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Lively pictorial bird's-eye view of Detroit, Michigan, published by Harvey Hutter & Co. in New York, in c. 1989. This rare and well-preserved poster forms part of a series of city-focused views that play on the famous New Yorker cover, overemphasizing the importance of the city they show.
The view shows Downtown Detroit looking north across the state of Michigan and up through the Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin, and Canada to the North Pole. The viewer is situated across the Detroit River above Windsor.
The map references many of the things that make Detroit great. Motown is shown as a huge record label, Jefferson Ave passes near the river, WSU is shown, as is Greektown, and upstate is Lansing, Southfield, Battle Creek, and sand dunes. The birdseye view is well designed and attractive.
The present view is one of a large series of images that riffed on the Steinberg concept while substituting other American and worldwide cities. Steinberg's original work has been the subject of almost-countless parodies, including one for the release of Moscow on the Hudson by Columbia Pictures, which resulted in a copyright infringement lawsuit.
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