Penobscot building

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This is just a dumb comment. That will not happen and has already been fought and it lost. The building is owned by Gilbert and thankfully is restored.

I think that he meant one of the other 2 earlier Penobscot Buildings on the block. The People's State Bank Building of 1902 was already denied permission for demolition for parking, and the Penobscot owner sold it to Gilbert.

One idea about the People's State Bank Building from about 15 years ago was the idea of putting a 20 story hotel tower on top of the building. Engineers studied the idea, and said that the foundations were so overbuilt that they would be able to support a 20 story tower.

The architect of the original building was Stanford White [[of famous NYC architectural firm McKim Meade & White), and this is his only Michigan commission, besides a mausoleum at Woodlawn cemetery). This building is so sumptuous on the inside, that it would make a very fine Hotel lobby, with ballroom/meeting rooms in the basement level, and other hotel functions on the main floor mezzanine level.

[[P.S. Stanford White was the leading architect of his era, and lead a very flamboyant life... until it was tragically ended when he was publicly assassinated in 1907, for messing with the wrong guy's wife. Google it for an interesting story!)