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Speaker 1 (00:05):
Live across the Great Lake State. You're connected to Michigan's
most engaging and influential radio and television program, Michigan's Big
Show starring Michael Patrick Shields, presented by Blue Cross, Blue
Shield Michigan and Blue Care Network.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
I'm producer and creative director Tony Cuthberts.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Now in the shadow of the Capitol Dome and Lansing.
He's heard from the beaches of Lake Michigan, to the
halls of power and behind closed doors. Here's Michigan's Michael
Patrick Shields.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Good morning, MP shield the great voice of the Great Lakes.
How are you this morning, Michael Patrick shield You are
a piginary.
Speaker 4 (00:43):
I just want to say thank you so much as
all his honor approach to vo your show.
Speaker 5 (00:48):
I have finally arrived in nady Me.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
It's official, Michael Patrick Shields is on the air.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Good morning world, Good morning Michigan. A very pleasant humph
day Wednesday to you. It's Michael Patrick Shields radio stations
across the state of Michigan worldwide atmibig show dot Com.
From the end of the road at the top of
the world with a tail well calculated to keep you
in suspense, we get your turkey on the road, as
JP McCarthy used to say in the Fisher Building at
(01:15):
the three Letter station up there on the twenty first floor,
where I was a producer for him and other talents
at that broadcast. But then that radio station was all
about him, and I wouldn't be sitting here today if
it weren't for him. Now we are, am I sitting
you're asking, I'm at the Godfrey Hotel in downtown Detroit.
You said, what's that hotel? Well, it's fairly new, like
(01:35):
lots of things in Detroit, but lots of historic things
are here too. We're in an interesting time where we
embrace history and we look to the future and we're
living it right every single morning, and so we're happy
to be here thanks to visit Detroit. Visit Detroit dot
com is where you can plan your trip and if
you do, your head will get turned like mine has.
And I grew up in this city, by the way.
(01:56):
Kim Montague is the president and CEO at Albert Kahn Associates,
and Andrew Danaher is here too, principal with Albert conn Associates.
And we say Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, whatever you celebrate.
I'm celebrating seeing you.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Oh, good morning, Good to see you, Michael.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Nice to meet you too, sir. Very stylish you are
today and on your way to work in the Fisher Building,
is it we are?
Speaker 4 (02:18):
We're on the eighteenth and nineteenth floor. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
So I used to be just a few floors above
you there, and now that station is down on the
eighth floor. I think it's for Fisher Building. And I
can remember riding up in the elevator one time and
Max Fisher was in the elevator with me. Can you
believe that? And I was a kid. I knew enough
to know who he was, though, and I knew enough
to be quiet.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
Yeah, But it.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
Wasn't necessary because he was very friendly. By the way,
For what it's worth, if someone was coming to the
city of Detroit through Visit Detroit or just driving down
from one of our markets across the state, and you
were going to take them on an architecture tour, where
would you take them? What would you show them? Do
that with us right now if you will.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
Well, I first stop obviously would be the Fisher Building.
It's the largest art object in Michigan built in started
in nineteen twenty eight before the Great Depression. Alber Khan
was the architect. So our founder for alber Kanda Associates
was the designer and architect for that building. It was actually,
(03:15):
interestingly enough, it was built in fourteen months something like that. Wow,
fourteen months, isn't that amazing?
Speaker 3 (03:21):
The Gordy how Bridge took eight years or.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
Something like that, something like that, something like that.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
There's marbles to do that. Then with the resources that
they had, it was an amazing It's like the modern
day Pyramids.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
It is the modern day Pyramids.
Speaker 6 (03:35):
You're right.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
And there were supposed to be three towers, if I
have it right, there was supposed to be three towers.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
The tower that currently stands today was one of the
anchor towers and then the middle tower was going to
be twice as tall. Is that original tower?
Speaker 3 (03:48):
How about that?
Speaker 4 (03:49):
It's amazing.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
It was a fun place to work at. It's quirks
because it was old.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
It's old.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
There's the parking garage was my favorite thing.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Oh, you know, it's amazing.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
That what Floria you park on?
Speaker 4 (04:00):
I park on two or three.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
They could have the Olympic Louge tournament and that thing.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
They could and what's amazing is when that was designed
and constructed. You know, they were driving Model.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
T's little cars compared to what we have now.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Yeah. And when I was there, believe it or not,
they were it was under construction. So it was a
one way garage with lights along the way. So if
you're coming down from eleven or I think I made
it was your status determined by how far up you
had to go.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
I'm just a chicken. That's why I park on tour status.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Well, she's down playing it, isn't she. She's very modest.
