File:Phoenix Center and Ottawa Towers, Pontiac, Michigan - 20201213.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionPhoenix Center and Ottawa Towers, Pontiac, Michigan - 20201213.jpg |
English: As seen in December 2020: the Phoenix Center, the centerpiece of Pontiac, Michigan's downtown district, a monument to the city's urban renewal era, and - in the words of the Oakland Press - "a massive concrete metaphor for what the city has experienced since the 2008 recession - losing nearly everything, hanging on to what it can and finding hope in revitalization". A spacious amphitheater-style concert and event venue built above a large parking ramp with a pair of iconic white canopies crowning it, this stark Brutalist structure was built in phases beginning in 1973 and continuing through the early '80s and was envisioned as merely the first step in a complete reimagination of downtown Pontiac, in which high-rise office and apartment buildings, hotels, retail developments, an art museum, and an 8,000-seat sporting arena would reinvigorate the streets in an environment of strict segregation between pedestrians and automobiles. Other than the Phoenix Center itself, the only components of that plan that were ever realized were the Ottawa Towers, a pair of office buildings seen in the background at center and right, and the Phoenix Place senior apartment building (left), built in 1982 and 1984 respectively. The entire complex was orgered demolished by the municipal government in 2012, citing necessary structural repairs that the city couldn't afford, but a legal challenge from the owners of the Ottawa Towers has dragged through the courts for years and prevented the demolition from moving forward, all as redevelopment proposals come and go. |
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Source | Own work |
Author | Andre Carrotflower |
Camera location | 42° 38′ 11.29″ N, 83° 17′ 35.57″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 42.636469; -83.293214 |
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Camera manufacturer | Apple |
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Camera model | iPhone 6s Plus |
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F-number | f/2.2 |
ISO speed rating | 25 |
Date and time of data generation | 12:11, 13 December 2020 |
Lens focal length | 4.15 mm |
Latitude | 42° 38′ 11.29″ N |
Longitude | 83° 17′ 35.57″ W |
Altitude | 276.047 meters above sea level |
Horizontal resolution | 72 dpi |
Vertical resolution | 72 dpi |
Software used | 13.6 |
File change date and time | 12:11, 13 December 2020 |
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Date and time of digitizing | 12:11, 13 December 2020 |
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Color space | Uncalibrated |
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Scene type | A directly photographed image |
Custom image processing | HDR (original saved) |
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Focal length in 35 mm film | 29 mm |
Scene capture type | Standard |
Speed unit | Kilometers per hour |
Speed of GPS receiver | 0 |
Reference for direction of image | True direction |
Direction of image | 113.3828145099 |
Reference for bearing of destination | True direction |
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IIM version | 2 |