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The previous price was Rp120.741 and current price is Rp96.593 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 1h 39m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation
  • Multiple languages

Overview

  • Step into the roaring 1920s, when Detroit was the richest boomtown on earth and corporate titans built soaring sanctuaries to honour American industry. On this walking tour through City centre, discover how banking dynasties, hotel moguls, and real estate speculators used Romanesque arches, Gothic pinnacles, and dazzling Art Deco tiles to turn office buildings into secular cathedrals. From the tangerine vaults of the Guardian Building to the hidden craft workshops of the Metropolitan, explore the ambition, craftsmanship, and speculative fever that shaped the city right before the Great Crash.

    • A 1.8 km self-guided tour with 8 stops over 99 min
    • Ideal for travellers interested in Art, Design & Aesthetics and History & Memory
    • Immersively told in a podcast style by experts and locals
    • Matching audio content, AI guide and navigation through the app

Activity location

  • The Guardian Building
    • 500 Griswold St,
    • 48226-3480, Detroit, Michigan, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • 500 Griswold St
    • 500 Griswold Street
    • 48226, Detroit, Michigan, United States

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Podcast Tour: Temples of Capital - Detroit's 1920s Boom in Multilingual

  • Activity duration is 1 hour and 39 minutes1h 39m
    1h 39m
  • Opening hours: Sat 0:00-23:59
  • English
Price details
Rp120.741
Rp96.593 x 2 AdultsRp193.186
Total
The previous price was Rp241.482 and current price is Rp193.186
20% off
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What's included, what's not

  • Inclusions
    Verified facts woven into an engaging storey
  • Inclusions
    Interactive in-app guide for questions about the storey and surroundings
  • Inclusions
    Precise navigation between the stops
  • Inclusions
    Immersive podcast-style audio featuring experts and locals

Know before you book

    • Service animals allowed
    • Public transport options are available nearby
    • Suitable for all physical fitness levels

Activity itinerary

The Guardian Building

  • 10m
The quintessential Cathedral of Finance, completed in 1929 by Wirt C. Rowland with an explosive Art Deco interior and 1.8 million tangerine bricks. Address: 500 Griswold St, Detroit, MI 48226.

The Buhl Bar

  • 10m
The Buhl Building, designed by Wirt C. Rowland in 1925, merged Romanesque mass with rentable daylight for an industrial manufacturing dynasty. Address: 535 Griswold St, Detroit, MI 48226.

Detroit

  • 10m
Chrysler House, the former Dime Savings Bank Building, is a 1912 Chicago School tower by Daniel Burnham, built as a classical Roman temple to reassure working-class depositors. Address: 719 Griswold St, Detroit, MI 48226.

Campus Martius Park

  • 10m
Detroit’s historic point of origin and central urban stage, where radial avenues met tram crowds and speculative corporate towers of the 1920s. Address: 800 Woodward Ave, Detroit, MI 48226.

Detroit

  • 10m
The David Stott Building is a 38-story Art Deco tower by Donaldson & Meier, finished on the eve of the 1929 crash as a personal monument for a flour-milling magnate. Address: 1150 Griswold St, Detroit, MI 48226.

Detroit

  • 10m
The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit opened in 1924 as the tallest hotel in the world; this Italian Renaissance palace by Louis Kamper was the luxury dealmaking centre for automotive barons. Address: 1114 Washington Blvd, Detroit, MI 48226.

Detroit

  • 10m
Book Tower is a 1926 classical skyscraper crowned in copper and encircled by colossal caryatids. The tour then continues to the Metropolitan Building, the 1925 Neo-Gothic Jewellers Building created for diamond cutters and goldsmiths. Addresses: 1265 Washington Blvd and 33 John R St, Detroit, MI 48226.

Location

Activity location

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    The Guardian Building
    • 500 Griswold St,
    • 48226-3480, Detroit, Michigan, United States

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    500 Griswold St
    • 500 Griswold Street
    • 48226, Detroit, Michigan, United States

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