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Cadillac PlaceCadillac Place is an enormous office building in the New Center section of Detroit, Michigan. Until recently, it was known as the General Motors Building, as it housed that company's world headquarters from its construction in 1923 until 1996, when it was sold to the State of Michigan to be used as government offices. Designed by noted architect Albert Kahn, Cadillac Place consists of four parallel 15-story wings connected together by a central backbone perpendicular to them. Kahn used this design to allow sunlight and natural ventilation to reach each of the building's hundreds of individual offices. At the time of its construction, the building was the second-largest office building in the world, behind only the Equitable Building in New York City. It has recently undergone a thorough restoration by the state government. External link - http://www.buildingphotos.com/detroit/DE-3044wgrand.shtml
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