Dime Building - Photos Exterior
Dime Building
The Dime Building’s U-shaped footprint, with the light well opening toward the street, allows natural light into the interior offices.
Detroit, Fort Street in Downtown - From left to right: 1) former Federal Reserve of Chicago branch, 2) Dime Building (aka Chrysler House), 3) Cadillac Tower (center left), 4) First National Building, 5) National Bank of Detroit Building, 6) Greater Penobscot, 7) Penobscot (first), 8) State Savings Bank - Photo from November 16, 2024
A view at the Dime Building's Northwest facade from a parking structure in October 2024
The open end of the U-shape plan facing Griswold Street begins above the third story floor plate.
The first two stories were faced in brown granite during a renovation of the 1950s that removed the original terra cotta. Classical details are applied to the terra cotta above the second floor.
A view at the upper floors of the north facade in November 2023
Exterior facade of the Dime Building
Exterior detail of the Dime Building
Exterior brick work on the Dime Building
The Dime Building
The top of the Dime Building