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The Detroit News Building in Feb 2023

The Detroit News Building facade as seen from Fort St. - Nov. 2024

The Detroit News Building as seen from Lafayette & Second in Feb. 2023

The Detroit News Building on Fort Street to the left, the Manufacturers Bank Building with its distinctive black facade to the right, and the Fort Shelby Hotel in between - Photo from November 16, 2024

A detailed look at the Second Ave facade in March 2023

A detailed look at the front facade on Lafayette

Detroit News Building main entrance in Feb 2023

The main entrance on Lafayette with both papers' logos above the door

Johannes Gutenberg, the father of moveable type who allowed for the mass production of books, is among four printing luminaries honored on the building's Lafayette side.

William Caxton, the man who introduced the printing press to England, is among four printing luminaries on the Lafayette side.

Christophe Plantin, an influential Renaissance-era book printer and publisher, is among four statues on the Lafayette side.

Ben Franklin braves the cold and snow on the Lafayette facade on a chilly winter day.

The Lafayette facade features statues and the newspaper's mission of being the people's defender.

The Lafayette facade features statues and the newspaper's mission of being the people's defender.

The Lafayette facade features statues and the newspaper's mission of being the people's defender.

The Lafayette facade features statues and the newspaper's mission of being the people's defender.

The Lafayette facade features statues and the newspaper's mission of being the people's defender.

The top of the building is simply yet elegantly decorated. The owl represents wisdom.

The Lafayette side, the building's main entrance

The Lafayette side, the building's main entrance

The building's west side, as seen from Lafayette Boulevard and Third Street

Moving trucks continue moving in Molina Health Care on Nov. 25, 2014.

The Detroit News Building, from the northwest corner of Third and Lafayette, in 2013

The Fort Street side of the Detroit News Building in November 2014

Details of the Detroit News Building - and a whole lotta pigeons - in 2014

The Detroit News Building main entrance on Lafayette in Feb 2023