American City: Detroit Architecture, 1845-2005

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American City: Detroit Architecture, 1845-2005

A Wayne State University Press Copyrighted Material m er i ca n Detroit Architecture 1845–2005 C Text by Robert Sharoff Photographs by William Zbaren i ty A Painted Turtle book Detroit, Michigan Wayne State University Press Copyrighted Material Contents Preface viii Guardian Building 56 Acknowledgments x David Stott Building 60 Introduction xiii Fisher Building 62 Horace H. Rackham Building 64 American City Coleman A. Young Municipal Center 68 Fort Wayne 2 Turkel House 70 Lighthouse Supply Depot 4 McGregor Memorial Conference Center 72 R. H. Traver Building 6 Lafayette Park 76 Wright-Kay Building 8 One Woodward 80 R. Hirt Jr. Co. Building 10 First Federal Bank Building 82 Chauncey Hurlbut Memorial Gate 12 Frank Murphy Hall of Justice 84 Detroit Cornice and Slate Company 14 Smith, Hinchman, and Grylls Building 86 Wayne County Building 16 Kresge-Ford Building 88 Savoyard Centre 18 SBC Building 90 Belle Isle Conservatory 20 Renaissance Center 92 Harmonie Centre 22 Horace E. Dodge and Son Dime Building 24 Memorial Fountain 96 L. B. King and Company Building 26 Detroit Receiving Hospital 98 Michigan Central Railroad Station 28 Coleman A. Young Community Center 100 R. H. Fyfe’s Shoe Store Building 30 Cobo Hall and Convention Center 102 Orchestra Hall 32 One Detroit Center 104 Detroit Public Library, Main Branch 34 John D. Dingell VA Hospital Cadillac Place 38 and Medical Center 106 Charles H. Wright Museum Women’s City Club 40 of African American History 108 Bankers Trust Company Building 42 Compuware Building 110 James Scott Fountain 44 Cass Technical High School 112 Buhl Building 46 Detroit Institute of Arts 48 Index of Buildings 116 Fox Theatre 50 Index of Architects, Architecture Firms, Penobscot Building 52 Designers, and Artists 118 Park Place Apartments 54 Bibliography 121.

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