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The building was designed by the firm of Odell, Hewlett and Luckenbach in the modern style. It was situated at the base of a U-shaped drive named Auditorium Drive. Beneath the drive and adjacent landscaped areas is a two-level parking garage containing 750-spaces. The garage was accessed via ramps in
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archives, the auditorium's large Aeolian-Skinner organ was still in the building as of 2006, but had been unused for some time. It was installed in 1957 at a cost of $ 100,000. Helderop Pipe Organs, along with a team of volunteers, began to dismantle the organ in late June 2011, and finished late
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and contributions of the Ford affiliated dealers in the U.S. Ford gave its approval when the city planned to remove the building as part of the waterfront redesign plans. The project received such a large donation from the Ford family, it was designed as a memorial to
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The exterior shape of the building followed the form of its interior spaces with backstage and audience areas clearly visible. The sides of the building were clad in white marble to harmonize with the other buildings in the Civic Center Complex- the
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July 4, 2011, the day before demolition was scheduled to begin. The city donated the organ to the congregation of nearby St. Aloysius Catholic Church, which took the 2,800-pipe instrument with the goal of operating it within two years.
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to deliver his last speech outside of New York before his murder. He delivered his "Last Message" at the First Annual Dignity Projection and Scholarship Awards ceremony despite the firebombing of his
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A smaller 1,200-pipe organ which operated from the same console has been given to the DSO who will use it to perform 17th and 18th-century pieces in Orchestra Hall.
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Demolition of the Ford Auditorium began on July 9, 2011 after being delayed a month because the city found more asbestos than expected.
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When first opened, the auditorium had a state-of-the-art recording system, and the Detroit Symphony Orchestra under
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Ford Auditorium was demolished in July 2011 at a cost of $ 754,000 as part of the city's waterfront redesign plans.
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Meyer, Katherine Mattingly; Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A. (1980).
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and had a pedestrian entrance which provided direct access to the lower-level lounge of the auditorium.
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William Livingstone Memorial Light, only marble lighthouse in the United States, located on Belle Isle
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built in 1955 and opened in 1956. Located on the Detroit riverfront, it served as a home to the
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was in Downtown Detroit prior to 1997 and was known as the "Detroit College of Law."
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negotiated with the City of Detroit to have the two smaller pieces moved there.
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In the curved foyer of the main level were three sculptures by local artist
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Former multi-use auditorium and theater in Detroit, Michigan, United States
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The Ford Auditorium as it appeared in March 2011, from the rear
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On February 14, 1965, the auditorium served as the stage for
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Randolph Street Commercial Buildings Historic District
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and above the west stairs was another piece entitled
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Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
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Detroit
Michigan
Detroit Symphony Orchestra
Ford Motor Company
Henry
Edsel Ford
Jefferson Avenue

City-County Building
Veterans Memorial Building
Cobo Hall and Arena
river
mica
Marshall Fredericks
Ford Rouge Complex
Marshall Fredericks Sculpture Museum
Archived
Wayback Machine
Saginaw Valley State University
Malcolm X
Queens, New York
Nation of Islam
Paul Paray
Mercury Records
Orchestra Hall
Aeolian-Skinner
Inside the abandoned Ford Auditorium
"Ford Auditorium"
This is Detroit 1701-2001

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