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WJBK-TV Studios Building - Photos

A view of the front facade with the Fisher Building at the far end.

Front entrance detail in Feb 2023

The main staircase of the WJBK-TV Studios, which retains its original 1956 appearance.

The WJBK-TV Studios Building retains its original staircase featuring all its mid-century modern splendor.

One of the WJBK-TV Studios Building's studios.

The original 1956 elevator lobby remains.

The WJBK-TV Studios Building, as seen from the corner of Bethune and Second, with the Fisher Building towering overhead in the background.

Detail of an entrance with the faded Detroit Public Television lettering left over from when DPTV left the city for suburban Wixom in 2005.

The Second Avenue front elevation of the studios.

The WJBK-TV Studios Building, as seen from the Albert Kahn Building across Second Avenue

The Bethune Street elevation, with the Albert Kahn Building in the background

The WJBK-TV Studios Building in 2017