Book-Cadillac Hotel - Photos
Book-Cadillac Hotel
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The Book Cadillac front entrance in March 2023
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The Book Cadillac (Westin) Hotel during sunrise in early 2023
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South facade detail
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A portrait of Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, the founder of Detroit - one out of four portraits on the south facade. Some details of note: the six ducks in Cadillac's coat of arms and the interlocking letters "BC" for Book-Cadillac. This hotel was once owned by the Book brothers, who owned much of Washington Boulevard in the 1920s.
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A portrait of General Anthony Wayne, with a whimsical "coat of arms" above the figure, featuring three mittens and a moose. General Wayne is holding the treaty in which the British cede all the territory from the Ohio to the Mississippi Rivers to the United States.
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The Odawa (Ottawa) Chief Pontiac
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Another influential Detroiter, Robert Navarre, royal notary at Fort Ponchartrain.
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The lions represents majesty and protection and the open book symbolizes peace and wisdom. Taken together, they express the concept that a wise person knows he or she can find a safe place at the Book-Cadillac Hotel.
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A detail shot of one of the lions
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Much of the city's hopes for rebirth rests on the Book-Cadillac's success.
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One of the ziggarauts of the Book-Cadillac, as seen from the roof of the David Stott Building
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The Book-Cadillac and the west side of downtown, as seen from the roof of the Penobscot Building
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Book Cadillac Hotel from a distance
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A pair of Book ends: The Book-Cadillac Hotel and the Book Tower
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The Book-Cadillac at night, from the roof of the Penobscot.
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The demolition of the Lafayette Building created never-before-seen views of the Book-Cadillac.
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Looking up Shelby Street toward the Book-Cadillac Hotel from the roof of the old Federal Reserve Building.
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The Book-Cadillac Hotel and the rest of downtown Detroit, as seen from the roof of the Book Tower
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The Book-Cadillac towers over Michigan Avenue.
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One of the Book-Cadillac Hotel's ziggarauts, as seen from the hotel's roof, during the renovation of the hotel in 2008.
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The re-created balconies of the Book-Cadillac's Grand Ballroom. The re-creation closed the balconies off.
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The Book-Cadillac Hotel's modernized interior in 2008.
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The Book-Cadillac Hotel, far left, as seen from the top of the Greater Penobscot Building.