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Skyscraper group in Detroit, Michigan, United states

Renaissance Center
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GM Renaissance Center
forth the International Riverfront

General information
Type Hotel
Commercial offices
Retail
Architectural style Modern
Location 100 Renaissance Center
Detroit, Michigan 48243-1312
United States
Coordinates 42°xix′44″North 83°02′23″W  /  42.3289°Due north 83.0397°West  / 42.3289; -83.0397 Coordinates: 42°19′44″Due north 83°02′23″W  /  42.3289°N 83.0397°Due west  / 42.3289; -83.0397
Construction started 1973
Completed 1977
1981 (towers 500–600)
Renovated 2004
Owner General Motors
Management CBRE Group
Height
Antenna spire 750 ft (230 m)
Roof 727 ft (222 m)
Top floor 696 ft (212 one thousand)
Dimensions
Diameter 188 ft (57 grand) (cardinal belfry)
Technical details
Floor count 73 floors x 1
39 floors x 4
21 floors x 2
Floor surface area 5,552,000 sq ft (515,800 m2)
Pattern and construction
Architect John Portman & Associates
Structural engineer Morris East. Harrison & Associates
Main contractor Tishman Construction
Renovating team
Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill,
Gensler,
SmithGroup,
Ghafari Associates
Main contractor Turner Construction
Website
gmrencen.com
References
[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]
Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Centre
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Hotel concatenation Marriott International
General information
Location United States
Address 400 Renaissance Center Drive
Detroit, Michigan
Coordinates 42°19′44″Northward 83°02′23″W  /  42.3289°Due north 83.0397°W  / 42.3289; -83.0397
Opening 1977
Possessor General Motors
Management Marriott Hotels & Resorts
Height 727 ft (222 thousand)
Technical details
Flooring count 73
Floor area Meeting space: 100,000 sq ft (ix,300 m2)
Other data
Number of rooms 1,246
Number of suites 52
Number of restaurants Double-decker Insignia
Forty-2 Degrees North
Volt
Parking Valet and regular
Website
www.marriott.com/dtwdt
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The Renaissance Center (also known every bit the GM Renaissance Center and nicknamed the RenCen) is a group of seven continued skyscrapers in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United states of america. The Renaissance Centre circuitous is on the Detroit International Riverfront and is owned by General Motors as its globe headquarters. The central belfry has been the tallest building in Michigan since it was erected in 1977.

John Portman was the principal architect for the original blueprint. The first stage consisted of a five-belfry rosette ascent from a mutual base. Iv 39-story office towers environment the 73-story hotel rising from a square podium which includes a shopping center, restaurants, brokers, and banks.[8] [nine] The beginning phase officially opened in March 1977. Portman's pattern brought renewed attending to urban center architecture,[9] since it resulted in construction of the globe's tallest hotel at the time.[ten] 2 additional 21-story office towers (known as Tower 500 and Tower 600) opened in 1981. This blazon of complex has been termed a urban center within a urban center.

In 2004, General Motors completed a US$500 one thousand thousand renovation of the Class-A center equally its earth headquarters, which it had purchased in 1996.[xi] The renovation included the improver of the 5-story Wintergarden atrium, which provides access to the International Riverfront.[12] Architects for the renovation included Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Gensler, SmithGroup, and Ghafari Assembly. Work continued in and around the complex until 2005. Renaissance Centre totals 5,552,000 square anxiety (515,800 m2) making it one of the world'southward largest commercial complexes.[5] [13]

In July 2015, the complex was re-branded as "The GMRENCEN." Its logo was modernized and "Reflecting a New Detroit" was introduced every bit the new tagline. A photo-journalistic advertizing entrada launched to "shine a spotlight on the people in Detroit who make remarkable contributions" to the city.

Despite the name, the hotel portion is not affiliated with the Renaissance Hotels concatenation, besides owned by Marriott. An unrelated Renaissance Hotel does exist in the suburb of Novi however.[14]

History [edit]

A naval band performs in front of the Renaissance Eye in Baronial 2015.

