B.C.B.C. Big City Battle Creek.

Art Deco skyscrapers from the early 1930s on a gloomy Sunday evening: You're familiar with the city of Battle Creek, right?

 

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In downtown Battle Creek, Michigan, on March 31st, 2024, a view from the northwest corner of West Van Buren Street and McCamly Street. There are "The Milton" apartments (left, built in 1930-1931 as an office building; originally named the Old-Merchants National Bank and Trust Company Building; later known as the Security National Bank Building, the George C. McKay Tower, and the Heritage Tower; designed by Weary & Alford; 100002887 on the National Register of Historic Places; converted to apartments in the late 2010s); and the Battle Creek Tower (right, also built in 1930-1931; originally named the Central National Tower; later known as the Wolverine Tower, the Wolverine-Federal Tower, the Transamerica-Wolverine Tower, and the Transamerica Tower; designed by Holabird & Root; 08000218 on the National Register of Historic Places; partially converted to apartments in 2006).

 

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Getty Thesaurus of Geographic Names terms:

• Battle Creek (7013360)

• Calhoun (county) (1002222)

 

Art & Architecture Thesaurus terms:

• apartment houses (300005707)

• Art Deco (300021426)

• central business districts (300000868)

• evening (300343633)

• historic buildings (300008063)

• office towers (300007046)

• parking lots (300007826)

• skylines (300075416)

• skyscrapers (300004809)

• spring (season) (300133097)

• townscapes (built environment) (300008923)

• urban landscapes (300132447)

• winter (300133101)

 

Wikidata items:

• 31 March 2024 (Q69307122)

• 1930s in architecture (Q16482516)

• 1931 in architecture (Q2811536)

• Art Deco architecture (Q12720942)

• Battle Creek/Elkhart Outwash Plain (Q98409621)

• Battle Creek Tower (Q65066396)

• Kalamazoo-Battle Creek-Portage, MI Combined Statistical Area (Q125502770)

• March 31 (Q2461)

• March 2024 (Q61312976)

• The Milton (Q65066699)

• National Register of Historic Places (Q3719)

• overcast (Q1055865)

• Southern Michigan (Q7570136)

• Southern Michigan/Northern Indiana Drift Plains (Q53769966)

• Treaty of Chicago (1821) (Q928799)

• Weary and Alford Company (Q67130200)

• West Michigan (Q3358100)

 

Library of Congress Subject Headings:

• Office buildings—Michigan (sh2008002547)

 

Union List of Artist Names IDs:

• Holabird & Root (500033200)

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