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Albert
Kahn Links Pages
The
Detroit News RearView Mirror Project
A
living history project from the story and photo archives of The
Detroit News. A good starting point on the web.
The Fabulous
Ruins of Detroit
You
have to see this site to believe it. A tour of urban decay, with
lots of references to the work of Albert Kahn. I've been through
the whole site and let me tell you, it is full. Of particular note
are the Industrial and Downtown Ruins sections.
Albert Kahn,
Architect of Modern Times
This
site describes the production of a 35 minute documentary on the
life of A.K.
Albert Kahn
Architects
The firm founded by Albert Kahn carries on the business over 100 years
later. The numbers are quite impressive:
- Number of employees:340;
- Registered
architects and engineers: 125;
- Ranking in
U.S.20th (Building Design & Construction, July '98);
- Revenue: $37.5
million;
- Annual volume
of work: $850 million in construction costs.
Books on Albert
Kahn
Amazon.com
remains the address on the Internet for books. Check out the search
results for Albert Kahn- ya gotta love this technology! Simply type
in "Albert Kahn" and you're off to the races.
More Information
Albert Kahn is
very well represented on the web. If you want to see some of his
works, I'd suggest you go to one of the major search engines and
type in Albert Kahn. My preference is to use
then
when the search results come in, click on "Web Pages". You'll be
using a search engine designed by INKTOMI, one of the pioneers
of Internet searching. If you come across a cool site, please let
us know by e-mail:
editor@walkervilletime.com
Happy
hunting!
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