7916 x 4553 px | 67 x 38,5 cm | 26,4 x 15,2 inches | 300dpi
Data acquisizione:
21 aprile 2022
Ubicazione:
14250 Plymouth Road , Detroit, Michigan, USA
Altre informazioni:
American Motors World Headquarters (1954–1975) was located at 14250 Plymouth Road in Detroit and was widely known as the Plymouth Road Office Center (PROC). The initial building had been built in 1926–27 by the Electric Refrigeration Corporation (subsequently Nash-Kelvinator) with design by Amedeo Leoni, industrial layout by Wallace McKenzie, and tower enclosure and industrial units by William E. Kapp, of SHG. The original 600, 000 sq ft (56, 000 m2) three-story factory and four-story administration building had been headquarters to Nash-Kelvinator from 1937 to 1954 as well as a factory for refrigerators, electric ranges, and commercial refrigeration—as well as airplane propellers for the U.S. military effort during World War II. As of 2007, Chrysler still employed over 1, 600 people at the complex, moving those operations in mid-2009 to the Chrysler Technology Center. PROC was made available for sale by Chrysler in early 2010. It was bought be a local man who gutted the building for scrap and left it in a dilapidated state before losing it to foreclosure. The abandoned building was in possession of the city of Detroit and officials were considering if the industrial site would be more marketable if the building was torn down. In 2018, the Wayne County Commission approved a land swap that included a new jail complex for the county as well as a potential revival for the old American Motors building. Dec. 9, 2021, Mayor Mike Duggan announced that NorthPoint would demolish the complex and replace it with a $66 million development. STYLE Art Deco STATUS Closed OPENED 1927 CLOSED 2009 ARCHITECTS William Kapp Amedeo Leoni
