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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. 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 state…
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts
Circa 1960s. View of entrance of McGregor Memorial Conference Center looking toward Ferry Street. Several people enter the building. Date on back of photo is April 16,1961. Minoru Yamasaki and Associates Architects,1958. One of Yamasaki’s masterpieces and believed by many to be among Detroit’s finest buildings.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Richard Cohn Memorial
Circa 1950s. Richard Cohn Memorial Building groundbreaking. Dated September 21,1958. Crowd of onlookers.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Richard Cohn Memorial
Circa 1950s. Ground breaking day, September 21,1958, of Richard Cohn Building. Dean Lloyd Cook pictured with construction worker who is sitting in apiece of equipment. Operator Lee Cady appears on the piece of equipment.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Richard Cohn Memorial
Circa 1950s. Groundbreaking of Richard Cohn Building. Dated September 21,1958. Three men use shovels to turn over dirt.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts
Circa 1950s. View of Floating Sculpture Gardens with Community Arts building in background and McGregor Conference Center to the right in image. Date on photo May 27, 1958
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts
Circa 1950s. Interior view of McGregor Conference Center lobby looking toward the Floating Sculpture Gardens. Date on photo June 4,1958.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts
Circa 1950s. Interior view of dining room. Minoru Yamasaki and Associates Architects,1958. One of Yamasaki’s masterpieces and believed by many to be among Detroit’s finest buildings. Date on photo June 4,1958.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts
Circa 1950s. Interior view of lobby. Minoru Yamasaki and Associates Architects,1958. One of Yamasaki’s masterpieces and believed by many to be among Detroit’s finest buildings. Date on photo June 4,1958.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts
Circa 1950s. Minoru Yamasaki and Associates Architects,1958. One of Yamasaki’s masterpieces and believed by many to be among Detroit’s finest buildings. View of building from Community Arts Building looking out over Sculpture Gardens toward McGregor with houses on Second Avenue in the background. Date on photo May 27,1958.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts
Circa 1950s. Minoru Yamasaki and Associates Architects,1958. One of Yamasaki’s masterpieces and believed by many to be among Detroit’s finest buildings. View of building from Second Avenue. Date on photo March 18,1958.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts
Circa 1950s. View of the Floating Sculpture Garden. Woman looks into poole. two women stand on upper area by entrance to McGregor Conference Center. Minoru Yamasaki and Associates Architects,1958. One of Yamasaki’s masterpieces and believed by many to be among Detroit’s finest buildings. Date on photo September 23,1958.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts
Circa 1950s. Image of Community Arts Building with McGregor Building in background. date on photo August 4, 1958.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Art Wing; Recent
Circa 1950s. Night image of Community Arts Building taken from Sculpture Garden. Students are present on first floor. Date on photo is December 18,1958.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Models
Model of Community Arts Center. Dated September 17,1958.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Models
Model of Community Arts Center. Dated September 17,1958.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Models
Model of (left to right) Auditorium and Alumni House, Art Building, Sculpture Garden, McGregor Memorial and College of Education Building. Dated April 25,1958.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Community Arts; Models
Model of (left to right) Auditorium and Alumni House, Art Building, Sculpture Garden, McGregor Memorial and College of Education Building. Dated April 25,1958.
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Wayne State University; Buildings; Libraries 2; General and Kresge Library.
Circa 1950s. Exterior view of General and Kresge Science Library dated November 18,1958 looking across the campus. 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; Libraries 2; Kresge
Circa 1950s. Suren Pilafian with Frank Montana, 1953 and 1954. Designed in a modern idiom of lines, planes, solids and voids, the elemental composition is Bauhaus modern. Three women sit on ledge of main entrance of library. Date August 19, 1958.