Surrounded by some of the city's most
interesting architecture and one of Motown's more famous (though recently
closed )bars, Times Square Detroit may not boast the burning white lights
of its Broadway counterpart but it does have a host of treasures all its
own - from a "Wish Tree" given to the city by Yoko Ono and a
towering work by one of America's most important sculptors to a pair of
tile murals by Detroit's own ceramicist Tom Phardel. At the heart of the
rectangular Square is triangular Robert L. Hurst Jr. Park, just a few
steps from the art bedecked Times Square Station on the tony intersection
of Park Place, Grand River and Times Square. Recently staff photographer
Christine Stamas (CS) and thedetroiter.com editors took a winter walk
through the eclectic urban wonderland. |