Thank you Subterranean I needed that fix.
Bit of trivia and musing. Not sure if you guys have heard the kind of reception the Book received from critics at the time but Louis Kamper was derided as a baker for all the extreme amount detail on that beauty. I believe the notion was the building is nothing special he just used excessive icing to decorate a plain cake.
Seems like blue blooded snobbery to me against a young up and coming architect. The only faults in the building the south side fire escape added last minute would have been obscured mostly by the 80 story south tower. While the best face of the building is partially obscured when Trolly Plaza was built. It still baffles me how the building got so dirty I’ve heard theory about the stone color but imo the limestone being porous absorbed smoke from the coal fired boilers in the Statler for 50 years at a greater rate when moist.
The Book Tower renovation is truly one of the greatest Art Deco revivals ever the Book-Cadillac was seen by most as a beautiful but degraded building but few saw the same potential in the Book.
https://www.istockphoto.com/photos/d...issance-center
Speaking of revitalizing gems here’s a view of the results of the Blue Heron Lagoon restoration project the small culverts were replaced with a breach where the bridge stands. The change in water quality is amazing not only in the lagoon but downstream in Lake Okonoka going from tea colored to turquoise. It’s even more stark when looked on from above in Google Earth.
https://detroit.curbed.com/2019/12/1...le-isle-lagoon