The famed hotelier E.M. Statler saw great promise in Detroit when he selected the city as the site for the third of his "complete hotels". When it opened in February 1915 it was clear that Statler's genius, Detroit's prosperity, and the artistic ability of its designers had created one of the great marvels of hotel architecture. It proved so successful that only a year later a 200-room expansion was built, and second 1000 room hotel was mooted in the 1920s. In 1954 the Statler chain was taken over by the Hilton group. Sadly, the Statler was closed in 1975 and demolished in 2006, as part of Detroit's systematic, multi-decade, effort to obliterate its built heritage. #Detroit #historic #hotel #statler
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