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On September 26, 2011, the Detroit Science Center closed due to monetary issues. Several planned events, programs, and trips were either postponed or rescheduled to take place at the Detroit Children's Museum. (Ironically, the Detroit Children's Museum itself was closed in December 2011 due to financial difficulties, but reopened in February ...
The Metropolitan Center for High Technology, formerly S. S. Kresge World Headquarters, is an office building located at 2727 Second Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1979.
The Pittsburgh building was erected in February 1912, as the institute's new administrative building. The building was funded by a donation of $125,000 from the Alumni Association of Pittsburgh, which is what the building is named for. The building was designed by W. G. Wilkins, a Pittsburgh alumnus, who donated his services to this project.
American City: Detroit Architecture. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-3270-2. Savage, Rebecca Binno; Kowalski, Greg (2004). Art Deco in Detroit. Images of America. Charleston, South Carolina: Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 978-0-7385-3228-8. Sobocinski, Melanie Grunow (2005). Detroit and Rome: building on the past.
When the Maccabees organization vacated the building in 1960, the Detroit Public School System (DPS) purchased it for a headquarters. From 1960 to 2002, it served as the headquarters of Detroit Public Schools. It officially became the School Center Building but the Maccabees name remained visible on the exterior. [3] [4]
The Scarab Club (commonly referred to as Historic Scarab Club of Detroit) is an artists' club, gallery, and studio in the Cultural Center Historic District of Detroit, Michigan, located at 217 Farnsworth Street, near the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Detroit Science Center.
11 Stanwix Street was completed on November 24, 1969, [1] with twenty-three floors. It was originally built and named for the Westinghouse Corporation; in 1999, that company went through a restructuring and moved its headquarters to its longtime research park in the suburb of Monroeville, before expansions in their operations necessitated a move to a larger suburban complex in Cranberry Township.
PNC Center, formerly National City Center and often still known by its original name, the Top of Troy, is a high-rise office building in Troy, Michigan.The complex consists of a 25-story triangular office tower and a two-floor atrium containing offices, retail, and a conference center.