150 West Jefferson
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150 West Jefferson (Formerly called the Madden Building) is a tall skyscraper in Detroit, Michigan. The building was constructed in 1987, and finished in 1989. It stands at 26 storeys tall, with two basement floors, for a total of 28. The building's materials are plain concrete and granite, in a postmodern architectural design.
The high-rise building is primarily used as an Office tower, with a parking garage, restaurant and retail offices inside it. This building is connected to the rest of downtown Detroit by a station stop on the Detroit People Mover transit system built into the adjacent parking ramp. 150 West Jefferson sits on the former site of the Detroit Stock Exchange. Some of the facade of the old building was preserved and was used in the interior and exterior decoration of this building. This building is 444' 6" from it's front entrance off of West Jefferson Avenue. The back entrance off of the podium on Larned Street actually sits 7' lower.
Four flagpoles, each 30 feet (9 m) high, are located at each corner of the top of the slanted roof. Each displays an American flags; the four can be seen across the river in Windsor, Ontario.
External Links
- [Google Maps location of 150 West Jefferson]
- [150 West Jefferson on Emporis.com]
- [SkyscraperPage.com's Profile on 150 West Jefferson]
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