Henry Ford II with Coleman Young, Detroit Renaissance Center, January 1979

THF271310 / Henry Ford II with Coleman Young, Detroit Renaissance Center, January 1979

THF271311 / Henry Ford II with Coleman Young, Detroit Renaissance Center, January 1979 / back

Artifact Overview

Henry Ford II, Chairman and CEO of Ford Motor Company, and Coleman Young, Mayor of Detroit, both worked to revitalize the Motor City in the 1970s. Together they championed the Renaissance Center, a massive office-hotel-retail complex built on the Detroit River in the city's central business district. Construction on the $350 million RenCen started in 1973 and finished in 1981.

Artifact Details

Artifact

Photographic print

Subject Date

12 January 1979

Collection Title

Henry Ford II Photographs Collection

Location

By Request in the Benson Ford Research Center

Object ID

84.1.1969.5

Material

Paper (Fiber product)

Color

Multicolored

Dimensions

Height: 8.00 in
Width: 10.00 in

Keywords	United States, Michigan, Detroit Photographic prints Photographs Automobile industry executives Ford, Henry, II, 1917-1987 Young, Coleman A., 1918-1997 Renaissance Center (Detroit, Mich.)