Edwin Denby Memorial At The Brodhead Armory Gone

I was in my usual rose-colored glasses la-la land of Detroit love, on my way to visit the butterfly garden at Gabriel Richard Park, when I was confronted with the concrete wound above. It is on the Brodhead Armory, one of Detroit's most significant Art Deco buildings.

It used to look like this:

In my rose-colored glasses world, it will turn out that this has been removed for safe-keeping by the building's caretakers. I have e-mailed a few folks who might know more and will update this post if I learn more. However, from the state of the surrounding area, this seems unlikely.

I wrote about this memorial to Denby, done by Samuel Cashwan, in a previous post, Edwin Denby and His Loyal City, if you want to see more pictures and learn of what is lost.

No butterfly garden today.