Detroit Free Press
Title
Detroit Free Press
Publisher
Lawrence Technological University
Date Created
December 6, 2018
Creator
Kahn, Albert
Ricci, Ulysses Anthony
Creator2
Hedrich Blessing Studio (Photographer)
Creator Nationality
American
Work Type
Single Built Works
Date
c. 1923
Work Location
Michigan (state)
Detroit (inhabited place)
Style/Period
Art Deco
Subject
buildings (structures)
newspapers
office buildings
reliefs (sculptures)
steel frame construction
Description
View of the entrance and 13-foot tower of the Free Press building in Detroit, MI, designed by Albert Kahn and completed in 1923, with limestone reliefs designed by Ulysses Ricci, "In 1923 Kahn built a new headquarters for the Detroit Free Press ... steel construction was preferable to the bulkier reinforced concrete, but the same use of monumental limestone on the exterior was continued. A new element may be noted, however, in the massing of the building in a central thirteen-story tower with lower six-story wings,"--The Buildings of Detroit: A History, by W. Hawkins Ferry, Wayne State University Press, 1980, p. 333. Handwritten on back of photograph: Free Press, printed: Hedrich-Blessing Studio, 450 East Ohio Street, Chicago Neg. no. 8661-Z.
Material/Medium
limestone
Measurements
288,517 square-feet
Reproduction Type
jpeg
Reproduction Source
b/w photograph: 9 x 7 inches
Copyright Statement
©2013 Lawrence Technological University. These images may be used for personal or educational purposes. They are not available for commercial purposes without the explicit permission of LTU.
ID Number
LTU-AK-DM005
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