Facts
- The Detroit Statler Hotel, vacant for 30 years, was demolished following approval by the Detroit Historic District Commission.
- There were complications with the demolition process since excessive amounts of explosive where used. Fortunately there were no disasters other than the roof and first floor damage to the Automobile Club's building next door.
- A lawsuit by preservationists temporarily delayed the city's plans to demolish the former hotel building.
- The hotel had proven so popular that a 200-room addition was added onto the back of the hotel along Washington Boulevard.
- This hotel's architectural style was Georgian, which is a subset of English Renaissance Revival.
- According to the original blueprints, one of the penthouse roof levels lies at 226' above the street, and Sanborn Maps list the other at 232' above the street. The full structural height is unclear.
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