Guardian Building - Old photos
Guardian Building
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The Art Deco entrance was done by Mary Chase Stratton.
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The Guardian and south Woodward.
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The Guardian opened as the Union Trust Co. Building in 1929.
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The Guardian towers over everything around it. In the back left is the land that would be cleared for the Renaissance Center.
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The Guardian lights up the sky in 1937.
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The Guardian in 1971.
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The Guardian in 1958, note the Chase Tower being constructed in front of it.
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The Guardian in 1934.
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The Penobscot, far left, and the Guardian - two of the city's most familiar buildings - seen in 1932.
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Lights can be seen emitting from the Guardian Building in the early 1930s.
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Looking up at the Guardian in 1928 as construction wraps up.
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The Guardian and Campus Martius lighted up in December 1961.
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The Guardian in 1961. The site of City Hall was used as a Christmas tree lot.
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The Buhl Building, left, and the Guardian at right. Both were designed by Wirt C. Rowland.
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The Guardian in 1936.
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The southern elevation
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The Guardian dominates the Detroit skyline in this image from the 1950s.
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The Guardian in 1957. The Hotel Norton, which was razed for One Woodward, is behind it.
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The Guardian towers above Campus Martius in 1958. The buildings next to it are gone.
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The mighty Guardian towers above the streets of Detroit in 1957.
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The Guardian, Buhl and Penobscot buildings - seen here in the 1950s - were all designed by Wirt C. Rowland.
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The Guardian in 1965.
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The Guardian goes up. The old Union Trust Co. Building is across from it.
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The Guardian Building takes shape in 1929.
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The Guardian begins taking its place on Detroit's skyline in 1928.
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The Guardian, Buhl Building and Hotel Norton in March 1959.