"My favorite Renaissance Center moment came in the mid-1980s when Detroit Mayor Coleman Young spoke there at a long-forgotten public event," our columnist Joe Lapointe writes. "The RenCen was a proud achievement for the Motor City’s chief executive in that era and it had just undergone one of its periodic interior renovations."⁠ ⁠ “It’s beautiful,” the mayor said, “but I still can’t find my way around this damn place.” Young smiled and chuckled as he said it — as he often did when kidding on the square.⁠ ⁠ Now that General Motors has announced plans to abandon its RenCen headquarters for the new Hudson’s building — while the office vacancy rate grows downtown — metro Detroiters are openly contemplating the future of a signature local landmark.⁠ ⁠ See link in bio to read the full column.⁠ ⁠ 📸: Meghan Hess, Flickr Creative Commons⁠ ⁠ #detroit #metrodetroit #generalmotors #gm #hudsonsbuilding #rencen #renaissancecenter #detroitarchitecture #colemanyoung #downtowndetroit