I think I was on four, not bad, not bad. Yeah,
JP was on one.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
It probably pulled in and parked there. Yeah, there's some
reserved spots right there.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
And he walked right in and he had the timing
so perfect every day coming down from Bloomfield down the
lodge to be on the air at six fifteen, and
he'd walk in during the theme song. Oh so you
had to pull that garage. You walk through that grand hall,
past the theater, up the elevators to twenty one, through
the lobby in the door, throw his coat on a chair,
sit down, put his headphones on, take a sip of
(05:09):
coffee which was waiting for him because of his producer
pushed the bus and say, good morning world, I had
a time down just like that. Where else would you
show people in Detroit?
Speaker 6 (05:20):
Yeah, there's so many options.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
I think downtown is maybe the obvious option, right, but
some really great areas like Jefferson and Chalmers that they've
built up over the years. I think even you know,
the Fashion Avenue along the edge of the University district
by UD has some really great things going on, a
bunch of new stores, people shopping, people out and about all.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Did you say by the University of Detroit.
Speaker 6 (05:44):
Yeah, yeah, down Liverneine.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
I went to school there. You wouldn't walk down Liverdoine.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Yes, Sir Bawn, Yeah, a few years ago. So yeah, wow,
it's a different area.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Yeah, it's unbelievable. And what's the latest and greatest project
for alber Khan.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
Well, I think it was a noun what two weeks
ago Andy, the Packard Park project. So the old Packard
plant is now going to be redeveloped as housing, live work,
some light industrial, making a city park in that whole
space there. Andy and I were both honored to be
(06:19):
there with the current mayor and the incoming mayor and
several other dignitaries to announce that project. So we're thrilled
that alber Khan is going to be part of that
part of that effort.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Talk about that's another example of amazing urban renewal, kind
of like the train station, which was a giant tombstone
for a while. So what was Packard all about? What's
on that property now and what will it be?
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Yeah, the Packard plant previously was a series of eighty
plus buildings. The city began demolition a number of years
ago and tore down everything, but to before the mayor
put a pause to the demo and said, we're going
to try to save two of these buildings at least
because the Packer had such a you know, sort of
storied history in that area. So neighborhood has gone through
(07:02):
a lot of rough things, right, this will be a
huge catalyst to that space. The two new the two
existing buildings will be renovated, like Kim said, into sort
of a mixed use space with.
Speaker 6 (07:13):
Some commercial on lower levels.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
About what were they previously administration building for the Packard
that's right, Yeah, And the two that remain are mostly
structural elements left concrete which con was really known for
his reinforced concrete over the years. So we're going to
really try to work to to selvage that and really
(07:36):
kind of exploit it in a way from a design standpoint,
so it'll it'll show up in the new the new works.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
It's so exciting to hold on to some history like that,
isn't it, And people seek that out. It seems to me,
unless I'm weird, I do no.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
I think that's that's one of the I will say
that in the city of Detroit, we've been really we're
blessed with some amazing architecture in the city. And you know,
every one says, oh, you should go to Chicago and
tour architecture, but I think if you stay here in Detroit,
there's so much, not only in the downtown fabric itself,
but throughout the metropolitan Detroit areas.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
There used to be a ballpark right here, and you
go to Michigan and trumble across the street from where
we are right now at the Godfrey and you can
at least look in and see a field in the
middle of the development around it instead of just paved
paradise and put up and you're.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Parting that you should write a song about that.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
I'm sure Tony Cuthbert and the orchestra will spool those
out for us and when we talk again in the future,
which I hope we will soon. Congratulations, What did you
call the Fisher Building the largest.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
Art object in Michigan?
Speaker 3 (08:40):
What a cool way to look at it.
Speaker 4 (08:41):
Thank you very much, Thank you for having us.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
There's the song you requested Andrew Danaher at Albert Kahan
and you are too at the Godfrey this morning with
Kim Montague, the president and CEO that crazy game.
Speaker 7 (09:01):
Are you sick and tired of being tired and sick?
If so, Wycoff Wellness is your medical center for advanced,
functional and integrated medicine, and we may have a solution.
