, Flickr User: Friend_in_Detroit, February

1, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/41647002@

N08/4432600094/sizes/l/.

24. Photograph, Flickr User: jesjozwik, January 30, 2011.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jesjozwik/2822455153/.

25. Photograph, Flickr User: HiperOranz, Web

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mushrie/3016543053/in/set-72157608797605173/.

26. Photograph, Flickr User: Friend_in_Detroit,

Web February 1, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/

photos/41647002@N08/4431314061/sizes/l/in/

photostream/.

27. Detroitblogger John, “The writing on the wall,”

Metro Times, September 16, 2009, Web January 13,

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asp?id=14357.

28. Detroitblogger John, “The writing on the wall,”

Metro Times, September 16, 2009, Web January 13,

2011. http://www2.metrotimes.com/news/story.

asp?id=14357.

29. Photograph, Flickr User: Detroit Liger, Web

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detroitliger/2571899564/.

30. Photograph, Flickr User: Detroit Liger, Web

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detroitliger/2627148182/.

31. Harris, Bill, foreword to Talking Shops: Detroit

Commercial Folk Art. by David Clements. (A Great

Lakes Books Publication, 2005), 7.

32. Photograph, Flickr User: metroblossom, Web

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metroblossom/3560994148/.

33. Flickr User: metroblossom, Web January

30, 2011. http://www.flickr.com/photos/

metroblossom/3560994148/.

34. Photograph, David Clements, Talking Shops:

Detroit Commercial Folk Art, (A Great Lakes Books

Publication, 2005), 13.

35. Detroitblogger John, “The writing on the wall,”

Metro Times, September 16, 2009, Web January 13,

2011. http://www2.metrotimes.com/news/story.

asp?id=14357.

36. Photograph, Detroitblogger John, “The writing on the

wall,” Metro Times, September 16, 2009, Web January

13, 2011. http://www2.metrotimes.com/news/story.

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37. Photograph, Detroitblogger John, “The writing on the

wall,” Metro Times, September 16, 2009, Web January

13, 2011. http://www2.metrotimes.com/news/story.

asp?id=14357.

38. Photograph, Detroitblogger John, “The writing on the

wall,” Metro Times, September 16, 2009, Web January

13, 2011. http://www2.metrotimes.com/news/story.

asp?id=14357.

39. Photograph, Detroitblogger John, “The writing on the

wall,” Metro Times, September 16, 2009, Web January

13, 2011. http://www2.metrotimes.com/news/story.

asp?id=14357.

40. Photograph, ¬Flickr User: Joey Harrison, Web

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joeyharrison/3790432701/.

41. Photograph, David Clements, Talking Shops:

Detroit Commercial Folk Art, (A Great Lakes Books

Publication, 2005), 163.

42. Photograph, Flickr User: Detroit Liger, Web

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detroitliger/3427305127/.

43. Detroitblogger John, “The writing on the wall,” Metro

Times, September 16, 2009, Web January 13, 2011.

http://www2.metrotimes.com/news/ =14357.