Edward Hotel & Convention Center
| Edward Hotel & Convention Center | |
|---|---|
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| Former names | Hyatt Regency Dearborn |
| General information | |
| Type | Hotel |
| Architectural style | Modern |
| Location | Dearborn-Detroit, Michigan United States |
| Coordinates | 42°18′43.6″N 83°13′4.1″W / 42.312111°N 83.217806°WCoordinates: 42°18′43.6″N 83°13′4.1″W / 42.312111°N 83.217806°W |
| Groundbreaking | October 1973 |
| Completed | 1976 |
| Owner | Royal Realties LLC |
| Height | |
| Top floor | 213 ft (65 m) |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 16 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Charles Luckman and Associates |
| Main contractor | Del E. Webb Corporation |
The Edward Hotel & Convention Center is a 14-story, 773-room[1] former conference center hotel located in the Metro Detroit suburb of Dearborn, Michigan at 600 Town Center Drive, near the intersection of M-39 and U.S. Highway 12. It was the second largest hotel in Michigan, after the Marriott in Detroit's Renaissance Center.[2]
History[]
The hotel was constructed in 1976 as the Hyatt Regency Dearborn. Originally built as an upscale hotel, the building included a Ford-designed monorail people mover to Fairlane Mall.[3][4] The people mover, hotel, and mall were supposed to be part of a larger office, retail, and residential complex built by Ford's land development subsidiary.[citation needed] The people mover was a Ford Motor Company prototype for an Automatically Controlled Transportation System[citation needed] and was closed in 1988, and ultimately removed.[3][4]
The hotel also originally had a revolving restaurant on its top floor.[3][4] It also originally featured a helipad.[3][4] It originally had 800 hotel rooms when it opened.[4]
The high-rise hotel contains a conference center, restaurants, retail area, and fitness center. The architect, Charles Luckman, designed the hotel in a contemporary Modern style with glass as the main exterior material. The hotel was built by the Del E. Webb Corporation.[5][6]The hotel is adjacent to Fairlane Town Center shopping mall, near Ford World Headquarters, and The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village.
The hotel was renamed Adoba Hotel Dearborn / Detroit on November 1, 2012, then Royal Dearborn Hotel and Convention Center in 2015,[7][8] then Edward Village Michigan Hotel, and most recently Edward Hotel & Convention Center.
On December 14, 2018, the hotel was deemed to be "unfit for human occupancy" by the City of Dearborn and closed due to fire code violations and lack of necessary permits.[9] As of early 2020, the hotel remains closed, due to ongoing legal action against the owner by Canadian authorities.[3]
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ "Dearborn". SkyscraperPage.com. Retrieved 2010-08-05.
- ^ Former Dearborn Hyatt aims to regain stars, class, JC Reindl, Detroit Free Press, August 20, 2016
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Reindl, J. C. (26 September 2019). "Future of still-closed old Dearborn Hyatt is now up to Canadian court". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Reindl, J. C. (20 August 2016). "10 insane facts about the former Dearborn Hyatt". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 12 December 2020.
- ^ "Webb Spinner 1971-1974" (PDF).
- ^ "Webb Spinner 1975-1978" (PDF).
- ^ Hyatt Regency Dearborn to become eco-friendly Adoba Hotel | Detroit Free Press | freep.com
- ^ Former Hyatt Regency Dearborn will change its name — again, Crain's Business Detroit, Sherri Welch, June 11, 2015
- ^ Edward Hotel in Dearborn closed due to fire code, maintenance violations, Dave Herndon, Dearborn Press & Guide, December 23, 2018
Further reading[]
- Cantor, George (2005). Detroit: An Insiders Guide to Michigan. University of Michigan Press. ISBN 0-472-03092-2.
- Fisher, Dale (1994). Detroit: Visions of the Eagle. Grass Lake, MI: Eyry of the Eagle Publishing. ISBN 0-9615623-3-1.
- Fisher, Dale (2005). Southeast Michigan: Horizons of Growth. Grass Lake, MI: Eyry of the Eagle Publishing. ISBN 1-891143-25-5.
- 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.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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