Fisher Building in Detroit MI
The Fisher Building (1928) is an ornate skyscraper in the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan, United States constructed of limestone, granite, and marble. Financed by the Fisher family with proceeds from the sale of Fisher Body to General Motors, the structure was designed to house office and retail space. The building was designated a National Historic Landmark on June 29, 1989. The building also contains the 2,089 seat Fisher Theatre. The building houses the headquarters of Detroit Public Schools.
Standing on the corner of West Grand Boulevard and Second Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, the Art Deco skyscraper lies in the heart of the New Center area of Detroit. The office building rises 30-stories with a roof height of 428 feet (130 m), a top floor height of 339 feet (103 m), and the spire reaching 444 feet (135 m). The building has 21 elevators. Designed by Albert Kahn and Associates with Joseph Nathaniel French as chief architect, it has been called Detroit's largest art object. and is widely considered Kahn's greatest achievement. The year of its construction, the Fisher building was honored by the Architectural League of New York as the year's most beautiful commercial structure. The opulent three-story barrel vaulted lobby is constructed with forty different kinds of marble, decorated by Hungarian artist Géza Maróti, and is highly regarded by architects.
DETROIT, MICHIGAN'S MAGNIFICENT FISHER BUILDING
I made these photos on October 21, 2015. This building should be considered a national treasure. If you are ever in Detroit, Michigan you must make time to see this truly beautiful structure. The inside is truly amazing!!!!!
Interior of the Fisher Building and Theater, Detroit, Michigan, October 8, 2017
Fisher Building and Theater, Detroit, Michigan, October 8, 2017
Inside Detroit's historic Fisher Building
A quick peek inside the ornate Fisher Building in Detroit, which opened in September 1928 and is known as Detroit's largest art object.
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The lobby of the Fisher Building in Detroit, MI via YouTube Capture
Aerial view of The Fisher Building in Detroit museum District
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DETROIT - GUARDIAN BUILDING - Architectural Wonder - Aerial Views
I love architecture and to my surprise I found a lot of it in Detroit. It is hard to imagine that this city that fell on such hard times retains such a rich architectural heritage. Two obvious skyscrapers to start with would be the Guardian Building and the Fisher Building that I will highlight in next week's vlog. Detroit's architecture is recognized as being among the finest in the U.S. with the National Trust for Historic Preservation listing many of Detroit's skyscrapers and buildings as some of America's most endangered landmarks. Detroit has one of the largest surviving collections of late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century buildings in the U.S. Meanwhile, the suburbs contain some significant contemporary architecture and several historic estates.
The Guardian Building is a landmark skyscraper in the United States, located at 500 Griswold Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Financial District. The Guardian is a class-A office building owned by Wayne County, Michigan and serves as its headquarters. Built in 1928 and finished in 1929, the building was originally called the Union Trust Building[3] and is a bold example of Art Deco architecture, including art moderne designs.[4] At the top of the Guardian Building's spire is a large American Flag, complementing the four smaller flags atop nearby 150 West Jefferson. The building has undergone recent award-winning renovations. It was designated a National Historic Landmark on June 29, 1989,[1] and the associated Detroit Financial District is on the National Register of Historic Places. The Guardian building includes retail and a tourist gift shop.
Guardian Building entrance lobby — with two-story Art Deco entrance screen of Monel metal, and walls and vaulted ceiling decorated with mosaics and Pewabic Pottery and Rookwood Pottery glazed tiles. The Ezra Winter mural, Michigan, can be seen in the middle, through the metal grill. The 1929 Art Deco style Union Trust Building—Guardian Building is located at 500 Griswold Street, Downtown Detroit, Michigan. Designed by Wirt C. Rowland of Smith, Hinchman and Grylls architects, and built by Gorham Co. of Providence, Rhode Island (1928-1929). The building's interior, which gave rise to the building's nickname Cathedral of Finance, has undergone a full restoration (2006). A contributing property in the Detroit Financial Historic District, and on the National Register of Historic Places.
The main frame of the skyscraper rises 36 stories, capped by two asymmetric spires, one extending for four additional stories. The roof height of the building is 496 ft (151 m), the top floor is 489 feet (149 m), and the spire reaches 632 ft (192.6 m). Its nickname, Cathedral of Finance, alludes both to the building's resemblance to a cathedral, with its tower over the main entrance and octagonal apse at the opposite end and to New York City's Woolworth Building, which had earlier been dubbed the Cathedral of Commerce.[4]Native American themes are common inside and outside the building. Wirt C. Rowland, of the Smith, Hinchman & Grylls firm, was the building's architect. The building rises from a granite and stone six story base with two Corrado Parducci created sculptures flanking the Griswold Street entrance. The exterior blends brickwork with tile, limestone, and terra cotta. Rowland's attention to detail was meticulous. He supervised the creation of the colored brick cladding to achieve the desired color for the exterior. Afterward, the brick was marketed by the manufacturer as Union Trust Brick and after 1939, as Guardian brick.[5]Rowland designed furniture for the bank's offices and his attention went as far as designing tableware, linens and waitress uniforms for a restaurant in the building.
The building's three story, vaulted lobby is lavishly decorated with Pewabic and Rookwood tile. The semi-circular exterior domes are filled with Pewabic Pottery; Mary Chase Perry Stratton worked closely with the architect in the design of the symbolic decorations.[6] (See Savage, infra.) A Monel metal screen divides the lobby from the banking hall on the second floor, the screen features a clock in the center designed by Tiffany. The building includes works by muralist Ezra Winter in the mosaic above the main lobby desk and the mural at the end of the banking hall.[7] The large mosaic is of a pine tree and text that states the Union Trust Company's purpose for the building, Founded on principles of faith and understating, this building is erected for the purpose of continuing and maintaining the ideals of financial services which promoted the organization of the institution. The mural highlight’s Michigan’s industries such as manufacturing, farming and mining. In order to dampen the sound in the banking hall, its cement-plaster ceiling features a hand-painted canvas ceiling, which was stretched over a mat of horsehair.
