2011.036.193
Postcard
Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Building
Color photographic postcard showing the Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Building at the corner of Woodward and Jefferson Avenues. In the background is the Guardian Building, Standard Savings & Loan Building, and Detroit Bank and Trust Tower.
Printed on the verso: Michigan Consolidated Gas Company Building, Detroit, Michigan. Located at One Woodward Avenue in Detroit's beautiful Civic Center, the office building is 32 stories high, including a four story crown. Minoro Yamasaki - Smith Hinchman and Grylls, Associated Architects and Engineers, were the designers. The exterior of the building is composed of chips of white quartz pre-cast in concrete.