• Creative Endeavors,  Featured

    In contemporary-modern exhibition

    In a renovated, bowstring truss building in Skokie, Illinois, a joint venture between (northern) Western Exhibitions and WHO Modern officially opened its doors this past weekend to celebrate the launch of its shared space featuring contemporary art, midcentury modern design, vintage furniture, and decorative objects. The opening event, which took place on Saturday, Nov. 12, 2022, celebrated the work of…

  • J.L. Hudson Company, Hudson’s, passenger elevators, DesRosiers Architects Inc., Michigan, Bloomfield Hills, Louis DesRosiers AIA, Detroit history, Detroit Elevator Company, Vogue Furniture, Royal Oak
    Featured,  Form

    Restore in residential 

    Throughout the 20th century, The J.L. Hudson Company, or Hudson’s, department stores were fixtures in Detroit’s history as a fashion and design capital, and played a major role in holiday shopping traditions and style development alike.  Opened on Woodward Avenue in 1911, the Hudson’s department store in downtown Detroit would eventually grow into a massive, 25-story structure that was the…