Cadillac Place during construction ca. 1920s

Photo from the Detroit News archives; Retouching by Helmut Ziewers

Interior of what was then the world headquarters of General Motors

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The GM building in 1957

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The General Motors Building was the second largest office building in the world when it opened in 1920.

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The Grand Boulevard entrance of what was then the General Motors Building

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Cadillac Place shortly after opening as General Motors' world headquarters

Photo from the Indiana Limestone Company. Courtesy, Indiana Geological and Water Survey, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana

What was then the world headquarters of General Motors towers over the then-largely residential New Center neighborhood.

Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University

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Bird's-eye view of the Fisher Building, General Motors Building and surrounding area from 1937.

Photo from the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library - Retouching by Helmut Ziewers

View of women waiting on sidewalk in front of the General Motors Building, located on Grand Boulevard, ca. 1930s

Photo from the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library - Retouching by Helmut Ziewers

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Photo from the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library - Retouching by Helmut Ziewers