Detroit Just Had the Single Largest Tax Foreclosure in American History

Detroit Is Threatening to Evict 100,000 Residents
DETROIT - NOVEMBER 20: Kathy Billingsley looks outside of the home she shares with her mother and two other relatives in an impoverished area of town November 20, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. The home, which is facing foreclosure, has had its heat turned off and the residents are facing eviction in February. An estimated one in three Detroiters lives in poverty, making the city the poorest large city in America. The Big Three U.S. automakers, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, are appearing this week in Washington to ask for federal funds to curb to decline of the American auto industry. Detroit, home to the big three, would be hardest hit if the government lets the auto makers fail. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
DETROIT - NOVEMBER 20: Kathy Billingsley looks outside of the home she shares with her mother and two other relatives in an impoverished area of town November 20, 2008 in Detroit, Michigan. The home, which is facing foreclosure, has had its heat turned off and the residents are facing eviction in February. An estimated one in three Detroiters lives in poverty, making the city the poorest large city in America. The Big Three U.S. automakers, General Motors, Ford and Chrysler, are appearing this week in Washington to ask for federal funds to curb to decline of the American auto industry. Detroit, home to the big three, would be hardest hit if the government lets the auto makers fail. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

Unlike so many industrial innovations, the revolving door was not developed in Detroit. It took its first spin in Philadelphia in 1888, the brainchild of Theophilus Van Kannel, the soon-to-be founder of the Van Kannel Revolving Door Company. Its purpose was twofold: to better insulate buildings from the cold and to allow greater numbers of people easier entry at any given time.

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