Building, Detroit, since 2000
Wish Tree
Standing and open
- Opened
- 2000
- Style
- Avant garde
- Standing
- 26 years
Designed by Yoko Ono
Wish Tree has stood on Cass Ave. in Detroit since 2000, 26 years and counting. Who built it, what makes it special and how to see it for yourself.
What is there now
Standing and open
We checked building permits, sales, listings and the city's blight and demolition files on October 25, 2026. Nothing new at this address in the last two years.
The story
In 2000, as a new generation of builders put cranes back over the city, Wish Tree opened.
Yoko Ono drew the plans, in the Avant garde style.
It still stands and still opens its doors.
Next time you are nearby, stop at 1310 Cass Ave and look up.
Timeline
- 2000 Built Designed by Yoko Ono
- 2026 Today 26 years and still standing
Where it is
1310 Cass Ave.
On this map
- 1 Wish Tree This place
- 2 Detroit Times Building 80 ft
- 3 AT&T Michigan Headquarters 190 ft
- 4 Morgan Hotel 360 ft
- 5 Book Tower 440 ft
- 6 Summerfield & Hecht 440 ft
- 7 St. Aloysius Catholic Church (old) 490 ft
- 8 Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building 500 ft
- 9 Gabriel Richard Building 0.1 mi
Street map from OpenStreetMap contributors
What stood here before
Who made it
More from Detroit in the 2000s
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Comerica Park
Stadium, built 2000, by Populous
Photo: City of Detroit, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Hollywood Casino at Greektown
Skyscraper, built 2000, by Paul Steelman
Photo: Mikerussell at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Ford Field
Stadium, built 2002, by Rossetti
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
Building, built 1997, by Harold Varner
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Around the block
- Detroit Times Building Building, built 1929, Art Deco, by Albert Kahn, demolished 1978 80 ft
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AT&T Michigan Headquarters
Skyscraper, built 1919, by Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
Photo: Mikerussell at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
190 ft
- Morgan Hotel Hotel, built 1866, Italianate, demolished 1929 360 ft
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Book Tower
Hotel, built 1917, Italian Renaissance, by Louis Kamper
Photo: Albert duce, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
440 ft
- Summerfield & Hecht Building, built 1893, Italianate, by Almon C. Varney, demolished 1929 440 ft
- St. Aloysius Catholic Church (old) House of worship, built 1861, Italian Renaissance, by Donaldson & Meier, demolished 1930 490 ft
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Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building
Skyscraper, built 1976, by Smith, Hinchman & Grylls
Photo: Gurubanks, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
500 ft
- Gabriel Richard Building Building, built 1915, Chicago, by Marshall & Fox 0.1 mi
Sources
Facts only, gathered from these sources. The story above is written by Rebuild Detroit. Every photo names its author and license where it appears.