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The Detroit City Hall was designed mainly in the Italian Renaissance revival architectural style, but during the design process, a French Second Empire mansard roof was added. It measured 200 feet in length by 90 feet in width, and the tower rose 180 feet tall. [1] It was faced with mainly cream colored Amherst Sandstone.
The Coleman A. Young Municipal Center is owned and operated by the Detroit-Wayne Joint Building Authority, which was created in 1948 by the Michigan Legislature. [2] The building contains a library, a courthouse, and the city hall. When it opened, the City-County Building replaced both the historic Detroit City Hall and Wayne County Building.
It includes the Book-Cadillac Hotel, the Book Tower, the Industrial Building, and Detroit City Apartments among other architecturally significant buildings. Washington Boulevard is one of the city's main boulevards and part of Augustus Woodward's 1807-design for the city. Because Woodward's plan was never completed, the boulevard contains a ...
The construction of the Renaissance Center in Downtown Detroit marked a new era for the city's architecture. In the 1970s, Detroit Renaissance, chaired by Henry Ford II, commissioned highly regarded architect John Portman to design an enormous skyscraper complex called the Renaissance Center in hopes of increasing the attraction of city living ...
Detroit's Michigan Central Station reopening puts historic Corktown on a new trajectory. Corktown, Detroit's oldest neighborhood and 'front porch to downtown,' enters new era Skip to main content
The Victorian styled Odd Fellows Building (1874) is located at the corner of Randolph and Monroe. [4] As the city grew, larger commercial buildings were required and the other structures on Randolph were constructed. The area remained a shopping district into the twentieth century. [3]
Detroit's health department is resuming the municipal ID program to equip residents with a photo ID, which will provide them access to various services. Detroit municipal ID program relaunches to ...
Detroit City Council turned down a contract to an artist group seeking $215,000 for services rendered without proper approvals.