The idea was first conceived by Henry Ford Ii, the Ford Motor Company Chairman of the time. In 1970, to bring his thought to life, Ford teamed up with other business leaders to form the Detroit Renaissance. This was a private non-profit development organization which Ford headed in social club to stimulate building action and revitalize the economy of Detroit.[15] [sixteen] Henry Ford II sold the concept of the RenCen to the City and customs leaders. Detroit Mayor Roman Gribbs touted the projection as a complete rebuilding from bridge to bridge, referring to the area between the Ambassador Bridge, that connects Detroit to Windsor, Ontario, and the MacArthur Bridge, which connects the metropolis with Belle Isle Park.[15]

The Detroit Renaissance announced the first phase of construction in 1971, receiving primary financing from the Ford Motor Company. Information technology soon became the world'southward largest private evolution with an anticipated 1971 cost of $500 million.[15] The chief architect was John Portman, the architect behind the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel and the Peachtree Centre in Atlanta, Georgia; the Embarcadero Center in San Francisco, California; and the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles, California.

The city within a city arose. The first stage of Renaissance Centre opened on July 1, 1976. For phase I, the facade of the first five towers was covered with 2,000,000 square anxiety (186,000 m2) of glass, and used most 400,000 cubic yards (310,000 miii) of concrete.[fifteen] This did not include the additional drinking glass used for the atriums.[eight] Information technology also cost $337 million to construct, employing 7,000 workers.[xv] Other phases that included residences, additional function and retail space were never synthetic.

When the Renaissance Center opened, the cylindrical central tower was originally the flagship of Westin Hotels. The top three floors of the hotel hosted an upscale restaurant, The Top, that rotated to allow a 360 degree view.[8] The shopping heart in the podium originally housed loftier-end boutiques, but at present contains a greater complement of restaurants in the retail mix.[fifteen]

In 1977, managed by Western International Hotels,[fifteen] the key hotel tower of the Renaissance Eye opened as the Detroit Plaza Hotel. It became the globe'due south tallest all-hotel skyscraper[10] surpassing its architectural twin, the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel in Atlanta. The hotel was later renamed The Westin Hotel Renaissance Centre Detroit. In 1986, it was surpassed in acme by The Westin Stamford in Singapore. Since, the Renaissance Center's central belfry has held the distinction as the tallest all-hotel skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere.[ten] [17]

On April 15, 1977, Henry Ford Ii and Detroit mayor Coleman Immature unveiled a plaque commemorating the private investors whose funds fabricated the project possible. Later that evening, 650 business and society leaders attended a do good to celebrate the Renaissance Center'south formal dedication. The money raised from the $300-per-couple tickets went to the Detroit Symphony Orchestra.

GM Earth showroom inside the Renaissance Center

In 1980, Detroit hosted the Republican National Convention, during this event both presidential nominee Ronald Reagan and former President Gerald Ford stayed at the Renaissance Center.[eighteen] [19]

The "city within a city" concept was duplicated in the suburb of Southfield, when the Southfield Town Heart role complex - with five inter-connected golden skyscrapers and an overall surface area of two,200,000 foursquare feet (200,000 m2) - was constructed from 1975 to 1989. In the ensuing years, the Renaissance Center would confront competition from the growing suburban role market place.[8]

In 1987, the elevated Detroit People Mover transit line began operation with a stop at the Renaissance Center.

In 1996, General Motors purchased the complex and moved its world headquarters from what is now the historic Cadillac Place country part complex in the New Center commune,[20] to the Renaissance Center, in downtown Detroit. Meanwhile, Ford Motor Visitor maintained offices in i of the towers in the center.[21] Before the acquisition, Sibley'southward Shoes had its headquarters in the centre.

Architects' initial design for the Renaissance Center focused on creating secure interior spaces, while its blueprint afterward expanded and improved to connect with the exterior spaces and waterfront through a reconfigured interior, open drinking glass entryways, and a wintertime garden.[9] [22] By 2004, GM completed an extensive $500 one thousand thousand renovation of the Renaissance Eye.[eleven] This included a $100 million makeover for the hotel. Among GM's get-go deportment was to remove the concrete berms facing Jefferson Avenue. The renovation includes a lighted glass walkway which encircles the interior mezzanine for ease of navigation, while the improver of the winter garden provides riverfront access and a view of Canada. A covered skyway over Jefferson Avenue connects to the Millender Center, Courtyard by Marriott - Downtown Detroit, and Coleman A. Young Municipal Center.[11]

In July 2010, Bluish Cross Blue Shield of Michigan announced plans to charter 435,245 square feet (forty,435.6 m2) of Tower 500 and Tower 600 and relocate 3,000 of its employees from its building in Southfield, Michigan.

