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Originally Posted by animatedmartian
Detroit - 1925
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I believe that the picture is actually from 1924. To the left of the Dime Building and beyond the Penobscot Annex is the Book Cadillac Hotel under construction. The hotel was completed in late 1924.
The picture is very interesting; to see the city before any of the art-deco towers were constructed (or even the neo-Romanesque Buhl building or the neo-Gothic Cadillac Tower). It of course also shows a large number of lost buildings such as the Statler Hotel, Majestic Building, etc.
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Originally Posted by Rico Rommheim
^Fan-tastic picture of Detroit. Funny how that big train station building was placed way out there. What was that neighbourhood like, light residential?
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Even though you got the two buildings mixed up, you were still right in a way. The Michigan Central Station was built too far away from downtown. If the photo you commented on extended more to the left, you would of seen the station to the west in relative isolation, just as at the time the General Motors headquarters appeared to be way out there to the north.