Rand Mcnally's travelogue pays a visit to Detroit's Heidelberg Project.
Excerpt:
In a neighborhood on
Detroit’s
east side, one that rarely saw tourists, now lives an intricate and
overwhelming public art project that’s been drawing international
crowds. On my own visit, I was one of dozens walking Heidelberg Street,
documenting the work done over the past 20 years by local artist,
Tyree Guyton.
In the ’80s, as Guyton saw the neighborhood changing from the one that
generations of his family had lived in, he started leaving his mark,
often times his signature polka dot representing harmony.
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