In January 2015, General Motors appear its intent to renovate much of the complex to brand it more inviting as a destination for visitors to Detroit.[23]

In 2018, the GM World exhibit was renovated.

The Renaissance Centre is endemic by General Motors. The hotel in the central tower is at present managed by the Marriott hotel chain and is chosen the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center. The 1,298-room hotel is one of the largest operated by Marriott. The rooftop eatery (which previously had revolved) received a $ten 1000000 renovation and was operated by The Epicurean Groups's Coach Insignia (closed in 2017[24]). It served Coach wines, a production of the Fisher family whose legacy includes Fisher Body, a name which is part of GM history.[25]

The Renaissance Center's renovation provides for the prospect of connected development and restorations throughout the city. Architectural critics take touted the city'southward architecture as amid North America'southward finest.[9] [26]

In its commencement year of operation information technology generated over $1 billion in economic growth for the downtown.[viii] Detroit Renaissance continued to interact with the urban center, by contributing to a variety of projects within the downtown area in the ensuing decades.

Location [edit]

The Renaissance Centre is a riverfront property located along the Detroit River. Approximately i-mile north of the center are Comerica Park and Ford Field, the respective venues for the Detroit Tigers and Detroit Lions. The US portal of the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel emerges adjacent to the western boundary of the Renaissance Center. The Renaissance Center is also a station on the Detroit People Mover.[16] Additionally a pedestrian skyway, over Jefferson Artery, connects the complex to the Millender Center. Several blocks to the w of the Renaissance Eye, along Jefferson Artery, there are the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, Hart Plaza, TCF Centre (formerly Cobo Center, home to events such as the Northward American International Auto Testify and Youmacon) and the Joe Louis Arena (old home of the Detroit Ruddy Wings). The University of Detroit Mercy School of Law is located but across Jefferson Avenue. The Renaissance Center'south modernist architecture balances the city's panoramic waterfront skyline, a frequent characteristic in photography taken from Windsor, Ontario,[sixteen] across the river. From the top of Renaissance Middle'due south previous Coach Insignia restaurant (airtight in 2017[24]), patrons were able to peer downwardly upon the neogothic spires of the Ane Detroit Center and the city's Financial District skyscrapers and stadiums. The view from the summit extended for 30 miles (48 km) in all directions.

Architecture [edit]

The centerpiece is the 73-story 727-foot (221.v 1000) luxury hotel with 1,246 rooms and 52 suites (1298 full guest rooms). Its height is measured from its principal Wintergarden entrance on Atwater Street which faces the International Riverfront where the complex measures xiv feet (4.3 chiliad) taller. Entirely owned past General Motors, the complex has five,552,000 square feet (515,800 gii) of infinite.[v] [27] The main Renaissance Center complex rises from a fourteen-acre (5.seven ha) site.[27] The circuitous is designed in the modernistic architectural style with glass as a main material.

Renaissance Heart from Jefferson Avenue

Apportionment Ring of Renaissance Center

The Wintergarden provides contiguous master floor exhibition infinite, which was used by the media during Super Bowl Xl.

Famous for its cylindrical design, the primal hotel tower's diameter is 188 feet (57 m).[27] A lighted glass walkway radiates the mezzanine level and encircles the base of cylindrical hotel tower for ease of navigation. This ringed glass walkway is about 12 feet (iii.vii m) wide and has a circumference of approximately 660 feet (200 chiliad) or about one-eighth of a mile around.[27] The ringed walkway's diameter is approximately 210 anxiety (64 k). It links to several other walkways in the complex. The v-story Wintergarden atrium leads into the fundamental area which has an eight-story atrium lobby with rounded concrete balconies and terraces. Floors 71 through 73 included the Coach Insignia (closed in 2017), an upscale eating house with a lounge expanse/ascertainment floor where the view extends for over thirty miles (48.three km). The hotel has no floors labeled 7, 8, or xiii. The hotel features a major briefing center with 100,000 square feet (9,300 chiliadii) of coming together space including a Renaissance Ballroom for upward to two,200 guests with 26,000 square feet (2,400 thou2) for events, one of the largest in the United states of america.[8] [9]

