Illustration for the book 'Images in Stone. Detroit - The First 300 Years', a book about Detroit's architecture & history, includes 40 pen&ink drawings by Christine Hahner-Murdock w/text to go with each drawing. Book 9'x12' available for sale for $35 (+ $5 shipping/handling). To order email to mmadroom@yahoo.com
The Fisher Building by Albert Kahn is one of Detroit's architectural pearls. The rendering is part of the illustration of 'Images in Stone. Detroit - The First 300 Years'
Part of the illustrations for Images in Stone. Detroit - The First 300 Years. Designed by Warren & Whetmore as New York's Grand Central Station. This $15-million Beaux Arts Classic opened in 1913. Its last train left the Station on Jan. 6, 1988. Since then the building has been left to decay.
Part of the illustrations for 'Images in Stone. Detroit - The First 300 Years'. The Detroit Boat Club, founded in 1839 is the oldest rowing club in America. Its building on Belle Isle from 1902, might well be the oldest concrete structure in America.
Part of the illustrations of 'Images in Stone. Detroit -The First 300 Years'. This drawing features the Piquette Plant, built in 1904. The Piquette Plant is the second plant of Henry Ford and the birthplace of the Ford Model T, who's construction began in 1906.
The rendering is part of the illustration of 'Images in Stone. Detroit - The First 300 Years'. The Book Cadillac Hotel designed by architect Louis Kamper and completed in 1924 was the showstopper of the fashionably chic district Detroit's. The building is now empty and decaying, even though there are initiatives to restore the hotel.
The rendering is part of the Cityscapes Detroit series. The Soup Kitchen was founded in the 1850s and was Detroit's oldest saloon. The Soup Kitchen has burnt down a few years ago. The Renaissance Center, which is shown in the background is a most distinctive feature of Detroit's skyline, seen from the riverfront.
On site drawing of the old core of the French city of Angouleme. While I was staying there, I made my living by drawing cafes and city scenes and selling them to the pedestrians/ tourists/ cafe owners.
On site drawing of the old core of the French city of Angouleme. While I was staying there, I made my living by drawing cafes and city scenes and selling them to the pedestrians/ tourists/ cafe owners.