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2C0 DETROIT FREE PRESSWEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1989 I IS tZT' The ceiling of a one-time executive elevator now in use as a maintenance elevator. 1 if il. i 1 I WVWrt f- IP" THE asssv Guardian IK 1 a ill Li i3f Af 1 1 I1A'' Vibrant colors, a steel frame, terra-cotta blocks and Pewabic tile are just a few of the features of the 535-foot, 40-floor Guardian Building, which this year turns 60. "We're probably one of the top examples of art moderne in the country," said Paul Ganz, media relations specialist for Michigan Consolidated Gas Co. In 1984, MichCon began mov-.

ing from its Woodward Avenue headquarters into the Guardian. The building, which initially housed the Union Guardian Company, was Detroit's second tallest building when it opened in 1929. The Detroit architectural firm of Smith, Hinchman Grylls was commissioned to de-sign the building. Architects put the $12 million project into the hands of Wirt Rowland. Floors consist of Belgian black marble and two hues of travertine marble.

Restoration efforts, which began in 1975, included wooden grillwork and Rockwood tile. In 1987, peregrine falcons "-St rr tv" i rV u. ,1 tot fj i i 'J The Guardian Building stands tall in downtown Detroit. were released atop the south tower of the Guardian Building as part of a program to reestablish the birds in Michigan, where pesticides decimated their numbers in the 1960s. 5 7 Above, High ceilings and colorful tile in lobby have been enjoyed by people visiting the Guardian Building in downtown Detroit since it was constructed.

Right, clock in lobby tells the time. Photos by Patricia Beck i i 1 A A Above, thousands of colorful tiles accent the building. Right, view looking up from the Griswold Street entrance to the building. Jim Fitzgerald is on vacation Detroit plans to catch the 'Phantom' ETa he white-hot "Phantom of the I l'v" "1 patchouli is supposed to be an I 1 1 i i I 1 t'i', I i i ft 5. I he white-hot "Phantom of the 1 1 and it's often used in rw DlD'IT WE MEET III AliOTHER i LIFE? i Opera" phenomenon looks aphrodisiac, 0 That's what the' Queen Mother seems to be saying to actress Shirley MacLaine at the benefit debut of "Madame I i London the other evening.

That's' Reuters Twiggy looking on magic rituals, said cosmetologist Ruth Sutcliff. THE DETROIT Symphony Orchestra isn't the only classical aggregation on the rocks. Denver Symphony Orchestra's 1989 spring season will end early with Saturday's concert because of a nearly $1 million shortfall, orchestra officials say. Symphony officials said they were canceling eight concerts remaining in the 1989 spring season, but hoped to reorganize the orchestra in time for the 1989-1990 season. They plan to have a plan by Aug.

1. The Hollywood that msider Carrie Fisher knows best is a place full of stereotypes where actors can't get respect. "Hollywood is still a sexist business," the daughter of Debbie Reynolds and Eddie Fisher says in the April issue of Cosmopolitan magazirt "The most successful businesswomen are considered to be masculine. What would be regarded as good business qualities in men are put down in womi." gleefully. Ulike a sure thing for the Fisher Theatre, but not for almost two years.

"Phantom" is lurking in the wings, but it won't come until February 1991, or Christmas 1990 at the earliest, said Fisher spokesman Alan Lichtenstein. The Fisher hopes to keep the blockbuster musical for several months, he said. He guessed this September's ballyhooed opening of "Phantom" in Toronto may cost the Fisher 100,000 Detroit ticket buyers, but said he expected millions of others statewide and from Ohio will be eager to see it in Detroit. Long before '91 the Fisher is planning to have "Phantom" composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's roller-skating train musical, "Starlight Express," perhaps next season, and his "Cats" in late June, for the third time. And that other smash, "Les Miserables," is penciled in for a hoped-for minimum of 10 weeks after it opens here in September, he said.

Madonna wen, yes. Even if her new album "Like a Prayer" is hiddenut of view, yourj iose will lead 1 BRIEFLY Madonna: Fisher Nose knows A critic you to it. All copies of the LP, CD and cassette versions have been imbued with the aroma of patchouli, a heavy, woodsy perfume oil that lingers for weeks, even months, if not washed away. According to Warner Bros. Records art director Jerry Heiden, the perfume was mixed into the glue that binds the album jackets together, and is laced on the paper inserts of the cassette and CD.

"We first used it on the 12-inch single version of 'Material says Heiden. "This time Madonna requested it to suggest a smell of the church and of the 1960s." Very popular in the flower-power hippie era of Madonna's Viildhood, -while students at Bloomfield Hills Middle School suggested "Horizon," They will compete in the national contest later this year. Correction: The closed circuit telecast of Wrestlemania April 2 will be shown at Cobo Arena, not Joe Louis Arena. Edited by John Smynkkfrom stuff and wire reports featured speaker at Michigan Technological University May 20. Parks will receive an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree; Paul Mikkola of General Motors Corp.

will receive an honorary Doctor of Engineering degree. Cited: Two Michigan schools in NASA's "Name the Shuttle" contest. Students at J. Steeby Elementary School in Wayland, south of Grand Rapids, picked the name "VuApia," Hired: Channel 62 talk-show host Shaun Robinson, by WEYI-TV (Channel 25, CBS) in Flint to co-anchor the evening news. In second printing: Rev.

William I Quick's collection of sermons for radio's "The Protestant Hour." Quick is the pastor of Detroit's Metropolitan Methodist Church. To be honored: Detroiter Rosa Parks, recognized as the mother of the civil rights movement, as tlj: 5 VAILAgLE".