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Detroit News Building - Old photos

The original entrance doors for the Detroit News Building.

The Detroit News Building's stately Lafayette lobby, about 1940. It has since been modernized several times.

The Detroit News Building in 1986

The Detroit News Building in 1986

The Detroit News Building in the 1980s

The Fort Street facade, shortly after the building opened

The Lafayette Boulevard facade, shortly after the building opened

The Detriot News Building in the early 1990s

One of the many strikes at the News over the years

The Detroit News Building, top middle, as seen from the west and at a time when that part of downtown was still mostly residential. .

The Detroit News Building under construction

The Detroit News Building in the 1980s

The Detroit News Building, as seen from the air, is at the bottom middle of this photo.

The Detroit News Building, seen here in about 1925, when the west side of downtown was still largely residential.

Aerial view of the Detroit News Building (middle left). Note the houses that still dotted this part of downtown at the time.

The Detroit News building shortly after opening

The printing plant addition

The printing plant addition

The Detroit News Building under construction, showing the Union Depot and Fort Street Presbyterian in the background.

The Detroit News Building