Pure Detroit Blog

You see the celebrations all across the world. Carnival, Strove Tuesday, and Mardi Gras. A day of celebration, revelry, parades, and indulgence before a long period of abstention. Here in Detroit, we don’t tend to celebrate with beads or extravagant masks, but instead with a hearty and sweet treat that has become a religion all its own.

In the early 1960s, Detroit-area architect Minoru Yamasaki was riding high on a wave of high profile architectural commissions. His designs had transformed the Wayne State University campus, were adding beauty to the Detroit skyline and would soon yield the world’s two tallest buildings.

Fredericks would create public art that would leave on lookers inspired. The work would have them pondering over the connection between the spiritual and natural world and force them wonder about there place in it.