Book Tower and Building - Artifacts
Book Tower and Book Building
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On the morning of Dec. 14, 1973 Sarah Watson Leisen, a 30-year-old Detroiter, leaped from a 13th-floor window in the tower and took her life - as well as that of a man she landed on.
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The new 81-story Book Tower which was designed to be the tallest building in the world at the time.