S.S. KRESGE CO. WORLD HEADQUARTERS – DETROIT [Detail]

S.S. KRESGE CO. WORLD HEADQUARTERS [Detail]

2727 Second Ave, Detroit, Michigan, USA

Built 1929-1930; Albert Kahn, Inc., architects

Also known as the Michigan Small Business Development Center and the Michigan Center for High Technology

Géza Maróti, sculptor; assisted by Corrado Parducci

Sources: Detroit Free Press, Feb. 10, 1929, pg. 76, May 18, 1930, pg. 67 and June 28, 1931, pg. 8 + Detroit News, Feb. 10, 1929, pg. 1-2 + Detroit Times, Feb. 10, 1929, pg. 43 + “Géza Maróti and the Decoration of the Fisher Building Lobby” Joan Boddie [Unpublished Master’s Thesis, 1978] (Held at the University of Michigan Fine Arts Library inside Tappan Hall, Ann Arbor, MI)

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Dale Carlson

Dale Carlson grew up along the northeastern shores of Lake Michigan, where at a young age Detroit called out to him in his dreams. In 2008, after extended stays in ten different Michigan cities, the author settled permanently in southeast Oakland County where he currently lives and works in various capacities within the local real estate industry.