  Mackinaw Member Username: Mackinaw Post Number: 5033 Registered: 02-2005 |
http://detnews.com/apps/pbcs.d ll/article?AID=/20080625/OPINI ON03/806250377/1031 In this mostly pointless story, Rubin takes one man's complaint and writes about the possibility that Bank of America may have doctored a photo of Detroit for its advertisements. The man, from Farmington, swears that the CBD buildings seen to the right of the Ren Cen are not really in their right spot. He either doesn't understand perspective, or is just a westsider who doesn't know what the City looks like from the east side ;) | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 7309 Registered: 10-2003 |
We must ridicule him thoroughly. quote: Haha (pointing and laughing and making an L on forehead with finger and thumb) | ||
Bragaboutme Member Username: Bragaboutme Post Number: 297 Registered: 02-2008 |
Rubin was right about the Millender Center, but the point I think he was trying to make is many people may have run with what Fred Levine was saying. I don't think it was pointless, Rubin was just setting the record straight. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 7311 Registered: 10-2003 |
Levin can't fathom an angle in which Comerica Tower and the rest are to the right of the Ren Cen... Except maybe in this picture I just happened to take last year.  Then he uses his supposed "discovery" as an opportunity to make snarky remarks about the city. HA-HA! | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 7312 Registered: 10-2003 |
 Photo from the ad for comparison. | ||
Jasoncw Member Username: Jasoncw Post Number: 525 Registered: 07-2005 |
Well, we all now know not to get photography done from the Ambassador Group. Don't have them photograph your family reunion on Belle Isle, they've never been there before. I wonder if he's ever been to the Ambassador Bridge before? | ||
Zrx_doug Member Username: Zrx_doug Post Number: 239 Registered: 03-2008 |
To hell with BOA..Ask 'em how many Michigan jobs they've axed since they took over LaSalle. Sorry for unrelated comment that has nothing to do with the story. I'm still a little touchy on the subject of BOA. | ||
Detmi7mile Member Username: Detmi7mile Post Number: 87 Registered: 12-2007 |
LOL...wow...just wow...I was pretty sure a picture can be taken from all angles of an object. Better known as 360 degrees. Or for more simple people, a circle. I was coming down Gratiot yesterday and Comerica Tower was IN FRONT of the RenCen...how could that be??•• | ||
Savannah Member Username: Savannah Post Number: 59 Registered: 02-2008 |
Haha (pointing and laughing and making an L on forehead with finger and thumb) LOL Johnlodge! | ||
Gnome Member Username: Gnome Post Number: 1386 Registered: 08-2007 |
When did Skipper and Jodi start riding cruisers on Belle Isle? Fishtoes in saranwrap maybe, but two escapees from the Yacht Club, ...I don't think so. | ||
Focusonthed Member Username: Focusonthed Post Number: 1881 Registered: 02-2006 |
Oddly enough, Bank of America actually made such a mistake for real before. http://chicagoist.com/2007/11/ 29/bank_of_america.php | ||
Mdoyle Member Username: Mdoyle Post Number: 453 Registered: 10-2006 |
Those two photos line up exactly.. Does anyone have an email address for this clown. We need a retraction ASAP! | ||
Rid0617 Member Username: Rid0617 Post Number: 200 Registered: 03-2008 |
OOOOOPS busted | ||
1953 Member Username: 1953 Post Number: 1579 Registered: 12-2004 |
Neal Rubin is a rube. If he had ever been to Belle Isle, he would know the ad is possible. | ||
Hudkina Member Username: Hudkina Post Number: 218 Registered: 12-2004 |
It tells you a lot about this region when a newspaper columnist who should at least have some sense of the city he represents makes a stupid mistake like that. | ||
Wolverine Member Username: Wolverine Post Number: 495 Registered: 04-2004 |
^ He's clearing things up and told both sides of the story. He said it appeared to be doctored, and it might confuse people who are used to seeing the skyline from Windsor, when in actuality BofA says it's just an obscure angle. Still, I get pissed when people claim photos shot at really good angles are fake. I got an unusual amount of span out of the blue on my flickr where comment from several different users (I'm thinking it was actually the same person since the accounts were all deleted) said that I had photoshopped in a bunch of buildings in an aerial Detroit photo I took. The only altering I actually did was a bit of light level adjusting. Yes, if only plunking extra buildings in a picture was that easy. http://farm2.static.flickr.com /1077/606128545_6bec8ce203_b.j pg | ||
Detmi7mile Member Username: Detmi7mile Post Number: 88 Registered: 12-2007 |
^^^That's a really good pic. Sometimes I hate the traditional skyline from the Windsor side because it only shows like a quarter of the buildings. It also makes the RenCen look huge compared to the other buildings because of its distance from the main core. The comments that user made were crazy but many people never see the skyline from any other angle than the most common one. | ||
Eboyer Member Username: Eboyer Post Number: 111 Registered: 01-2007 |
Wolverine, your photo has been the background on my computer for the last 6 months or so. Everyone always asks me what city it is, and when I point out that it's Detroit, they don't believe me at first. Great shot! | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 7319 Registered: 10-2003 |
I hear what you're saying Det... That's why when I saw this photo by fellow forumer Ryan Southen, I had to buy it for my wall. http://bighugelabs.com/flickr/ onblack.php?id=159029463&size= large Now THAT'S a skyline you don't usually see. And it just looks fantastic. | ||
Gannon Member Username: Gannon Post Number: 13106 Registered: 12-2003 |
I never realized the I-beam farm has pollinated that deck in CompuWare's building! I scream for I-beams! | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 2591 Registered: 09-2007 |
Well, that's your typical dumb suburbanite. I wonder would he live and laugh in the Griswold if it were developed? Would Levine stay at the Greektown Hotel & Casino while recommending it to visitors if it were planned his way? If not, I suggest he keeps his 2 cents! (Message edited by DetroitRise on June 25, 2008) | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 7321 Registered: 10-2003 |
LOL yeah Gannon. That's an I-Beam farm. I guess you didn't know where they come from! There are worries the recent die-offs of honeybees may mean a weak I-Beam crop next year. | ||
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise Post Number: 2592 Registered: 09-2007 |
BTW, despite all the surface lots, downtown Detroit (especially between Randolph & Cass) is very dense for modern times.  | ||
Parkguy Member Username: Parkguy Post Number: 295 Registered: 04-2007 |
Wolverine-- That is a great photo of downtown (from a one-time professional photographer and maybe a photographer again, soon). It captures the intricate pattern created by the layout of our downtown streets in a fantastic way. Plus-- the texture of it all! I love it! | ||
Gistok Member Username: Gistok Post Number: 7062 Registered: 08-2004 |
quote: Detroitrise... do us all a favor for once and think before you post... |
