Detroit Free Press from Detroit, Michigan • 16

GRAYSTONE NEWEST BALLROOM Barnes Gayney Co 1439 Broadway Main 2200 2201 7 supervising architect 734 Book NEW GRAYSTONE ed to the public Monday eb McNamara Was Contracted for by 230 232 Lafayette West Main Jll Roman art ffiosaic table Co Main 8198 HENRY SCHNEIDER OR SPACE ZIS Designers and Decorators IN THE GRAYSTONE 135 Philadelphia Ave SEE THE IMl Did the designing and execution of the inte rior decorations including the mural paintings ORNAMENTAL IRON WIRE WORKS i Interior inish for the Graystone Ballroom came from the mills of a General contractor on THE GRAYSTONE BUILDING Good work always assured when Sam is on the job Carpenter work 1 specialty i i ALL the electrical work in the magnificent i in the Graystone Installed by tHujIjtmg ixtures Dsigners and Manufacturers of Lighting ixtures for All Purposes Used Exclusively in The Magnificent New Graystone Building Designs and Estimates Upon Request PART ONE All of the general mason work including the terra cotta and brick laying on the new Gray stone Hotel was entrusted to our organization Our work speaks for itself Go and see McNamara Sign Company 531 Lafayette East Main 2275 Ornamental Iron Wire Worb 996 Maple St Phone Main 7473 Manufacturers and Contractors If you demand a superior quality of Marble Tile and Mosaic Work We Solicit Your Patronage An abundance of success is wished THE GRAYSTONE Samuel Satovsky (CARPENTER) PAUL SELIN The Paul Selin Co The Painting ana Decorating I for the 2127 MONTEREY AVE in the new GRAYSTONE BUILDING was done by the DEANE COMPANY No job too big for us to handle 1737 Howard Street The Reliable Painting and Decorating Company The highest standard of painting and decorating given on all kinds of jobs HEATING VENTILATING PLUMBING WORK Chas Meagher Lumber and Interior inish 9620 Greeley Hemlock 860 Samuel Satovsky Telephone Northway 2626 308 rederick MICHIGAN INVESTMENT COMPANY EXCLUSIVE AGENTS All loors in the I NEW GRAYSTONE BUILDING i Were finished by HARRY CARTER JRoor Specialist Laying Scraping Sanding old or new floors AU'work strictly first class Best Grade of looring on the market for sale HARRY CARTER INTERIOR INISH or the New Graystone Bldg Wax amished by The Sibley Lumber Company 4 Yards Everything in Lumber Phone Edgewood 1 PLASTERING Ornamental and plain plastering in the new Graystone Building was done by NATHAN RUB High Grade Work at Reasonable Prices 8900 Greeley Ave Phone Market 5592 4 New Graystone Building was done by the Hub Electric Co We specialize in doing electrical work on theaters hotels large apartment buildings cafes etc No job too big for us to handle and handle efficiently Hub Electric Co 446 Jefferson West Cadillac 5481 Comer MAIN Location after March 20 Griswold Lamed 2325 1 51 Congress St Real Estate Land Contracts Brass Standards Railings Etc in The New Graystone Building Were urnished By Market 5712 i nnnm i With a frontage of 144 feet design beautifully decorated a uniform and pleasing system also a refrigerating system to on Woodward Avenue the new On either side of the hall space of illumination Every degree be used in conjunction with the Graystone Hotel formerly has been provided for shops of light can be obtained by the ballroom so that a tempera known as the Trocadero is Surmounting the entire ball oi a uimming sys rapidly nearing completion room floor structure is a large color changes iiu rr have been worked out so that and will be one of the most im dome as one of the decorative with the use of spoUight3 and pressive structures in this par features The design is of the flood lights 'many unusual and ucuiar vicinity oi wooa ware Avenue The Gothic design is carried out in a harmonious combination of warm gray terra cotta and KitteningBrick lending dignity and promi nence to the building The new Graystone is located at 4215 Woodward near Canfield This massive reinforced con crete structure is in reality two buildings in a unit the front building and the rear or ball room unit The front was de signed for a ten story building but at the present time it is the intention to complete but five stories Six stores and a large entrance hall comprise the front building Above the first floor there is room for a 100 room hotel or 100 offices Every convenience such as high speed elevators ample light heat ventilation and plumbing have been provided and the construction is fire proof throughout Back of the front unit of the Graystone is a large square building approximately 120 124 feet and 60 feet high sep arated entirely from the build ing that faces Woodward This structure houses the ballroom with its great expanse of floor and the balcony The ballroom floor can accommodate from 2500 to 3000 people comfort ably it is complete practical THE GRAYSTONE BALLROOM convenient sate and beautriuL One enters the ballroom Adam period Throughout the through a spacious entrance entire floor facing the entrance hall which is also the entrance 'c sJae set aside for the or to the upper floors of the Gray cnhnS thi is a lar LA i i Paintcd panel depicting an old stone Ihis hall is finished in English hunting scene The marble and caen stone in Gothic lighting is indirect providing Highest class brass and iron ornamental archie tectural work our specialty Efficient service) reasonable prices Give us a call ww THE DETROIT REE PRESS SUNDAY EBRUARY 26 1922' on Woodward Avenue the new On either side of the hall space of illumination Every degree be used in conjunction with the ture of from 10 to 20 degrees lower than the outside air may be maintained during the sum mer months Provision has also been made for a complete dining sendee with ample kitchen and storage facilities On cither side of the entrance are separate checking rooms There are also large rest rooms smoking rooms and toilet rooms in the basement One ideal hjis prevailed throughout the work of the owners architects designers and artisans of the building That has been to make the structure one of beauty and practicability rom the out set the greatest care has been devoted to make it something more than a mass of building material forming just a hotel and ballroom This ideal caused much extra thought detailed work and increased cost but now ns the building reaches the completed stage the results show the additional care to have been amply justi fied Beauty grace and dignity are the first impressions re ceived from a visit to the struc ture Then as the details be come apparent the amount of artistic thought given to the plans becomes more evident Little conveniences and com forts are discovered at every turn Nothing obtrudqs from' the symmetrical whole but' is blended harmoniously with the completed scheme In this manner the many practical im provements so necessary to a place catering to the public have been worked into the ar tistic plans and decorations: The furnishings are of soft an air of luxunousness lhe designing and execution of the beautiful lighting effects cart work was in charge of Rupert be obtained during dance num Koch consulting and oers There is an indirect hqating Building system making it a simple The Graystone will be open matter to change the warm air to a cool air system There is ruary 27 COHEN SWARTZ General Mason Contractors 590 rederick St COHEN I SWARTZ THE NEW GRAYSTONE HOTEL Rupert Koch Architect 4 1 ii Wth I in I uj I ut i (aT I I i4 3 Kg 16 JT' Tn Wi A IB US.