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site. DIA masterpieces visit community
U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Ann Arbor, was among
the officials and community leaders from throughout the Claude Monet and
area in attendance at the official ceremony. Vincent Van Gogh are
“Everybody's here because this is about the Southeast visiting Northville
Michigan community coming together and what's hap- Township, sort of.
pening here helps all of us,” Dingell said. “Our strength Reproductions of
is our unity and when we think like a region, we make a some of the historic
difference. This groundbreaking is the result of tremen- artists' most famous
dous public-private partnerships that have come togeth- works are now on dis-
er in support of this development.” play courtesy of the
Planned walks along the daylighted river will eventu- Detroit Institute of
ally link the area to state trails, officials said. Arts (DIA) Inside Out
Work at the Seven Mile and Sheldon Road site began Program.
in March with the demolition of smaller buildings on the While the DIA pro-
property. Northville Downs, the last operating horserac- gram designed to bring art into local communities has been
ing track in the state, closed Feb. 3 after 80 years at the under way for 14 years, this is the first installation in
Northville location. Northville Township. Four full-size, framed high-quality
copies of the DIA permanent collection were installed in