Cadillac Tower

Infobox Skyscraper
building_name = Cadillac Tower


built = 1927
Beaux-Arts style
use = Office
location = 65 Cadillac Square
Detroit, Michigan
USA
roof = 133.4 m (437 ft)
top_floor =
antenna_spire = 176.2 m
floor_count = 40
floor_area =
architect = Bonnah & Chaffee| skyscraperpage_id = |

Infobox_nrhp | name =Barlum Tower
nrhp_type =

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caption =
location= Detroit, Michigan
lat_degrees = 62
lat_minutes = 5
lat_seconds = 30
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 84
long_minutes = 13
long_seconds = 32
long_direction = W
locmapin = Michigan
area =
built =1927
architect= Bonnah & Chaffee; Otto Misch Co.
architecture= Late Gothic Revival
added = July 27, 2005
governing_body = Private
refnum=05000737cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

Cadillac Tower is a Beaux Arts skyscraper designed by the architectural firm of Bonnah & Chaffee located at 65 Cadillac Square in downtown Detroit, Michigan, not far from the Renaissance Center. The building's materials include terra cotta and brick. It was built in 1927 as the Barlum Tower and has 40 floors, including two below ground. At the top of the tower is a tall guyed mast for local radio station WJLB.

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. THe building was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.

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.PRNewswire (January 6, 2008). [http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/01-06-2008/0004731011&EDATE= Detroit Gets New Era in Downtown Living With Iconic $150 Million Cadillac Centre on Campus Martius Park] . Retrieved on January 13, 2008.]

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Notes

References and further reading

*Cite book | author=Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher | title= AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture| year=2002 | publisher= Wayne State University Press | id=ISBN 0-8143-3120-3
*Kvaran, Einar Einarsson, "Architectural Sculpture of America", unpublished manuscript
*Cite book | author=Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A.| title=Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition | year= 1980| publisher= Wayne State University Press| id = ISBN 0-8143-1651-4
*Cite book | author= Sharoff, Robert | title=American City: Detroit Architecture| publisher=Wayne State University Press| year=2005| id=ISBN 0-8143-3270-6
*Cite book | author=Savage, Rebecca Binno and Greg Kowalski | title= Art Deco in Detroit (Images of America) | publisher=Arcadia | year=2004 | id=ISBN 0-7385-3228-2

External links

* [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Detroit,+MI&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&ll=42.332079,-83.045198&spn=0.002241,0.006394 Google Maps location of Cadillac Tower]
* [http://www.skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=958 SkyscraperPage.com's Profile on Cadillac Tower]
* [http://www.emporis.com/en/wm/bu/?id=118551 Cadillac Tower at Emporis.com]
* [http://www.ctwr.com/index.html Official Cadillac Tower Website]