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The Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, looking southeast from West Larned Street, Detroit, Michigan

The Coleman A. Young Municipal Center is a large tower in Downtown Detroit, near Hart Plaza, One Detroit Center and the Renaissance Center. Originally called the City-County Building, it was renamed for former Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young, after his death.

The high-rise building was constructed in 1951, and completed in 1954. It is 20 floors high, with one basement floor, for a total of 21. The building is used as a library, a courthouse, a county government facility (in addition to the nearby Wayne County Building), and as a city hall, replacing the now-demolished Detroit City Hall.

An enclosed skyway over Jefferson Avenue connects to the Millender Center, Courtyard by Marriott - Downtown Detroit, and the Renaissance Center as a sort of "enclosed city within a city".

• A 25-foot bronze statue is situated at the flat end of the tower, named the "Spirit of Detroit." During some recent championship runs by Detroit sports teams (the Red Wings, Pistons, and Tigers), the statue has been outfitted with a huge version of the appropriate team's jersey.

The "Spirit of Detroit" statue in front of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center.

• The Coleman A. Young Municipal Center houses offices, courtrooms, and meeting rooms. The verticality of the tower section, with its strips of white marble, offers a distinct contrast with the 14-story office section, in which horizontal lines are emphasized.
• The 14-story administration tower is 197 feet tall, from the ground to the mechanical penthouse roof parapet.
• The 20-story portion of this complex is called the Courts Tower, and contains office space on floors 1 through 8, and courtrooms, judge chambers, and jury rooms on floors 9 through 19, with the 20th floor housing the building's mechanical equipment.
• The 14-story portion called the Administration Tower holds offices for the City of Detroit and Wayne County, as well as doctor clinics, laboratories, a municipal library, and the City Council auditorium chambers on the 13th floor.
• A symbolic marble wall rising 43'-6.25" high stands 17' west of the Court Tower, and is connected to the Courts Tower by a canopy that forms the Woodward Avenue entrnace.

• Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3. 
• Meyer, Katherine Mattingly and Martin C.P. McElroy with Introduction by W. Hawkins Ferry, Hon A.I.A. (1980). Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1651-4. 
• Sharoff, Robert (2005). American City: Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3270-6. 

• Google Maps location of the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
• Coleman A. Young Municipal Center at Emporis.com
• SkyscraperPage.com's Profile on the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center

Metro Detroit Skyscrapers and famous buildings

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Downtown towers with 25 or more Floors Renaissance Center | Comerica Tower at Detroit Center | Penobscot Building | Cadillac Tower | Guardian Building | Book Tower | David Stott Building | David Broderick Tower | Millender Center Apartments | Westin Book-Cadillac Hotel | Buhl Building | Riverfront Tower I | Riverfront Tower II | Riverfront Tower III | One Woodward Avenue | 211 West Fort Street | Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building | 150 West Jefferson | First National Building | 1001 Woodward | Detroit Edison Plaza

Downtown towers under 25 Floors Dime Building | Water Board Building | Blue Cross/Blue Shield Service Center | State of Michigan Plaza| Courtyard by Marriott - Downtown Detroit | Coleman A. Young Municipal Center | Penobscot Building Annex | David Whitney Building | AT&T Building (Detroit) | AT&T Building Addition | Compuware World Headquarters| Greektown Casino | MGM Grand Detroit | MotorCity Casino | Fort Washington Plaza | Metropolitan Building (Detroit) | Detroit Free Press Building | Chase Tower | Vinton Building | Kales Building | United Artists Theatre Building | Michigan Central Station | One Kennedy Square | Fox Theatre (Detroit) | State Theatre (Detroit) | Detroit Masonic Temple | Wayne County Building | Detroit Athletic Club

Downtown library and musuems Detroit Institute of Arts | Detroit Public Library

New Center and other metro areas Fisher Building | Cadillac Place | Jeffersonian Apartments | Lafayette Park | Southfield Town Center | American Center | Hyatt Regency Dearborn | Top of Troy

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