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Old Mariners Church

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address: 170 East Jefferson Avenue data: Year Built: 1849 (Relocated 1955) links: Official Site

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Park Avenue House

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address: 2305 Park Avenue data: Year Built: 1924 Architect: Louis Kamper Style: Italian Renaissance history: The Park Avenue House (formerly called the Royal Palms Hotel) is one of three hotels that Louis Kamper designed for what was once the heart of Detroit’s hotel district.  Kamper also designed the Eddystone Hotel and the Park Avenue Hotel.  [...]

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Guardian Building

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address: 500 Griswold Street data: Year Built: 1928 -1929 Architect: Wirt Rowland (Smith, Hinchman, & Grylls) Style: Art Deco history: The Guardian Building, a National Historic Landmark, is a skyscraper in downtown Detroit, Michigan. Built in 1928 and finished in 1929, the building (originally called the Union Trust Building) is a bold example of Art [...]

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Cadillac Place

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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 [...]

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