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The J. L. Hudson Company (commonly known simply as Hudson's) was an upscale retail department store chain based in Detroit, Michigan.Hudson's flagship store, on Woodward Avenue in Downtown Detroit (demolished October 24, 1998), [1] was the tallest department store in the world in 1961, [2] and, at one time, claimed to be the second-largest department store, after Macy's, in the United States ...
The J. L. Hudson Building ("Hudson's") was a department store located at 1206 Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit, Michigan.It was constructed beginning in 1911, with additions throughout the years, before being "completed" in 1946, and named after the company's founder, Joseph Lowthian Hudson.
A quarter-century ago, the Hudson's department store came down. A new skyscraper is going up in its place. Hudson's department store in Detroit was imploded 25 years ago
There was an organized effort in the 1990s to save and repurpose the massive J.L. Hudson department store building on Woodward in downtown. ... “In the case of Hudson’s (demolition), whether ...
J. L. Hudson Department Store and Addition: Detroit United States: 134: 439: 29: 1911: 1998: Implosion: Bankruptcy of J.L. Hudson Department Store; replaced by the Hudson's Tower in 2017 with construction expected to be completed in 2024. 25: National City Company Building: New York United States: 131: 432: 32: 1928: 1982: Manual: Demolished to ...
But when Dowdell came upon a boarded-up Hudson’s building downtown a little more than a decade after the department store closed on Jan. 17, 1983, after more than 90 years in business, she had ...
A twelve-year-old girl was killed instantly, and nine others were injured. Large fragments of masonry and metal were found 650 m (710.85 yd) from the demolition site. [6] On October 24, 1998, the J. L. Hudson Department Store and Addition in Detroit, Michigan became the tallest, and the largest, building ever imploded.
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