The Fisher Building
This 1928 landmark skyscraper is a Detroit treasure! If you've never explored the Fisher Building, make sure to put it on your list!
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Inside Detroit's former Michigan Theatre, now a parking garage
The Michigan Building at 220 Bagley Ave. in Downtown Detroit, along with 29 other properties owned by Dennis Kefallinos in Detroit and Hamtramck, are being marketed for sale. The former Michigan Theatre opened in 1926 as the largest concert and movie house in the state and more recently made famous by the movie 8 Mile, in which scenes were filmed. In 1976 the former theater space was converted into a parking garage for the office building's tenants. The site is also where Henry Ford built his first automobile.
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Today we are visiting Detroit Michigan in the United States. A great old American city. So much culture and history and industry are tied up in this town. Beautiful buildings, great streets, food, and so much more. It sits right on the boarder with Canada so you have easy access to traveling there. I am rooting for Detroit in a big way. Love what I saw!
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DETROIT - PANORAMIC VIEWS - OBSERVATION POINTS
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One of the delights of visiting the world's great cities it to get a view from the top that gives an unobstructed panoramic view so to speak. Most of these cities are even branded with these observation points. For example, Paris with the Eiffel Tower, London with Big Ben, and Shanghai with the Oriental Pearl Tower. In this vlog I try and find points in downtown Detroit that give the best bird's eye views of the downtown area. I try and find if for the most part lacking. Join me in my search for what Detroit has to offer TODAY and what it has to offer in the near future in the selection of viewpoints of the Motor City. Detroit is within a few years of getting this major upgrade on observation points ....have a look.
As I write this it occurs to me that I left out perhaps one of the best views of Detroit and that it from Windsor Ontario Canada, just across the Detroit River. The view is superb of the Detroit Skyline but it is not a bird's eye view so in theory it is not eligible but I suppose I could have gone to the top of Windsor's Caesar's Palace Casino for a view. Anyway was left out. So let's talk about what was included....no let's leave that for the video. I do want to say however that while the selection of observation points at this point is somewhat limited there are some major upgrades coming in the next few years. One of these particularly with put Detroit into big city territory.
Downtown Detroit is the central business district and a residential area of the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States. Detroit is the major city in the larger Metro Detroit region. Downtown Detroit is bordered by M-10 (Lodge Freeway) to the west, Interstate 75 (I-75, Fisher Freeway) to the north, I-375 (Chrysler Freeway) to the east, and the Detroit River to the south. The city's main thoroughfare M-1 (Woodward Avenue) links Downtown to Midtown, New Center, and the North End
Downtown contains much historic architecture and many of the prominent skyscrapers in Detroit, including the Renaissance Center, the Penobscot Building, One Detroit Center, and the Guardian Building. Historic churches, theatres, and commercial buildings anchor the various downtown districts. Downtown has a number of parks including those linked by a promenade along the International Riverfront. Its central square is Campus Martius Park. In recent years the downtown area has seen tremendous growth and redevelopment. Since 2000 a number of major construction projects have been completed including the new Compuware Headquarters at Campus Martius Park and two new stadiums: Comerica Park and Ford Field. General Motors moved their headquarters into the Renaissance Center, and the Detroit Lions have relocated from Pontiac to Downtown Detroit. High-profile events like the 2005 MLB All-Star Game, Super Bowl XL, and the 2006 and 2012 World Series have taken place in downtown, generating income for local businesses and spurring more growth.[1] As a result, new residents are moving into Detroit in the assortment of new lofts that are opening. An example of these trends is the Westin Book-Cadillac Hotel. In 2006, the Cleveland-based Ferchill Group began the $180 million redevelopment of the historic Book Cadlliac Hotel at the corner of Washington Blvd. and Michigan Avenue. The project, which has been hailed by preservationists houses a 455-room Westin Hotel, 67 high-end condominiums, and two to three restaurants, and some miscellaneous retail serving hotel and conference center guests. DTE Energy Headquarters features an urban oasis of parks, walkways, and a reflecting pool.
In 2007, Downtown Detroit was named among the best big city neighborhoods in which to retire by CNN Money Magazine editors.[3] Downtown contains popular destinations including, the International Riverfront, the MGM Grand Detroit, Greektown Casino Hotel, and many sites listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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. Hudson's first building on the site opened in 1891 but was demolished in 1923 for a new structure. It was the flagship store for the Hudson's chain. The building was demolished in a controlled demolition on October 24, 1998, with many people watching from Hart Plaza (Detroit) and Dieppe Gardens (Windsor, Ontario). It was the tallest building ever imploded. That will now be replaced by this:
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Body By Fisher
In 1927, seven brothers who were partners in one of the most successful companies in the United States stood in a light rain at the groundbreaking of a new, bold building that would bear their name.
The name Fisher stood for quality and safety in the auto industry. The Fisher coach logo on the doorsill of millions of autos and the slogan Body by Fisher was a hallmark of reliability and American manufacturing and style for most of the last century.
Sons of a horse-drawn carriage maker in Norwalk, Ohio, the Fisher brothers rarely gave interviews and never drew attention to themselves or their families. Who were they? How did they create one of the world's largest manufacturing companies? And what legacy did they leave behind?
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