Photo of the Week: Aretha Franklin Mural in Detroit’s Eastern Market

album cover of singer Aretha Franklin

Have you seen the Aretha Franklin mural in Detroit’s Eastern Market?

It’s well hidden and if you didn’t know it was there, you might not find it.

I was told it was on the back wall of Gratiot Central Market, but I went around the block three times before I discovered it. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Aretha Franklin Mural in Detroit’s Eastern Market

Photo of the Week: Murals in the Market 2017

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Last year, fall took on a different meaning for me beyond enjoying local apple cider, viewing gorgeous falls colors, and gathering the last vegetables from the garden.

That’s when I first visited the Murals in the Market international mural festival at Eastern Market in Detroit. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Murals in the Market 2017

Photo of the Week: Murals in the Market at Eastern Market

Black and white lion with piercing blue eyes surrounded by whimsical cartoon charaters

If you didn’t know to travel down a back alley to peer across an empty field surrounded by three buildings, you might have missed the two-story tall lion mural on the building at the edge of Detroit’s Eastern Market. Continue reading Photo of the Week: Murals in the Market at Eastern Market