Kalamazoo, MI Photos |
Kalamazoo, MI, was once a prosperous manufacturing center which gave rise to some interesting architecture. Today, many of these structures are finding new uses in their restored forms among some interesting new structures. |
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| See also: Frank Lloyd Wright around Kalamazoo, Air Zoo, Michigan, Louis Henri Sullivan |
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| Kalamazoo City Hall (1933) (241 W. South St.). Style: Art Deco. Architect: Weary & Alford. | Frieze of town fathers on Kalamazoo City Hall. | Lion & vine reliefs on Kalamazoo City Hall. | Wheat harvest & eagle on Kalamazoo City Hall. |
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| Entrance doors of Kalamazoo City Hall. | Kalamazoo County Building (1937) (227 W. Michigan Ave.). Style: Art Deco. Architect: M.C.J. Billingham. | Kalamazoo Public Library (1998) (315 S. Rose St.). Style: Postmodern. Architect: David Milling. | Entrance rotunda of Kalamazoo Public Library. |
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| Kalamazoo Radisson Plaza Hotel (1972 & 2003) (10 floors). Style: Postmodern. Architect: Elbasani, Logan & Severin. | Tower of Kalamazoo Radisson Plaza Hotel. | Kalamazoo Radisson Plaza building. | Glass tower of Kalamazoo Radisson Plaza building. |
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| Facade details of Kalamazoo Radisson Plaza building. | American National Bank building (1929) (136 E. Michigan Ave.) (15 floors). Style: Art Deco. Architect: Weary & Alford. On National Register. | American National Bank building portal. | Art Deco reliefs of American National Bank building. |
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| Cast iron lamp of American National Bank building. | Sweetland Commercial Building (c1857) (150 E. Michigan Ave.). | Kalamazoo Savings Bank (151 E. Michigan Ave.). Style: Neoclassical. | Neoclassical details of Kalamazoo Savings Bank (151 E. Michigan Ave.). |
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| Streetscape of heritage buildings along E. Michigan Ave. | W.A. Doyle commercial building (1891) (229 E. Michigan Ave.). Style: Victorian Gothic. | Chicago-style commercial building (241 E. Michigan Ave.). | Desenberg Block commercial building (251 E. Michigan Ave.). Architect: Dankmar Adler & Louis Sullivan. On National Register. |
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| Relief detail on Adler & Sullivan's Desenberg Block (251 E. Michigan Ave.). | Ironwork decoration on Adler & Sullivan's Desenberg Block (251 E. Michigan Ave.). | Button-Jannasch building (1869) (244 E. Michigan Ave.). On National Register. | Lawrence & Chapin building (1872) (201 N. Rose St.). Style: Second Empire. Architect: Lemuel Dwight Grosvenor. On National Register. |
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| Second Empire details of Lawrence & Chapin building. | Rose Street Market (former Masonic Lodge) building (309 N. Rose St.). Architect: Spier & Rohns. On National Register. | Elaborate brickwork of heritage buildings on S Kalamazoo Mall. | Heritage buildings along S Kalamazoo Mall. |
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| Heritage building on S Kalamazoo Mall. | Garden & bridging structure on S Kalamazoo Mall. | Sculpture group on S Kalamazoo Mall. | Kalamazoo Valley Museum (1996) (230 N. Rose St.). Architect: E. Verner Johnson. |
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| Entrance of Kalamazoo Valley Museum. | Dynamic sculpture at Kalamazoo Valley Museum. | Neon sign & array of artifacts at Kalamazoo Valley Museum. | Checkers Cab (1982) made in Kalamazoo at Valley Museum. |
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| Art Deco dancing ladies Stewart Warner Radio Speaker (1927) at Kalamazoo Valley Museum. | Firestone "Air Chief" console radio (1947) at Kalamazoo Valley Museum. | RCA TT-5 Television (1939) at Kalamazoo Valley Museum released for broadcast of Roosevelt's speech to open 1939 NY World's Fair. | Zenith Portable Television (1958) with first cable reception capability at Kalamazoo Valley Museum. |
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Kalamazoo Air Zoo Museum building (2004) (6151 Portage Rd.).  |
All photos on this page are originals by & copyrighted by Jim Steinhart. All rights reserved. Permission required to use. |