John Portman designed the five-building rosette with interior spaces. [ix] In 1977, its central tower opened as the tallest hotel in the earth.[10] It remains the tallest all hotel skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere.[10] The smaller cylinders on sides of all the towers firm the elevators. The four surrounding 39-story part towers (100–400) each reach 522 anxiety (159 chiliad) and have a total of 2,200,000 square feet (204,400 thousandii) of infinite.[13] [27] Each 39-story tower has a base of operations 5-story podium structure with 165,000 square feet (15,300 10002) for retail infinite for a total of 660,000 foursquare feet (61,000 g2).[xiii] A portion of the central atrium expanse houses GM World, a showcase for GM vehicles. Two 21-story towers (500–600), designed by Portman and constructed in 1981, reach 339 feet (103 one thousand). GM gained control of Towers 500 and 600 in 2001.[xiii] Tower 500 has 307,300 square feet (28,550 mtwo) of office space and an additional 14,485 square feet (ane,350 mii) of retail space.[28] Tower 600 has 304,200 foursquare feet (28,260 k2) of office space and an additional 35,730 foursquare anxiety (iii,320 mii) of retail infinite.[29]

Towers 100 and 200 front Jefferson Avenue. Towers 300 and 400 are on the primary Wintergarden/Atwater Street entrance facing the Riverfront. The GM Renaissance Conference Center is located on the second floor of tower 300.[13]

In December 2001, the General Motors unveiled the Wintergarden retail atrium. Designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, it rises 103 anxiety (31 m) tall at its highest point opening straight access to the International Riverfront. In addition, the atrium contains 150,000 square feet (fourteen,000 m2) of retail space and 40,000 foursquare feet (3,700 m2) of face-to-face main floor exhibit space which was used by the media during Super Bowl Xl.[13]

The pattern is consistent with the themes of Brutalist architecture, especially in the heavy massing of concrete on the lower floors, but the 2001 renovation has softened those features.

Redevelopment [edit]

GM Plaza and Promenade at the Renaissance Center forth the International Riverfront

The redevelopment project included the work of many different architects including Skidmore, Owings & Merrill of Chicago, SmithGroup of Detroit, and Ghafari Associates of Dearborn who did the renovation of the office towers. The majority of the construction operations were led by Turner Construction Company. The structural glass and steel for the Wintergarden, the entrance lobby likewise as the mezzanine drinking glass walkway were contributed by Mero. The cost of the renovation does not include the cost for reconfiguring the streets around the Renaissance Center or the price of the park along the International Riverfront.

The $500 1000000 renovation of the Renaissance Center completed in 2003 has helped ameliorate Detroit'south economy.[11] Together, GM's renovation of the Renaissance Center and the Detroit Riverwalk exceeded $one billion; the project constituted a substantial investment in downtown. More than 10,000 people (of whom 6,000 are GM employees) piece of work in the complex.[27] Near 2,000 country workers now occupy GM'due south former office edifice, the restored Cadillac Place, in the celebrated New Center district.[20]

The Wintergarden was added to the Renaissance Heart in 2001, along with retail shops and restaurants.

The Wintergarden added to the Renaissance Center faces the Riverfront and provides panoramic views of the Windsor skyline. The complex connects offices, the hotel, retail specialty shops, restaurants, a jazz guild, and a movie theater. The theater has since closed and been converted to offices.[30] A pedestrian-friendly glass entryway has replaced the sometime physical berms forth Jefferson Avenue. The redevelopment provides the GM Earth brandish of vehicles, a restored hotel, a renovated rooftop restaurant, and the addition of GM's corporate logo to crown the top of the building. Structure of the lighted glass walkway facilitates ease of navigation encircling the interior mezzanine. Hines completed redevelopment of Towers 500 and 600 for GM in 2004.[13] [28] [29]