This is doctor John Wycoff. I'm a Board certified family physician,
but early in my career I was frustrated with the
conventional medical approach that seldom found the cause of chronic
health issues. Issues like fatigue, insomnia, hormone imbalance, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, anxiety, depression,
(09:26):
add were typically treated with more medications, oftentimes several medications
that seldom resulted in a good outcome. The adage we
have A pill for every ill certainly fits the typical
approach to chronic disease. If you want a different, unique approach,
see me at Wycoff Wellness Center in East Lansing. I
have a larger toolbox. I'll find the solution. Call me
(09:49):
at five one seven three three three seventy two seventy
three three three seven two seven zero or visit our
website at Wycoff Wellness dot com Wycoff Wellness. Our results
can change your life.
Speaker 8 (10:00):
Looking for your next sunny getaway, whether it's to your
favorite theme park, relaxing beach time, a golf trip, or
just feeling the sun on your face. Breeze Airways as
you covered with convenient non stop flights from Lansing's Capital
Region International Airport to sunny Orlando and Fort Myers. Travel
with ease by visiting Flybreeze dot com or by downloading
(10:23):
the Breeze app Fly lancing on Breeze Airways seriously nice.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
We're always upgrading phones, cars, tech, but what about the
energy systems we all rely on.
Speaker 5 (10:36):
That's exactly what Enbridge is doing, investing in the energy
systems that help keep energy reliable and affordable for Michigan
families and businesses today and tomorrow.
Speaker 8 (10:46):
So it's about keeping Michigan's energy moving exactly.
Speaker 5 (10:50):
Smart investments help keep energy secure and affordable for everyone.
Learn more at enbridge dot com slash Michigan. Enbridge Tomorrow
is on Director ro
Live across the Great Lake State. You're connected to Michigan's
most engaging and influential radio and television program, Michigan's Big
Show starring Michael Patrick Shields, presented by Blue Cross, Blue
Shield Michigan and Blue Care Network.
Speaker 2 (00:20):
I'm producer and creative director Tony Cuthberts.
Speaker 1 (00:24):
Now in the shadow of the Capitol Dome and Lansing.
He's heard from the beaches of Lake Michigan, to the
halls of power and behind closed doors. Here's Michigan's Michael
Patrick Shields.
Speaker 3 (00:36):
Good morning, MP shield the great voice of the Great Lakes.
How are you this morning, Michael Patrick shield You are
a piginary.
Speaker 4 (00:43):
I just want to say thank you so much as
all his honor approach to vo your show.
Speaker 5 (00:48):
I have finally arrived in nady Me.
Speaker 2 (00:49):
It's official, Michael Patrick Shields is on the air.
Speaker 3 (00:53):
Good morning world, Good morning Michigan. A very pleasant humph
day Wednesday to you. It's Michael Patrick Shields radio stations
across the state of Michigan worldwide atmibig show dot Com.
From the end of the road at the top of
the world with a tail well calculated to keep you
in suspense, we get your turkey on the road, as
JP McCarthy used to say in the Fisher Building at
(01:15):
the three Letter station up there on the twenty first floor,
where I was a producer for him and other talents
at that broadcast. But then that radio station was all
about him, and I wouldn't be sitting here today if
it weren't for him. Now we are, am I sitting
you're asking, I'm at the Godfrey Hotel in downtown Detroit.
You said, what's that hotel? Well, it's fairly new, like
(01:35):
lots of things in Detroit, but lots of historic things
are here too. We're in an interesting time where we
embrace history and we look to the future and we're
living it right every single morning, and so we're happy
to be here thanks to visit Detroit. Visit Detroit dot
com is where you can plan your trip and if
you do, your head will get turned like mine has.
And I grew up in this city, by the way.
(01:56):
Kim Montague is the president and CEO at Albert Kahn Associates,
and Andrew Danaher is here too, principal with Albert conn Associates.
And we say Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays, whatever you celebrate.
I'm celebrating seeing you.
Speaker 4 (02:09):
Oh, good morning, Good to see you, Michael.
Speaker 3 (02:12):
Nice to meet you too, sir. Very stylish you are
today and on your way to work in the Fisher Building,
is it we are?
Speaker 4 (02:18):
We're on the eighteenth and nineteenth floor. Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:20):
So I used to be just a few floors above
you there, and now that station is down on the
eighth floor. I think it's for Fisher Building. And I
can remember riding up in the elevator one time and
Max Fisher was in the elevator with me. Can you
believe that? And I was a kid. I knew enough
to know who he was, though, and I knew enough
to be quiet.
