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Old Posted Jul 29, 2009, 6:54 PM
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Here is an old one: Detroit's first steel framed office tower, the 13 story Chamber of Commerce building completed in 1895 (it is now 114 years old and while modified, remains intact). Note: Sometimes the 10 story Hammond Building (1889) is called Detroit's first Skyscraper (the definition has changed over the years) but it had load bearing masonry walls.


Photo Credit: Scan of photo in book I own called Detroit in Pictures.http://www.majhost.com/cgi-bin/gallery.cgi?i=1001480
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