there is going to be a new kid on the block,
New York firm SHoP
Architects' regeneration plans for a former department store in
Downtown Detroit, which
include building the city and state's tallest tower, have undergone dramatic
revisions,
how dramatic a change you ask, well the tower's projected height has also been increased from 734
to 921 feet (224 to 278 metres), extending its lead over the Detroit Marriott
at the Renaissance Center – the city's current tallest building, it will also
claim the title of tallest in Michigan, instead of a pattern akin to brick courses across the glass
facades, vertical fins will emphasise the tower's even greater height, the
building will now accommodate exhibition areas across its lower floors, then
hotels below and above a central section housing 250 apartments,
SHoP is working
with local firm Hamilton
Anderson Associates on the Hudson's project, which spans an
entire block along Woodward Avenue,
as an aside, the original Hudson's began construction in 1891, and was expanded 12 times before 1946, at 25 storeys high, it was the tallest department store in the world, sales suffered in the 1970s, when Detroit's industry declined and population migrated away, and the store closed in 1983,
demolition of the historic building took place in 1998, new construction on the since-vacant site, which broke ground in December 2017, forms part of a wider revitalisation of Detroit, what a view there must be from the top floor, if you do not mind heights!
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