Detroit News Building - Old photos
Detroit News Building
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The original entrance doors for the Detroit News Building.
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The Detroit News Building's stately Lafayette lobby, about 1940. It has since been modernized several times.
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The Detroit News Building in 1986
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The Detroit News Building in 1986
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The Detroit News Building in the 1980s
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The Fort Street facade, shortly after the building opened
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The Lafayette Boulevard facade, shortly after the building opened
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The Detriot News Building in the early 1990s
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One of the many strikes at the News over the years
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The Detroit News Building, top middle, as seen from the west and at a time when that part of downtown was still mostly residential. .
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The Detroit News Building under construction
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The Detroit News Building in the 1980s
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The Detroit News Building, as seen from the air, is at the bottom middle of this photo.
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The Detroit News Building, seen here in about 1925, when the west side of downtown was still largely residential.
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Aerial view of the Detroit News Building (middle left). Note the houses that still dotted this part of downtown at the time.
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The Detroit News building shortly after opening
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The printing plant addition
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The printing plant addition
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The Detroit News Building under construction, showing the Union Depot and Fort Street Presbyterian in the background.
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The Detroit News Building