Speaker 4 (02:37):
Yeah, But it.
Speaker 3 (02:38):
Wasn't necessary because he was very friendly. By the way,
For what it's worth, if someone was coming to the
city of Detroit through Visit Detroit or just driving down
from one of our markets across the state, and you
were going to take them on an architecture tour, where
would you take them? What would you show them? Do
that with us right now if you will.
Speaker 4 (02:55):
Well, I first stop obviously would be the Fisher Building.
It's the largest art object in Michigan built in started
in nineteen twenty eight before the Great Depression. Alber Khan
was the architect. So our founder for alber Kanda Associates
was the designer and architect for that building. It was actually,
(03:15):
interestingly enough, it was built in fourteen months something like that. Wow,
fourteen months, isn't that amazing?
Speaker 3 (03:21):
The Gordy how Bridge took eight years or.
Speaker 4 (03:24):
Something like that, something like that, something like that.
Speaker 3 (03:27):
There's marbles to do that. Then with the resources that
they had, it was an amazing It's like the modern
day Pyramids.
Speaker 4 (03:34):
It is the modern day Pyramids.
Speaker 6 (03:35):
You're right.
Speaker 3 (03:35):
And there were supposed to be three towers, if I
have it right, there was supposed to be three towers.
Speaker 4 (03:40):
The tower that currently stands today was one of the
anchor towers and then the middle tower was going to
be twice as tall. Is that original tower?
Speaker 3 (03:48):
How about that?
Speaker 4 (03:49):
It's amazing.
Speaker 3 (03:49):
It was a fun place to work at. It's quirks
because it was old.
Speaker 4 (03:53):
It's old.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
There's the parking garage was my favorite thing.
Speaker 4 (03:56):
Oh, you know, it's amazing.
Speaker 3 (03:57):
That what Floria you park on?
Speaker 4 (04:00):
I park on two or three.
Speaker 3 (04:03):
They could have the Olympic Louge tournament and that thing.
Speaker 4 (04:06):
They could and what's amazing is when that was designed
and constructed. You know, they were driving Model.
Speaker 3 (04:12):
T's little cars compared to what we have now.
Speaker 4 (04:15):
That's right.
Speaker 3 (04:16):
Yeah. And when I was there, believe it or not,
they were it was under construction. So it was a
one way garage with lights along the way. So if
you're coming down from eleven or I think I made
it was your status determined by how far up you
had to go.
Speaker 4 (04:31):
I'm just a chicken. That's why I park on tour status.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
Well, she's down playing it, isn't she. She's very modest.
I think I was on four, not bad, not bad. Yeah,
JP was on one.
Speaker 4 (04:44):
It probably pulled in and parked there. Yeah, there's some
reserved spots right there.
Speaker 3 (04:49):
And he walked right in and he had the timing
so perfect every day coming down from Bloomfield down the
lodge to be on the air at six fifteen, and
he'd walk in during the theme song. Oh so you
had to pull that garage. You walk through that grand hall,
past the theater, up the elevators to twenty one, through
the lobby in the door, throw his coat on a chair,
sit down, put his headphones on, take a sip of
(05:09):
coffee which was waiting for him because of his producer
pushed the bus and say, good morning world, I had
a time down just like that. Where else would you
show people in Detroit?
Speaker 6 (05:20):
Yeah, there's so many options.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
I think downtown is maybe the obvious option, right, but
some really great areas like Jefferson and Chalmers that they've
built up over the years. I think even you know,
the Fashion Avenue along the edge of the University district
by UD has some really great things going on, a
bunch of new stores, people shopping, people out and about all.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Did you say by the University of Detroit.
Speaker 6 (05:44):
Yeah, yeah, down Liverneine.
Speaker 3 (05:46):
I went to school there. You wouldn't walk down Liverdoine.
Speaker 2 (05:48):
Yes, Sir Bawn, Yeah, a few years ago. So yeah, wow,
it's a different area.
Speaker 3 (05:53):
Yeah, it's unbelievable. And what's the latest and greatest project
for alber Khan.
Speaker 4 (05:57):
Well, I think it was a noun what two weeks
ago Andy, the Packard Park project. So the old Packard
plant is now going to be redeveloped as housing, live work,
some light industrial, making a city park in that whole
space there. Andy and I were both honored to be
(06:19):
there with the current mayor and the incoming mayor and
several other dignitaries to announce that project. So we're thrilled
that alber Khan is going to be part of that
part of that effort.
