Photos: Architect Yamasaki designed gems for Wayne State campus

No architect left more of a mark on Wayne State University’s campus than Minoru Yamasaki, who is best known for designing the World Trade Center in New York City.

No architect left more of a mark on Wayne State University’s campus than Minoru Yamasaki, who is best known for designing the World Trade Center in New York City.

The mighty downtown headquarters was built at a time when Detroit had one of the largest populations in the U.S.

Over the past two months, we’ve chronicled what’s left of the plant – blocks of crumbling buildings, ravaged by scrappers, fire and extreme weather.
Part 2

DPD denies evidence of a brazen, dangerous scrapping operation that is putting motorists and residents at risk.

Once selling for six figures, the houses are on the auction block for as low as a few thousand dollars.