The Riverfront Promenade was dedicated on December 17, 2004, and helped to conductor in a return to recreational uses forth Detroit's International Riverfront. GM played a key role in the transformation of the east riverfront with a donation of $135 1000000 to the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy for the development of a world class riverfront promenade planned at $559 million, which included $50 1000000 from the Kresge foundation.[31] In 2011, the Detroit Wayne County Port Say-so opened its new state of the art prowl send dock and passenger last on Hart Plaza, adjacent to the Renaissance Heart.[32] [33] Port potency bonds financed another ane,500 space parking garage adjacent to the Renaissance Heart. Farther upriver, the Roberts Riverwalk Hotel faces the e riverfront. In addition to the gradual continuation of the riverfront promenade, other planned projects complementing the Renaissance Center go on forth the International Riverfont which include development of luxury condominiums, a prowl ship passenger terminal, retail, and entertainment venues.[34]

In 2011, the Renaissance Center added colored LED lighting on the top of its towers (Towers 500 and 600 utilize traditional blue floodlights to illuminate their superlative floors). General Motors added a large illuminated LED corporate logo which also displays GM divisions. The blithe logo and illuminated LED colour bands around the towers can be used to back up special events and may be seen from Comerica Park, home of the Detroit Tigers. The renovation of TCF Center convention and showroom facility incorporates like blue neon lighting forth riverfront promenade.

Technical details and tenants [edit]

Renaissance Heart structures, with selected dimensions and tenants
Building Image Year Stories Height
feet (m)
Expanse
sq. feet (m²)
Primary tenant(s)
Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Heart
(Central hotel tower)
1977
2004
73 727 (221.5) ane,812,000 (168,300) estimated
  • Marriott hotel
  • The Meridian Restaurant, including a revolving top floor (after replaced past Coach Insignia restaurant, which closed in 2017)[24]
Southwest – Tower 100 GM Renaissance Center from below.jpg 1977
2004
39 522 (159) 550,000 (51,100)
  • General Motors
  • HP Enterprise Services
  • United states of america Post Office
Northwest – Belfry 200 1977
2004
39 522 (159) 550,000 (51,100)
  • Ally Financial Headquarters
  • Deloitte
Northeast – Tower 300 Detroit Renaissance-Center.jpg 1977
2004
39 522 (159) 550,000 (51,100)
  • General Motors
  • The Renaissance Conference Heart on level 2 contains 20,000 sq ft (1,900 m2) of meeting infinite.[35]
Southeast – Tower 400 1977
2004
39 522 (159) 550,000 (51,100)
  • General Motors
  • OnStar
  • CBRE
  • Consulate-Full general of Japan, Detroit[36]
  • Urban Science
Podium structures beneath
Towers 100–400
1977
2004
5 103 (31.39) 660,000 (61,300)
  • GM Exhibit
  • Food Court
  • Exhibit space and retail
Tower 500 1981
2004
21 339 (103) 320,000 (29,700)
  • Bluish Cantankerous Blue Shield of Michigan. Includes 14,845 sq ft (1,380 grand2) of retail space.[28]
Belfry 600 1981
2004
21 339 (103) 340,000 (31,600)
  • Blueish Cross Blue Shield of Michigan
  • Consulate-Full general of Canada.[37] Includes 35,730 sq ft (3,320 m2) of retail space.[29]
Wintergarden & Restaurants Detroit December 2015 46 (Renaissance Center).jpg 2001 5 103 (31.39) 150,000 (14,000)
  • Andiamo
  • Presto
Wintergarden atrium 2001 5 103 (31.39) twoscore,000 (3,700) Primary entry and exhibit space
Renaissance Center total 1977
2004
NA 727 (221.5) 5,552,000 (515,800) Possessor of complex: General Motors
Holding management house: CBRE

In June 2015 the Ren Cen 4 Theatres theater complex announced that it was closing.[38] With the terminate of Ren Cen 4, the city of Detroit has one beginning-run theater remaining, along with 3 independent theaters.[39]

In July 2007 portions of Asian Hamlet, a development of restaurants in Suite 2653 in the GM Middle (200 Renaissance Center) with Asian cuisine offered, opened. The center was designed to evoke street food stalls within East and Southeast Asia.[40]

In pop culture [edit]

The opening scenes of Thunder in the Skies, the seventh episode of the BBC scientific discipline-history documentary Connections past James Burke, were visibly filmed in the then-new Renaissance Heart (1978).

