New glass on the Argonaut building

[Maxine1958]

Since I've never been inside the Argonaut Building.... is there an interior courtyard or light well? It does seem rather bulky to be a solid building.

I love the striping along the top around the window arches.... very reminiscent of Romanesque cathedral architecture.

Once upon a time, a very long time ago, I worked in the Argonaut Building. Back then, part of GM's salary payroll IT worked out of there.

There isn't any interior courtyard. The floors were solid offices or seas of cubicles. The outside wall offices were reserved for managers or some conference rooms.

There are 'tunnels' that connect the Argonaut, the GM, and the Fisher buildings. Many a night I walked those tunnels after working late into the night. Quite eerie.

[rondinjp]

Once upon a time, a very long time ago, I worked in the Argonaut Building. Back then, part of GM's salary payroll IT worked out of there.

There isn't any interior courtyard. The floors were solid offices or seas of cubicles. The outside wall offices were reserved for managers or some conference rooms.

There are 'tunnels' that connect the Argonaut, the GM, and the Fisher buildings. Many a night I walked those tunnels after working late into the night. Quite eerie.

Look at the microsoft map link above [[or google map it). There appears to be an interior courtyard on the west end of the building.

[Maxine1958]

Look at the microsoft map link above [[or google map it). There appears to be an interior courtyard on the west end of the building.

Well I can't say that I was in every part of the building back then, but I sort of remember being in some conference rooms that faced west in the late afternoon. Sun streaming in the windows. So maybe that open area wasn't apparent from my perspective. Can't imagine the lower floors would have gotten much light. I know the 'inner' areas, the 'sea' of cubicles, never saw the sunlight directly. I was up on the 11th floor if I remember correctly. Not so fond memories of that assignment.

[CFABDETROIT]

I'm glad to see this

[Burnsie]

The building is named after the Argonaut Realty Division of GM, a name dating from no later than 1935. Among other things, it designed and engineered many of GM's factories.

[CFABDETROIT]

And designed by Albert Kahn, I love his buildings.

[LodgeDodger]

I, too, love this building. We talk about it on the Automotive Heritage Tour.