Artists erect arabesque canopy on Euclid Street, Detroit

Artist Joseph Hurd (left) and  John Jackson work on the stainless steel Arabesque-style canopy being built as a communal meeting space in Detroit on East Euclid near the corner of Oakland.

Justin Pawloske (left) and Joseph Hurd work on the stainless steel Arabesque-style canopy with islamic patterns built as a communal meeting space on East Euclid in Detroit.

Lights that meld from color to color illuminate the steel arabesques that create a shared courtyard on Euclid Street in Detroit.

Lights that meld from color to color illuminate the steel arabesques that create a shared courtyard on Euclid Street in Detroit.

Red Jazz Shoe Shine owner David Boggon talks with Dwayne Richardson, left, in the shoe shine shop on E. Euclid and Oakland in Detroit. A part of Euclid is being developed into a mix of art incubator, communally-owned housing and business development.

Red Jazz Shoe Shine is on the corner of Euclid and Oakland in Detroit, a block of Euclid Street being developed into an interesting mix of art incubator, communally-owned housing and business development.

David Boggon, nephew of Willie D. Thomas who founded Red Jazz Shoe Shine in 1949, talks about the North End neighborhood in his shop. A block of E. Euclid Street at Oakland is being developed into an interesting mix of art incubator, communally-owned housing and business development.

Artist Joseph Hurd works on the stainless steel Arabesque-style canopy with islamic patterns built as a communal meeting space on East Euclid in Detroit.

Lights that meld from color to color illuminate the steel arabesques that create a shared courtyard on Euclid Street in Detroit.

A stainless steel arabesque-style canopy built as a communal meeting space will join two homes and the Red Jazz Shoe Shine building along Euclid Street for the American Riad development in Detroit's North End.

A stainless steel arabesque-style canopy built as a communal meeting space will join two homes and the former Red Jazz Shoe Shine building along Euclid Street for the American Riad development in Detroit.