Cadillac Place
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- For the downtown Detroit, Michigan office tower known as "Cadillac Tower", see Cadillac Tower.
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| Cadillac Place National Historic Landmark |
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| Location | 3044 West Grand Boulevard Detroit, Michigan  United States |
| Coordinates | Coordinates: |
| Status | Complete |
| Constructed | 1919-1923 2002 renovation Neo-classical style |
| Use | Office |
| Roof | 220 ft (67.1 m) |
| Top floor | 187 ft (57 m) |
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| Floor count | 15 |
| Floor area | 1,395,000 sq ft (129,600 m²) |
| Elevator count | 31 |
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| Architect | Albert Kahn |
Cadillac Place is an ornate high-rise office building in the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan constructed of limestone, granite, and marble. It was originally constructed with 1,200,000 square feet (111,500 m²) and was expanded to 1,395,000 square feet (129,600 m²). Designated a National Historic Landmark on June 2, 1978 it is an exquisite example of Neo-Classical architecture. In 2002, the State of Michigan thoroughly renovated the building and renamed it Cadillac Place. Architect Eric J. Hill participated in the 2002 redevelopment. It houses State offices for the Detroit area and a State Court of Appeals. Directly across from the Fisher Building, Cadillac Place constitutes a formidable complex. The Detroit St. Regis Hotel adjoins the Fisher Building across from Cadillac Place.
Originally the General Motors Building, it had housed the company's world headquarters from 1923 until 1996. In 1996, GM moved its world headquarters to the Renaissance Center and sold the magnificent building which is leased by the State of Michigan on a long term basis. The building was renamed Cadillac Place. Designed by noted architect Albert Kahn, Cadillac Place consists of four parallel 15-story wings connected together by a central backbone perpendicular to them. Kahn used this design to allow sunlight and natural ventilation to reach each of the building's hundreds of individual offices. In 1923, it opened as the second largest office building in the world (behind the Equitable Building in New York City).[1] Cadillac Place currently houses over 2,000 state employees including the Michigan Court of Appeals for District I.
The building takes its present name from Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, the founder of Detroit.
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 Main entrance from West Grand Blvd. |
 Interior shopping concourse |
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 Rear annex addition from Cass and Milwaukee Street |
 View from Grand Blvd and Woodward Ave. |
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 Cadillac Place (left) and the Fisher Building |
 The Fisher Building along with Cadillac Place are National Historic Landmarks in the City's New Center area. |
 Cadillac Place, formerly the General Motors Building |
[edit] See also
[edit] Notes
- ^ Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press.
[edit] References
- Fogelman, Randall (2004). Detroit's New Center. Arcadia. ISBN 0738532711.
- Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3.
- Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A. (1980). Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1651-4.
- Sharoff, Robert (2005). American City: Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3270-6.
[edit] External links
- http://www.buildingphotos.com/detroit/DE-3044wgrand.shtml
- Cadillac Place at Emporis.com
- New Center Council
- SkyscraperPage.com's Profile on Cadillac Place
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