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I felt remarkably at peace walking around this oddly beautiful and thought-provoking part of the city. It's hard to believe you're even in Detroit when you immerse yourself in the art and experience the calmness of it all.
[Kait, 06/14/2012]The Heidelberg Project:RoadsideAmerica.com Team Field Report
- Address:
- 3600 Heidelberg St., Detroit, MI
- Directions:
- East side of the city. Along the 3600 block of Heidelberg St., between Ellery and Mt. Elliot Sts.
- Phone:
- 313-974-6894
- RA Rates:
- Worth a Detour
Tyree Guyton's colorful junkscape of art-encrusted houses has run afoul of Detroit's politicians in the past, but today is a paragon of post-suburban visionary art.
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The Heidelberg Project is alive and well. They were working on the weekend we visited. Wonderful!
[Sue Witmer, 06/13/2011]- Detroit, Michigan - Heidelberg Project
This is a MUST SEE, Not publicized enough. While walking around and viewing we ran into the creator, Tyre, a very interesting gentlemen who filled us in on the continuing work at the site. He has an amazing vision.
[Leenie, 09/21/2008] Although listed as demolished on your website, the Heidelberg Project is alive and well in Detroit, MI. I was there on October 28, 2001, and the artist recently participated in an installation at the Detroit Institute of Arts. The artist's brother came out and sold us some postcards.
[Mat McGuire, 09/01/2002]
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We chronicled artist Tyree Guyton's struggle with the city of Detroit in 1998 and '99, which culminated in an official bulldozing of some of the art-enhanced homes and trees. This wasn't the first time that Guyton's work had been demolished. Fortunately, the destruction stopped before much was taken down, and the Heidelberg Project continues today....