Green Footprints

The March 1982 The Detroit News article above provides further details of the sculptures’ clandestine meeting and the resulting response by the city of Detroit.

 

So beloved is The Spirit of Detroit by city residents that they are even concerned about his love life. One night in the Spring of 1965, local pranksters used latex paint and wood and foam-rubber cutouts to create giant green footprints leading from The Spirit of Detroit to Step of the Dance, a nude female sculpture by Italian sculptor Giacomo Manzu, located directly across the street at the One Woodward building.