The Book Tower at night

Ryan Southen (www.ryansouthen.com) for HistoricDetroit.org

This detail on the Book Tower mirrors the caraytids from the Book Building.

Keenan Riley for HistoricDetroit.org

The crown of the Book Tower

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Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

The Book Tower and the west side of downtown, as seen from the roof of the Penobscot Building

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

The beauty of the Book Tower

Ryan Southen for HistoricDetroit.org

The Book Tower

Ryan Southen for HistoricDetroit.org

The Book Tower, as seen from the roof of the Book-Cadillac Hotel

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

The Book Tower by night

Ryan Southen (www.ryansouthen.com) for HistoricDetroit.org

The Book Tower has been a landmark on Detroit's skyline for nearly 100 years.

Jon DeBoer for HistoricDetroit.org

A pair of Book ends: The Book-Cadillac Hotel and the Book Tower

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

The Book Tower, as seen from the roof of the Wurlitzer Building

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

The view out one of the Book Tower's 37th floor windows

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

One of the more colorful rooms inside the Book Tower during its years of abandonment

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

Detroit's skyline as seen from the Book Tower's iconic exterior fire escape

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

Photo by Alanna St. Laurent Photography (www.alannastlaurent.com)

The Book Tower from the top of the Book-Cadillac Hotel in 2008.

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

A detail at the top of the tower

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

The Book Tower, center, as seen from the top of the Greater Penobscot Building.

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

Detail of the elevator doors

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

Detail of elevator door

Photo by Dan Austin of HistoricDetroit.org

A beautiful grotesque over the Book Building's main entrance

Mark Hall for HistoricDetroit