Speaker 3 (06:29):
Talk about that's another example of amazing urban renewal, kind
of like the train station, which was a giant tombstone
for a while. So what was Packard all about? What's
on that property now and what will it be?
Speaker 2 (06:41):
Yeah, the Packard plant previously was a series of eighty
plus buildings. The city began demolition a number of years
ago and tore down everything, but to before the mayor
put a pause to the demo and said, we're going
to try to save two of these buildings at least
because the Packer had such a you know, sort of
storied history in that area. So neighborhood has gone through
(07:02):
a lot of rough things, right, this will be a
huge catalyst to that space. The two new the two
existing buildings will be renovated, like Kim said, into sort
of a mixed use space with.
Speaker 6 (07:13):
Some commercial on lower levels.
Speaker 2 (07:16):
About what were they previously administration building for the Packard
that's right, Yeah, And the two that remain are mostly
structural elements left concrete which con was really known for
his reinforced concrete over the years. So we're going to
really try to work to to selvage that and really
(07:36):
kind of exploit it in a way from a design standpoint,
so it'll it'll show up in the new the new works.
Speaker 3 (07:43):
It's so exciting to hold on to some history like that,
isn't it, And people seek that out. It seems to me,
unless I'm weird, I do no.
Speaker 4 (07:50):
I think that's that's one of the I will say
that in the city of Detroit, we've been really we're
blessed with some amazing architecture in the city. And you know,
every one says, oh, you should go to Chicago and
tour architecture, but I think if you stay here in Detroit,
there's so much, not only in the downtown fabric itself,
but throughout the metropolitan Detroit areas.
Speaker 3 (08:12):
There used to be a ballpark right here, and you
go to Michigan and trumble across the street from where
we are right now at the Godfrey and you can
at least look in and see a field in the
middle of the development around it instead of just paved
paradise and put up and you're.
Speaker 4 (08:25):
Parting that you should write a song about that.
Speaker 3 (08:29):
I'm sure Tony Cuthbert and the orchestra will spool those
out for us and when we talk again in the future,
which I hope we will soon. Congratulations, What did you
call the Fisher Building the largest.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
Art object in Michigan?
Speaker 3 (08:40):
What a cool way to look at it.
Speaker 4 (08:41):
Thank you very much, Thank you for having us.
Speaker 3 (08:44):
There's the song you requested Andrew Danaher at Albert Kahan
and you are too at the Godfrey this morning with
Kim Montague, the president and CEO that crazy game.
Speaker 7 (09:01):
Are you sick and tired of being tired and sick?
If so, Wycoff Wellness is your medical center for advanced,
functional and integrated medicine, and we may have a solution.
This is doctor John Wycoff. I'm a Board certified family physician,
but early in my career I was frustrated with the
conventional medical approach that seldom found the cause of chronic
health issues. Issues like fatigue, insomnia, hormone imbalance, diabetes, heart disease, cancer, anxiety, depression,
(09:26):
add were typically treated with more medications, oftentimes several medications
that seldom resulted in a good outcome. The adage we
have A pill for every ill certainly fits the typical
approach to chronic disease. If you want a different, unique approach,
see me at Wycoff Wellness Center in East Lansing. I
have a larger toolbox. I'll find the solution. Call me
(09:49):
at five one seven three three three seventy two seventy
three three three seven two seven zero or visit our
website at Wycoff Wellness dot com Wycoff Wellness. Our results
can change your life.
Speaker 8 (10:00):
Looking for your next sunny getaway, whether it's to your
favorite theme park, relaxing beach time, a golf trip, or
just feeling the sun on your face. Breeze Airways as
you covered with convenient non stop flights from Lansing's Capital
Region International Airport to sunny Orlando and Fort Myers. Travel
with ease by visiting Flybreeze dot com or by downloading
(10:23):
the Breeze app Fly lancing on Breeze Airways seriously nice.
Speaker 3 (10:30):
We're always upgrading phones, cars, tech, but what about the
energy systems we all rely on.
Speaker 5 (10:36):
That's exactly what Enbridge is doing, investing in the energy
systems that help keep energy reliable and affordable for Michigan
families and businesses today and tomorrow.
Speaker 8 (10:46):
So it's about keeping Michigan's energy moving exactly.
Speaker 5 (10:50):
Smart investments help keep energy secure and affordable for everyone.
Learn more at enbridge dot com slash Michigan. Enbridge Tomorrow
is on Director ro
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