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- For the New Center Detroit skyscraper see Cadillac Place.
This article is about the Detroit skyscraper Cadillac Tower. For the attached skyscraper complex approved for construction, see
Cadillac Centre.
| Cadillac Tower |
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| Information |
| Location |
65 Cadillac Square
Detroit, Michigan
 United States
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| Status |
Complete |
| Constructed |
1927
Beaux-Arts style |
| Use |
Office |
| Height |
| Antenna/Spire |
176.2 m |
| Roof |
133.4 m (437 ft) |
| Floor count |
40 |
| Companies |
| Architect |
Bonnah & Chaffee |
Cadillac Tower is a Beaux Arts skyscraper designed by the architectural firm of Bonnah & Chaffee located in downtown Detroit, Michigan, not far from the Renaissance Center. The building's materials include terra cotta and brick. It was built in 1927 and has 40 floors, including two below ground, and was named Barlum Tower. At the top of the tower is a tall guyed mast for local radio station WJLB.
[edit] History
Cadillac Tower was the first building outside New York City and Chicago to have 40 floors. The building also houses the city of Detroit's Planning and Development Department, and its Recreation Department. Cadillac Tower's decorative cornices and parapets are of varying heights. The corner spires rise to a height of 427 feet (130 m), and the spires at the middle facade rise to the same height of the mechanical penthouse at a height of 437 feet (133 m).
From 1994 to 2000, one side of the building featured a 14-story mural of Detroit Lions star player Barry Sanders. The mural was retired after a six-year deal with Nike expired. That mural was then replaced with one of Detroit Red Wings star Steve Yzerman. Currently the building features an ad for the Pontiac G8 automobile.
In January 2008, the City of Detroit and Cadillac Tower's owner Northern Group, Inc., announced plans for Cadillac Centre, a $150-million mixed-use residential entertainment-retail complex attached to the skyscraper. Designed by architect Anthony Caradonna, the contemporary steel and glass 24-story center will fill in the currently vacant Monroe Block adjacent to Campus Martius and is planned to begin construction in the fall of 2009. Various renderings show Cadillac Tower partially reclad in glass.[1]
[edit] Photo gallery
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Cadillac Tower from Greektown.
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[edit] References and further reading
- 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.
- Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, Architectural Sculpture of America, unpublished manuscript
- 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.
- Savage, Rebecca Binno and Greg Kowalski (2004). Art Deco in Detroit (Images of America). Arcadia. ISBN 0-7385-3228-2.
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