Architect Of The Renaissance Center Dies At 93
The Detroit Renaissance Center is the building that most around the country know Detroit by. And its architect is gone. That man was John C. Portman Jr., who died on Saturday at the age of 93 in Atlanta, Georgia. Portman was also the mind behind various developments around the world such as the Peachtree Center in Atlanta; the Embarcadero Center in San Francisco; the Yintai Center in Beijing; and the Tomorrow Square in Shanghai. He left his modern, futurist mark across the world. Wh...
