Which other US cities resemble Downtown Detroit's architecture?

[archfan]

I just googled all of those and none of them are even comparable to Guardian and Fisher. You have questionable taste. Hearst tower isn't even prewar it was built inside a shell.

You're going have a hard time finding anything to match the Guardian's lobby. Whether that makes it better, or just unique, I'm not sure. It was certainly designed with all the exuberance that Detroit's nouveau riche could manage.

[Gistok]

You're going have a hard time finding anything to match the Guardian's lobby. Whether that makes it better, or just unique, I'm not sure. It was certainly designed with all the exuberance that Detroit's nouveau riche could manage.

Absolutely correct! Part of its' uniqueness was that the architect convinced the Union Trust owners that by saving money on using brick [[that "Guardian orange" brick) instead of more expensive quarried stone, they could lavish more money on the exuberant interior.

Also 1929 was not only the start of the depression, but Art Deco was going from the zig-zag style of Art Deco, to the streamlined moderne version found in the 1930s... still quality materials [[lots of marble), but no longer the fancy details as found in the 1920s.

Same thing happened to the movie palaces at that time. Big change between the 1928 Detroit Fox and the 1932 Radio City Music Hall.

[Danny]

The World Trade Towers in N.Y.C. now destroyed resembles The Old Mich-Con Building now owned by Dan Gilbert. By Minoru Yamasaki and Associates.

The Westin Bonaventure Hotel was the first prototype building that looks-like The Renaissance Center Building in Downtown [[Gilbert town) Detroit. Built by John C. Portman Jr. The 1980's TV show "It's a Living" had b-roll footage scenes of the hotel.

[rb336]

The World Trade Towers in N.Y.C. now destroyed resembles The Old Mich-Con Building now owned by Dan Gilbert. By Minoru Yamasaki and Associates.

The Westin Bonaventure Hotel was the first prototype building that looks-like The Renaissance Center Building in Downtown [[Gilbert town) Detroit. Built by John C. Portman Jr. The 1980's TV show "It's a Living" had b-roll footage scenes of the hotel.

RenCen started construction a year prior to the Bonaventure. The Bonaventure was a scaled-down version.

Yamasaki used One Woodward as a template for the Twin Towers.

[Worldsgreatest]

You're going have a hard time finding anything to match the Guardian's lobby. Whether that makes it better, or just unique, I'm not sure. It was certainly designed with all the exuberance that Detroit's nouveau riche could manage.

True. there really is nothing like in in the country-or world? It's like a cathedral but also an office building.