The Penobscot climbs up the Detroit skyline.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
The Penobscot under construction Oct. 22, 1928, with Old City Hall and the Dime Building.
Photo from Walter P. Reuther Library.
Campus Martius
Photo from the Burton Historical Collection.
An aerial view
Photo from the Burton Historical Collection.
City Hall is dwarfed by the Penobscot, back left.
Old City Hall and the Penobscot.
Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library.
The Penobscot, as seen from the top of the Guardian.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
The tops of the Penobscot and the Guardian buildings.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
The Penobscot's original Art Deco lobby, which was covered with a drop ceiling.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
The big chief on the Griswold Street side.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
The 'Nob's nob up close.
Photo from Free Press archives.
The Penobscot's entrance on Griswold Street in 1972.
Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.
The Penobscot Building at night in 1929, a year after it opened.
Photo from the Detroit News archives.