Guerrilla art in the streets of Detroit

Guerrilla art, though may not exactly be legal, is a lot more inspiring than vacancies and charred wood and should be considered when taken down or painted over. Detnews checks out some of Detroit's in their "Living in the D" blog.

Excerpt:

This is more art than architecture -- unless you consider everything in a streetscape to be part of an architectural whole -- but it's far too cool, and encouraging, to not put up.

ArchBlogger was scouting out intriguingly blasted parts of Russell Street at Trombly, south of the artist-filled Russell Industrial Center, when he came across this bicycle, delicately balanced atop a 10-foot, slender pole.

Witty, improvised artworks have considerable power to leaven a bleak urban landscape, something the authorities ought to give some thought to before painting them over or pulling them down.

Read the entire article here.