Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives; Retouching by Helmut Ziewers

The Book Tower in the background with a construction worker on top of the David Stott building in the late 1920s. The Leland Hotel can be seen on the left.

Photo from the Burton Historical Collection; Retouching by Helmut Ziewers

The Book Tower

Photo from the Burton Historical Collection.

The Book Tower

Photo from the Burton Historical Collection.

The Book Tower

Photo from the Burton Historical Collection.

The Book Tower in 1952

Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.

The Book Tower in 1949

Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.

The Book Tower in 1933

Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.

The Book Tower

Photo from the Burton Historical Collection.

Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library.

Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library.

Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.

Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.

Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.

The Book Building and Tower's parking garage, which has been demolished.

Photo from the Indiana Limestone Company. Courtesy, Indiana Geological and Water Survey, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana