Editing Oldsmobile (section)

==Oldsmobile Administration Building==
The 200,000 square-foot Oldsmobile Administration Building, also known as Building 70, was completed in 1966 to accommodate the company's major administration departments. Located at 920 Townsend Avenue, at what is currently the GM [[Lansing Grand River Assembly]] plant,<ref name="bldg70"/> the project was constructed by Michigan contractor Utley-James, with architectural design contracted by GMAC.<ref name="bldg70"/>

The headquarters accommodated about 900 employees in a [[Modern Architecture|Modern]] design with exterior marble and [[Curtain wall (architecture)|curtain walls]] reminiscent of the [[General Motors Technical Center]].  Approach walkways integrated snow melting units, and the design incorporated interior and exterior artwork. The building has two prominent interconnected towers in the northeast corner: a six-level north wing and a four-level south wing. The building's two-story lobby featured a sunken visitor waiting area, a place to display a current Oldsmobile, and a reception area, 'floating' within a water pool.<ref name="bldg70">{{cite web
 |title        = Remembering Building 70
 |publisher    = The Rocket Review
 |author       = Wayne Mason
 |date         = May–June 2006
 |url          = http://www.reolds.org/Newsletters/Mimages/RRmay06.pdf}}</ref>

Oldsmobile commissioned two prominent sculptures by noted sculptor [[Samuel Cashwan]], who had previously served on the General Motors Styling Staff.  The exterior Cashwan sculpture, titled ''Open Cage'',<ref name="cage">{{cite web
 |title        = A 20th Century Man, Detroit Sculptor Samuel Cashwan (1899–1988)
 |publisher    = Michigan Jewish History |date=Fall 2003|page =10
 |author       = Norma Wynick Goldman
 |url          = https://www.jhsmichigan.org/assets/docs/Journals/Michigan_Jewish_History_2003_09.pdf}}</ref> previously located outside the Admin Building's primary entrance, was donated in 2006, to be placed at the entrance to the [[R.E. Olds Transportation Museum]].<ref name="sign">{{cite web
 |title        = Oldsmobile Sign Removed
 |publisher    = Lansing State Journal
 |author       = Barbara Wieland
 |date         = January 2007
 |url          = https://www.gminsidenews.com/threads/oldsmobile-sign-removed.42600/}}</ref> The east wall of the penthouse featured the brand's name, spaced out letter by letter{{snd}}signage which was removed in 2006 and subsequently also gifted to the Lansing R.E. Olds Transportation Museum. By 1996, the company's remaining employees relocated to Detroit's [[Renaissance Center]].<ref name="bldg70"/>

Today, the Oldsmobile Administration Building continues to sit abandoned, and the entire property is fenced off. The towers have been used as a makeshift billboard, initially to promote the [[Cadillac ATS]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.motortrend.com/news/former-oldsmobile-headquarters-now-serves-as-cadillac-billboard-228655/|title=Former Oldsmobile Headquarters Now Serves As Cadillac Billboard|website=Motortrend|access-date=2025-04-06}}</ref> and currently promotes the now-discontinued [[Cadillac CTS]].