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Michigan; counties; Macomb. jail. old building
Walter P. Reuther Library, Archives of Labor and Urban Affairs, Wayne State University
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Old Main; Recent
Circa 1950s. Exterior image of Old Main. View from Cass and Warren looking south. Happy New Year appears on clock tower. Malcomson and Higginbotham, 1896. Originally Central High School, Old Main is Wayne State’s place of origin and now a university icon. The stately Romanesque Revival composition is softened by the buff-colored brick. Under the leadership of David Mackenzie, a junior college was begun in the building in 1917. In 1926, high school classes left the building and the growing colle…
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Old Main; Recent
Circa 1950s. Exterior image of Old Main clock tower viewed from directly below. Malcomson and Higginbotham, 1896. Originally Central High School, Old Main is Wayne State’s place of origin and now a university icon. The stately Romanesque Revival composition is softened by the buff-colored brick. Under the leadership of David Mackenzie, a junior college was begun in the building in 1917. In 1926, high school classes left the building and the growing college took over all the space in the stately…
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries 2; General and Kresge Library.
Circa 1950s. Aerial view of Library looking northeast dated August 5,1954. Suren Pilafian with Frank Montana architect, 1953 and 1954. Designed in a modern idiom of lines, planes, solids and voids. The elemental composition is Bauhaus modern.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Music Wing 1953, 1955
Circa 1950s. Aerial view of construction of Community Arts Center. Suren Pilafian Architects. View looking West. Taken April 29,1954.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Music Wing 1953, 1955
Circa 1950s. Aerial view of construction of Community Arts Center. Suren Pilafian Architects. View looking West. Taken February 25,1954.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Music Wing 1953, 1955
Circa 1950s. Aerial view of construction of Community Arts Center taken from across Cass Avenue. Suren Pilafian Architects. View looking Northwest. Taken January 28,1954.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Music Wing 1953, 1955
Circa 1950s. Aerial view of construction of Community Arts Center taken from across Cass Avenue. Suren Pilafian Architects. View looking West. Taken March 24,1954.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Music Wing 1953, 1955
Circa 1950s. Aerial view of construction of Community Arts Center taken from across Cass Avenue. Suren Pilafian Architects. View looking West. Taken July 2,1954.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Music Wing 1953, 1955
Circa 1950s. View of construction of Community Arts Center taken from across Cass Avenue looking toward the corner of Cass and Ferry. Suren Pilafian Architects. View looking Southwest. Taken March 24,1954.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Music Wing 1953, 1955
Circa 1950s. Aerial view of construction of Community Arts Center taken from across Cass Avenue. Suren Pilafian Architects. View looking West. Taken May 24,1954.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Music Wing 1953, 1955
Circa 1950s. Street view of construction of Community Arts Center. Suren Pilafian Architects. View looking Northeast. Taken April 29,1954
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Music Wing 1953, 1955
Circa 1950s. Street view of construction of Community Arts Center. Suren Pilafian Architects. View looking Northeast. Belcrest to the right in photo. Taken May 24,1954
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Music Wing 1953, 1955
Circa 1950s. Street view of construction of Community Arts Center. Suren Pilafian Architects. View looking Southeast from across Ferry Street. Belcrest in background of photo. Taken November 30,1953
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Music Wing 1953, 1955
Circa 1950s. Street view of construction of Community Arts Center. Suren Pilafian Architects. View looking Northeast. Belcrest to the right in photo. Taken July 2,1954
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Music Wing 1953, 1955
Circa 1950s. Street view of construction of Community Arts Center. Suren Pilafian Architects. View looking Southeast from across Ferry Street. Belcrest in background of photo. Taken May 25,1954
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Music Wing 1953, 1955
Circa 1950s. Street view of construction of Community Arts Center. Suren Pilafian Architects. View looking Southeast from across Ferry Street. Belcrest in background of photo. Taken April 29,1954
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Music Wing 1953, 1955
Circa 1950s. Street view of construction of Community Arts Center taken from across Cass Avenue looking toward the corner of Cass and Ferry. Suren Pilafian Architects. View looking Southwest. Taken May 24,1954
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Music Wing 1953, 1955
Circa 1950s. Street view of construction of Community Arts enter looking Northeast. Taken January 28,1954.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Music Wing 1953, 1955
Circa 1950s. Street view of construction of Community Arts Center. Suren Pilafian Architects. View looking Southeast from across Ferry Street. Belcrest in background of photo. Taken March 24,1954