As the tallest building in Downtown Detroit, the Renaissance Center has dominated the city’s skyline for more than four decades ... but what did the city look like before the enormous building was erected?

The inaugural Detroit Grand Prix in 1982 was a race through Downtown Detroit.

The Renaissance Center has dominated Detroit's skyline since its completion in 1977.

DETROIT – General Motors has a new logo atop the Renaissance Center in Detroit. Read more: New campaign, and logo, for GM in a bid to electrify imageGeneral Motors is changing its corporate logo and launching an electric vehicle marketing campaign to reshape its image as clean vehicle company, rather than a builder of gas-powered pickups and SUVs. GM said the industry has reached a history-changing inflection point for mass adoption of electric vehicles. The campaign comes as stock market investors are enthralled with companies that make electric vehicles. Related: From the vault: 1973 special on Detroit Renaissance CenterAutomotive topic pages