Fisher Building Roof

Albert kahn and associates designed the building with joseph nathaniel french serving as chief architect.

Fisher building roof.

Once known as the cathedral to commerce the 441 foot tower is decked to the nines in fancy marbles mosaics soaring painted ceilings and a whole lot of brass and bronze. The fisher building was designed as a city within a city combining commercial retail and entertainment facilities under one roof. Fisher building launches pop up and food truck series plans two new restaurants. The wing facing 2nd avenue was built as a professional wing to house physicians surgeons and dentists.

The fisher building is celebrating food from every corner of detroit with the launch of feast at the fisher a weekly pop up lunch series held in the arcade and fridays at the fisher which features local food trucks pot box s flower truck and the eastern market food stand held outside on the building west. See past project info for fisher building group including photos cost and more. The building has 21 elevators. It s been called detroit s largest art object and in 1929 it was honored by the architectural league of new york with a silver medal in architecture.

The business is a accredited with the better business bureau and factory certified through the gaf brand to provide 50 year warranties on shingle roofing. The fisher built by the fisher brothers of body by fisher fame opened in september 1928 at second avenue and grand boulevard. The fisher building rises 30 stories with a roof height of 428 feet 130 m a top floor height of 339 feet 103 m and the spire reaching 444 feet 135 m. The steep hipped roof was originally covered with gold leaf though is now clad with green tile.