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The Renaissance Center, commonly known as the RenCen, is a complex of seven connected skyscrapers in downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. The Renaissance Center complex is on the Detroit International Riverfront and is owned and used by General Motors as its world headquarters. The central tower has been the tallest building in Michigan ...
The architecture of metropolitan Detroit continues to attract the attention of architects and preservationists alike. [1] [2] With one of the world's recognizable skylines, Detroit 's waterfront panorama shows a variety of architectural styles. The post-modern neogothic spires of One Detroit Center refer to designs of the city's historic Art ...
Rising 566 feet (173 m), the 47-story Penobscot was the tallest building in Michigan from its completion in 1928 until construction of the Renaissance Center hotel tower in 1977. Ally Detroit Center (formerly One Detroit Center) surpassed the Penobscot as the tallest office building in Detroit upon its completion in 1993. The framing elevation ...
GM's Renaissance Center in Detroit on Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2023. In the run-up to GM's 2009 bankruptcy, the U.S auto task force overseeing the restructuring considered having GM leave the RenCen.
The new site is about a mile (1.6 kilometers) north of the Renaissance Center. The move also keeps GM’s headquarters in the city for the foreseeable future, she said.
July 29, 2024 at 3:34 AM. I still recall the doubt a real estate man expressed over my enthusiasm for downtown Detroit’s classic Art Deco skyscrapers. “It looks old, ” he said of the city ...
This list of tallest buildings in Detroit ranks skyscrapers and high rises in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan by height. The tallest skyscraper in Detroit is the 73-story Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, which rises 727 feet (222 m) along Detroit's International Riverfront. [A] [1] It is the tallest building in the state of ...
For the British children's television series, see The Book Tower. Book Tower is a 145 m (476 ft), 38-story skyscraper located at 1265 Washington Boulevard in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Washington Boulevard Historic District. Construction began on the Italian Renaissance -style building in 1916, as an addition to the original Book ...