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Albert Kahn

Detroit Athletic Club

July 18, 2008 Downtown
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address:
241 Madison Avenue

data:
Year Built: 1915
Architect: Albert Kahn
Style: Renaissance

history:
Albert Kahn was influenced by Rome’s Palazzo Farnese and other Renaissance works he discovered during his 1912 tour of Italy when he designed this dignified structure for Detroit’s auto elite.

links:
Official Site

Articles:
Detroit News Archive

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Cadillac Place

July 18, 2008 Midtown
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address:
3044 West Grand Boulevard

data:
Year Built: 1919 – 1923
Architect: Albert Kahn
history:
In 1923, it opened as one of the largest office buildings in the world. Originally, it was known as the General Motors Building since it had housed the company’s world headquarters from 1923 until 1996. In 1996, GM moved its world headquarters to the Renaissance Center [...]

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