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New Center Building
Albert Kahn Building (New Center Building) on Second.Location: Detroit, Michigan Coordinates: 42°22′15″N 83°4′38″W / 42.37083°N 83.07722°WCoordinates: 42°22′15″N 83°4′38″W / 42.37083°N 83.07722°W Built: 1930 Architect: Albert Kahn Architectural style: Chicago, Art Deco, Other Governing body: Private NRHP Reference#: 80001922[1] Added to NRHP: October 14, 1980 The New Center Building is an office building located at 7430 Second Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It is currently known as the Albert Kahn Building. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980.[1]
The New Center Building, completed in 1931, was built by the Fisher brothers (Frederick, Charles, William, Lawrence, Edward, Alfred and Howard) and designed by Albert Kahn. It is located diagonally across from the Fisher Building (also designed by Kahn and built by the Fishers).[2] The ten-story building is architecturally similar to the Fisher Building, and the two are connected by an underground tunnel. The building was originally designed to house office and retail space, but currently houses only offices, including those of Albert Kahn Associates.[2] The building was renamed the Albert Kahn Building in 1988.[2] From 1940 through 1980, part of the ground floor was occupied by Saks Fifth Avenue store number 4.[3]
As in the Fisher Building, Kahn used high quality materials to construct the New Center Building, including polished marble lobby floors and brass elevator doors.[2]
External links
- Albert Kahn Building rental information from NAI Farbman group.
- Albert Kahn Associates, headquartered in the Albert Kahn Building.
References
- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2008-04-15. http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html.
- ^ a b c d Randall Fogelman, Detroit's New Center, Arcadia Publishing, 2004, ISBN:0738532711, pp. 54-56.
- ^ "RETAILING: Department Stores Chained". Time (Time.com). 16 September 1940. http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,764715,00.html. Retrieved 2011-05-24.
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