A NAP.
JOIN US TOMORROW AT 10:00
>>.
Jason: HAVE YOU EVER
NOTICED HOW MANY STATUES ARE
AROUND TOWN NOT JUST
DOWNTOWN BUT ALL ACROSS THE
D.
EVERYWHERE YOU GO THERE' A
HISTORIC FIGURE OR A GENERAL
ON HORSE
>> Tati: SO GOUT TO GO HOME
AND GOOGLE THEM.
FOR 30 YEARS NOW ONE MAN HAS
BEEN CARING FOR MOST OF THIS
PUBLIC ART THAT SEE EVERY
DAY.
>> Chuck: SO PHOTOGRAPHER
ALEX ATWELL WILL NOW
INTRODUCE US TO THE PERSON
CARING FOR THESE UNIQUELY
DETROIT STATUES
>> IT'S MORE ABOUT WHAT NOT
TO DO THAN WHAT TO DO.
YOU HAVE TO IT BE ABLE T
WISHES.
YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO
RESPECT THE OBJECT ITSELF,
IT'S TIM CONSUMING.
IT TAKES DEDICATION.
MY NAME IS GIORGIO DEKUS AND
I'M A CONSO FAR FOR OF
OUTDOOR STATUES AND WHAT WE
DO IS W RESTORE SCULPTURES.
I HAVE BEEN DOING THIS UNDER
MY OWN COMPANY SIN 1984
UNDER THE NAME VENUS BRONZE
WORKS.
THIS SCULPTURE IS ALSO THE
SCULPTURE THAT D THE
SPIRIT OF DETROIT.
IT BELONGS TO THE MICHIGAN
OPERA HOUSE WHAT WE HAVE TO
DO IS POLISH THE SPACE TO
MAKE A SHINE HERE OF I LOVE
MY JOB.
EVERY MORNING I WAKE UP
CAN'T WAIT TO GO TO WO.
MY UNCLES WAS ONE OF THE
GREECE.
THE FAMILY START WORKING IN
THE ART CASTING BUSINESS WE
ALL LEARN THE TRAD OF CAST
SCULPTURE.
EVENTUALLY WE ARE SHOWI
THE SCULPTURES.
IT'S FANTASTIC.
I A SO PLEASED FOR THE CITY
DETROIT TO BE ABLE TO DO
THIS WORK.
IT'S A GREAT FEMPG I DRIVE
AROUND REPORT AND I DID THIS
SCULPTURE.
ABSOLUTELY.
WE DON'T HAVE AS MUCH AS A
LOT OF OTHER CITIES BUT AS
FAR A QUALITY.
THE WE FOUNDERS O THE CITY
THEY WERE VER GENEROUS.
THE SPIRIT OF DETROIT
OBVIOUSLY IT'S ONE OF THE
MOST WELL-KNOWN THE
CHARITIES ON TOP OF THE
WAYNE COUNTY COURTHOUSE.
THE MEMORIAL IN GRAND CIRCUS
PARK THAT'S A GREAT, GREAT
PIECE
AND CIVIL WAR MONUMENT
THAT'S A GREAT SPEECH
THE THINKER IN FRONT OF THE
DAY THAT'S WHAT I TAKE
PRIDE.
IT'S DEFINITELY TAKING PAR
OF DETROIT A DOING MY PART
TO CITY THAT GAVE ME A
CHANCE TO BECOME SOMEONE.
IT'S A GREAT FEELING BECAUSE
AM PRESERVING ART FOR
GENERATIONS AND GENERATIONS.
IT'S VERY, VE IMPORTANT.
THERE ARE PIECES HERE MEANT
GENERATIONS AND AGAIN RACES
IF WE DON'T PRESERVE THEM
THEY'RE GOING TO BE LOST.
IT IS HISTORICALLY AND
ARTISTICALLY IT IS VERY,
VERY IMPORTANT TO PRESERVE
OUR PAST.
IT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT NOT
ONLY OUR PAST BUT OUR
PRESENT AND OUR FUTURE, YOU
KNOW, BY PRESERVING THESE
SCULPTURES
>> Chuck: WHAT A COOL JOB TO
HAVE.
>> Jason: WOULD YOU EVEN
CALL THAT A JOB AN ARTISA
OR --
>> Chuck: MARSHALL FREDERICK
WE WERE TALKING THE BEAR
FROM NORTHLAND.
>> Chuck: I DON'T KNOW IF IT
WENT TO CRANBROOK.
I THINK AFTER HE MADE THE
SPIRIT OF DETROIT IF I'M NOT
MISTAKEN HE MADE A VERY
LARGE CROSS A CROSS IN THE
MARSHALL FREDERICKS WAS JUST