Built in 1922. One of Albert Kahn's greatest achievements, this 26-story neoclassical landmark is at the heart of downtown Detroit. Roasting plant for coffee!
Pure Detroit offers free tours on Saturday and Sunday at select times. Tours are roughly 45 minutes. http://shop.puredetroit.com/Fisher-Building-Tours_ep_43-1.html
$12.00 tour available Tues-Sun. The house tour, takes about an hour, and is guided. The grounds tour, is self guided.
Open in 1904, it is the nation's oldest conservatory and covers more than an acre with a central dome 85 feet high. Open Wednesday through Sunday from 10a to 5p. Free admission and parking.
Did you know Cadillac Place served as General Motors' headquarters from 1923 to 2001?
A modernist 14-story building that was designed and built by Albert Kahn Associates and now serves as an operations center for Quicken Loans
Not a bad seat in the entire house. $10 tickets to many amazing concerts leave no reason not to experiment and see something you may fall absolutely in love with.
Art Deco and Romanesque style, 1927. Although it is a university building, visitors can still see the lobby and its ceiling with intricate patterned mosaic tiles.
This region was home to many of Kahn’s industrial laboratories, including the Highland Park Ford Plant, where the Model T was produced. Unfortunately, most of the Highland Park Plant has been razed.
The Burton Tower is a beautiful bell tower that contains the Charles Baird carillon. On weekdays at 12-12:30 the public can climb to the top of the tower and watch a carillonneur give a recital.
In Ann Arbor, and in Detroit, Kahn’s buildings not only seem modern — they’re timeless.
In Ann Arbor, and in Detroit, Kahn’s buildings not only seem modern — they’re timeless.
One of the greatest urban ruins of all time...just wish they would put together a fund to save it.
The lobby of this architectural gem is a must see: art deco geometric designs in dayglow colored Pewabic tiles. Pop in for a photo op. Read more.
check out all of the animals hidden all over the theatre. also in the ceilings, you'll see numbers etched in... its from the renovation back in the 80s
