Global InformationList of tallest buildings in Detroit information
This list of tallest buildings in Detroit ranks skyscrapers and high rises in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan by height. The tallest skyscraper in Detroit is the 73-story Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center, which rises 727 feet (222 m) along Detroit's International Riverfront.[A][1] It is the tallest building in the state of Michigan, the 97th-tallest building in the United States, and the second tallest hotel building in the Western Hemisphere.[1] Another famous skyscraper is Ally Detroit Center, which stands as the 2nd-tallest building in the city and the state.[2]
Detroit's history of skyscrapers began in 1889, with completion of the historic 10-story Hammond Building—considered the city's first steel-framed skyscraper.[3] It was followed by the Savings Bank Building in 1895, the Majestic Building in 1896, and the Union Trust Building in 1896. Detroit witnessed a massive building boom during the Roaring Twenties, resulting in the construction of many of the city's ornate skyscrapers, including the Penobscot, Guardian, Fisher, Buhl, Stott, and Broderick.[4]
One Woodward Avenue, which rises 430 feet (131 m), was the tallest building constructed in the city during the 1960s. Detroit is the site of eight skyscrapers at least 492 feet (150 m) in height and twenty-seven at least 327 feet (100 m) in height.[4] Overall, the skyline of Detroit is ranked (based upon existing and under construction buildings over 492 feet (150 m)) third in the Midwestern United States (after Chicago and Minneapolis) and fourteenth in the United States, after New York City, Chicago, Miami, Houston, Los Angeles, Dallas, Atlanta, San Francisco, Boston, Las Vegas, Seattle, Philadelphia, and Minneapolis.[B]
The most recently constructed skyscrapers in the city are One Detroit Center, completed in 1993, and Hollywood Casino at Greektown, completed in 2009. The latter rises 348 feet (106 m) and contains 30 floors.[5] The city has received many significant restoration projects, which include the 29 story Westin Book Cadillac Hotel; originally built in 1924 and restored in 2008, it rises 349 feet (106 m).[6]
- ^ a b "Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007. Retrieved November 4, 2007.
- ^ "One Detroit Center". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved November 4, 2007.
- ^ "Hammond Building". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved November 5, 2007.
- ^ a b Data Standards: skyscraper (ESN 24419) Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine, Emporis Standards, Retrieved January 27, 2011.
- ^ "Greektown Casino Hotel". Emporis.com. Archived from the original on March 7, 2007. Retrieved November 4, 2007.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
westinwas invoked but never defined (see the help page).