NPR’s Detroit-based national correspondent Don Gonyea did a recent segment on the Guardian Building in downtown Detroit, saying:
“Hands down – my pick for the coolest building on the planet. It’s the Guardian Building. It is a 40-story brick – tangerine-colored brick is the official color of it – that went up in 1928, 1929.”
“The Guardian Building, as it’s now known, was once nicknamed the Cathedral of Finance and was built by the Union Trust Company. The skyscraper was one of many that rose not far from the riverfront in a time when Detroit boomed, flush with cash from the auto industry and the men who created it. Inside, the bold art deco building is adorned with brightly colored tile and other materials.”…