Detroit, Michigan: The Heidelberg Project
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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After years of legal wrangling, the City of Detroit finally cleared the way in February for its plan to destroy the colorful urban junkscape known as the Heidelberg Project. On February 4th, a demolition armada of bulldozers, police and city workers arrived and pulled down as much as 30% of the art attached to abandoned houses and hanging from the trees.
... [04/10/1999] Complete News StoryDetroit city leaders have once again been thwarted - at least temporarily - attempting to dismantle the Heidelberg Project. The Project has been the junk sculpture vision of inner city artist Tyree Guyton since 1985....
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The Heidelberg Project
- 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
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