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What’s the role of Henry Ford II’s grand design to revive Detroit?

United Kingdom Architecture News - May 27, 2015 - 10:13   2818 views

What’s the role of Henry Ford II’s grand design to revive Detroit?

The General Motors world headquarters building stands tallest amid the Renaissance Center on the city’s International Riverfront. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images.

No one has taken as much blame for Detroit’s woes as the major American car companies who, through the early 20th century, concentrated themselves there to such an extent that the city’s name became a byword for the industry. Despite the contradiction of an urban metropolis owing so much to an explosion in car ownership, for decades the arrangement worked reasonably well.......Continue Reading

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