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Griswold Building
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Griswold Building - Detroit, Michigan
About this creation
This is a minifig scale model of the Griswold Building also currently known as the Griswold Senior Apartments located at 1214-1230 Griswold street in downtown Detroit. The prototype was designed by famous Detroit area architect Albert Kahn who also designed modern factories for Ford and other automakers. The building was completed in 1929 just at the end of Detroit's first golden age. Originally an office building, the Griswold Building was later coverted to apartments for seniors. It has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places.



Building Statistics:

  • Construction Start: January 12, 2007.

  • Construction End: June 07, 2007.

  • Current Status: Apartments.

  • Height: Midrise.


    • Roof: 89 bricks high (2.9 feet / 0.89 meters).

    • Architectural Top: 96 bricks (3.0 feet / 0.92 meters).

    • Spire/Antenna: n/a



  • Foorplate: 97 x 50 studs.

  • Floors: 11 (the real building has 12).

  • Weight: 20 pounds / 9 Kg.

  • Portability: Building separates into two modules for transport to MichLTC shows.

  • Colors:


    • Light gray (old): lower facade and top floor accents.

    • Brown (old): upper facade and sides.

    • Red-Brown: spandrels (vertical sections between windows on upper floors).

    • Tan: rear walls.

    • Light blue gray: window sills.






This structure will be displayed, along with several others of mine, as part of the gaint ILTCO Lego train layout display at the NMRA NTS 2007 in Detroit on July 28-30th.



Enlarge image 		   Upper portion of the front facade. These stories are faced with brick on the real building and with limestone accents on the top floor.



Enlarge image 		   The lower three stories of the prototype are faced with limestone. On the third floor is promenade with skylights.



Enlarge image 		   View from a nearby building across the street.



Enlarge image 		   The complete facade.



Enlarge image 		   The rear of the Griswold building is rather plain as it faces an alley and the backs of the Merchants Row buildings on Woodward Avenue.



Enlarge image 		   A fictional fire escape added to provide detail on the south side of the building. The real building's south wall is obscured by the adjacent Chamber of Commerce Building.



Enlarge image 		   The small structure next to the Griswold Building is currently the Detroit Pizza Factory. A faded sign somewhat similar to the one depicted here is on the real building.



Enlarge image 		   Several stores occupy the street level of the Griswold Building.



Enlarge image 		   Another view of the entire building. The foreground should be taken up by my Lego version of the Chamber of Commerce Building which I have not yet built.



Enlarge image 		   A photo of the real building I took from Capital Park, so called because Michigan's State Capital was here briefly before it was moved to Lansing. As you may notice, I used a bit of selective compression on the Detroit Pizza Factory building. On the extreme right of the picture can be seen part of the David Stott Building, a structure that I have also modeled in Lego.



Enlarge image 		   Another of my photos showing the the real building's upper floors. Again the top of the David Stott Building can be seen to the right.



Enlarge image 		   A view showing part of the 3rd floor with its open-air promenade.



Comments
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Caleb Cutlass-Crocodile Blanchet
  August 22, 2010
When a creation looks as lifelike as this one - I'm even more amazed than normal... great build.
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El Barto !
  August 20, 2010
Great masonry work! Congrats on MOTD!
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Mudskipper 4
  August 20, 2010
Very well done sir! An exact replica.
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Phillip Block
  August 20, 2010
Awesome work! The fire excape is a nice addition.
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Commander Fox
  August 20, 2010
not much of a lego city fan but this is HUGE! great job A+
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justin darksheep
  August 20, 2010
Grate grate grate work , dont normally liek these typs of moc's but this one is so good , how many bricks did it take
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Rita Stallings
  August 20, 2010
Hi Jim - WOW!! This is really great!! The detail in this model is awesome. I totally understand the amount of time and effort that went into putting this model together. And thanks for adding all of the statistics. It really helps to put the whole building into perspective. I really look forward to seeing more models from you!! Please do keep them coming. Oh - also, the setting is GREAT!! I had to really look to see that it was Lego and not pitures of the real building. :-)
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Tom Simon
  August 20, 2010
Gorgeous. Just a delight to behold.
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Mack Crawford
  August 20, 2010
Wow that's huge. Lots of details also...
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Jake Savage
  August 20, 2010
Wow, this incredible, and surely deserves MOTD! Beautiful detail on the building, excellent use of color, and it looks exactly right! Well done mate, and definitely keep bricking!
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morthen poulsen
  August 20, 2010
inzanely good and GZ with MOTD how many pieces did u use ca ???
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Jim Garrett
  April 17, 2010
If I had instructions, I would consider posting them. I simply took a bunch of photos, worked out the structure's proportions, placed a lot of bricklink orders, and started building.
Quoting john hastings pleez post instructions
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john hastings
  April 15, 2010
pleez post instructions
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Tânia Baixinho
  February 11, 2009
one of the coolest skyscraper I've ever seen. Cheers
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JM Kraemer
  January 5, 2009
I have probably seen the real building as I've made a few trips to Detroit in my life time. I love the level of details on the outside. Good job.
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Max McCarthy
  January 29, 2008
if i had more time and more lego and build something like that but thats realy cool keep up the good work.
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Allan Hall
  October 25, 2007
I just wish I had the resources to build on this scale a truly amazing build.
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Jan-Albert van Ree
  June 10, 2007
Awesome MOC, and also awesome pictures! Resembles the real building very closely. Loads of cool details as well, such as the wall decorations.
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Chris Leach
  June 10, 2007
Fan freaking tastic..Jim you are beyond words when building classic structures.
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Wyo Daniel
  June 10, 2007
That's kind of cheap; taking a picture of an actual building and claiming you made it. Just kidding - this looks very realistic. Excellent work.
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christian fraenkel
  June 10, 2007
!!! THIS IS AMAZING!!!
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Jernej Krmelj
  June 10, 2007
Very nice, you must have nerves of steel to work on a lego creation for 5 months!
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Lee Jones
  June 10, 2007
Beautiful job Mr. Garrett, beautiful job. Hands down, one of (if not the) best creations I have seen in some time. Lee.
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Roger Aalenfae
  June 9, 2007
Excellent times 85,921,559.2! This is an amazing creation! (The blue car is anyways... just kidding!) Keep up the ASTOUNDING work!
  
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