The Renaissance Center is featured in the moving picture Activeness Jackson (1988).

In the moving picture Standoff Course starring Jay Leno and Pat Morita, the Renaissance Centre is featured when Morita'south graphic symbol and Leno run across for the outset time; Morita is considered a suspect and chased through the hotel (1989).

The 2008 crime thriller Killshot features an opening scene in which Mickey Rourke drives a blueish Cadillac along Jefferson Avenue in Downtown Detroit where, in his part as hired hitman Armand Degas - nicknamed "Blackbird" - he enters the Marriott Hotel in the Renaissance Center to electrocute a mafia leader called "Papa", played by actor Hal Holbrook.

The film Bird on a Wire (starring Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn) shot a chase scene inside the Renaissance Center (1990).

The opening scene of Renaissance Man shows Danny DeVito driving downwards Jefferson Avenue, late for a business meeting at the Renaissance Eye, when he receives the call that fires him from his job. (1994).[41]

The Renaissance Center is featured in the film Grosse Pointe Blank (1997).

In the Steven Soderbergh film adaptation of Out of Sight, the main characters encounter in the revolving eating house atop the Renaissance Centre. The scene was filmed on location (1998).[42]

The Renaissance Center was featured in the Kevin Costner and Joan Allen movie The Upside of Acrimony. Costner's character plays a DJ for WRIF 101 FM, a real Detroit FM rock station, whose studio (in the film) is housed in the Renaissance Center (2004).

For the 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, which was played at Comerica Park in Detroit, the center tower of the Renaissance Heart was wrapped with an image of a big baseball smashing into the tower, with "4,612 FT" written below it to signal the distance from domicile plate at Comerica Park. For Super Basin Forty, held at Detroit's Ford Field on February v, 2006, a large National Football League logo was wrapped around the main tower simply below the GM logo.

The Renaissance Center too hosted the major media for Super Bowl Forty. GM offered the Wintergarden a venue for the annual Fash Bash, a fashion outcome and fundraiser coordinated past the Detroit Institute of Arts.[43]

The History Channel's Life After People: The Series "Roads to Nowhere" episode featured the Renaissance Center.

It was used as a primary filming location for the motion-picture show Existent Steel, starring Hugh Jackman (2011).[44]

In a book by Adrian Humphreys titled The Weasel: A Double Life in the Mob, the former driver of Jimmy Hoffa and a mob acquaintance Marvin "The Weasel" Elkind stated that Hoffa is buried in the foundations of the Renaissance Center (2011).[45] [46]

The series finale of Motor City Masters was filmed in the GM World exhibit in the lower level of the Renaissance Centre in 2014.[47]

The Renaissance Centre was prominently featured in a scene from the pic Need for Speed (2014).

The alternate cover of the Eminem album Recovery features the Renaissance Center in the background.[48]

See likewise [edit]

  • Architecture of metropolitan Detroit
  • List of tallest buildings in Detroit
  • List of tallest buildings in Michigan
  • List of tallest buildings in the United States
  • Listing of largest buildings in the earth

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Farther reading [edit]

  • Desiderio, Francis (Spring 2009). "A Catalyst for Downtown: Detroit's Renaissance Center". Michigan Historical Review. 35 (1): 83–112. doi:10.1353/mhr.2009.0001. ISSN 0890-1686.
  • Fisher, Dale (2003). Building Michigan: A Tribute to Michigan's Structure Industry. Grass Lake, MI: Eyry of the Eagle. ISBNi-891143-24-seven.
  • Poremba, David Lee (2003). Detroit: A Motor City History. Making of America. Charleston, SC: Arcadia. ISBN0-7385-2435-2.
  • Thomas, June Manning (1997). Redevelopment and Race: Planning a Finer City in Postwar Detroit. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press.
  • Woodford, Arthur Thou. (2001). This is Detroit 1701–2001. Detroit: Wayne Country University Press. ISBN0-8143-2914-4.

External links [edit]

  • Official Renaissance Center website
  • Virtual visit of the Renaissance Center
  • Building the Detroit Renaissance Center at Wayne Country University Library is a digitized and searchable collection of photographs that documents the construction of the Renaissance Heart.

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Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renaissance_Center

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