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DETROIT BUILT · THE CITY IN PRINT

NEWSPAPER BUILDINGS.

Newspapers were industrial operations as well as editorial institutions. Reporting, typesetting, printing, circulation, loading, and downtown access all had physical requirements.

Detroit Free Press newspaper building, Shelby Street, Detroit, Michigan
REAL DETROIT SOURCE · Detroit Free Press newspaper building on Shelby Street, photographed between 1915 and 1925.
Source: Detroit Publishing Co. / source record · No known restrictions on publication
BUILDING DOSSIER

Reading the newspaper district.

Newsroom and printing functions
Downtown newspaper geography
Press access to courts, police, and civic institutions
Distribution into neighborhoods
Publication-specific architecture added only after verification
VERIFICATION FIRST

Newspaper buildings, offices, and addresses stay tied to dated records and photographs so the press has a physical place in the city.

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