A view of the Whittier Hotel at 450 Burns Street - Photo from Aug. 8, 2026

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A view of the Whittier Hotel at 450 Burns Street, looking north - Photo from Aug. 8, 2026

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.DetroitAuthenticLens.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

A view of the Whittier Hotel at 450 Burns Street, looking north - Photo from Mar. 28, 2023

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A view of the Southwest elevation of the Whittier Hotel in 2023

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Photo from Jul. 9, 2021

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.DetroitAuthenticLens.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Photo from Jul. 9, 2021

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.DetroitAuthenticLens.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

A close-up view of the Whittier Hotel at 450 Burns Street - Photo from Jul. 9, 2021

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.DetroitAuthenticLens.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

A distant view of the Whittier Hotel at 450 Burns Street - Photo from Jul. 9, 2021

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A view of the Whittier Hotel at 450 Burns Street - Photo from Jul. 9, 2021

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.DetroitAuthenticLens.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

A close-up view of the Whittier Hotel at 450 Burns Street - Photo from Jul. 9, 2021

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.DetroitAuthenticLens.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Photo from Jul. 9, 2021

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.DetroitAuthenticLens.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Photo from Jul. 9, 2021

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.DetroitAuthenticLens.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

A view of the Whittier Hotel at 450 Burns Street, looking northeast - Photo from Mar. 28, 2023

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A view of the Whittier Hotel at 450 Burns Street, looking northwest - Photo from Mar. 28, 2023

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.DetroitAuthenticLens.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Photo from Jul. 9, 2021

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.DetroitAuthenticLens.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

A close-up view of the Whittier Hotel at 450 Burns Street - Photo from Jul. 9, 2021

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.DetroitAuthenticLens.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

Photo from Aug. 8, 2026

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.DetroitAuthenticLens.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

A view of the Whittier Hotel at 450 Burns Street, looking northeast - Photo from Jul. 9, 2021

Photo (©) by Helmut Ziewers (www.DetroitAuthenticLens.com) of HistoricDetroit.org

A view of the still vacant Whittier Tower on the left and the 8-story Whittier Manor Senior Apartments on the right - Photo from Sep. 14, 2026

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A view of the still vacant Whittier Tower on the far left, the 8-story Whittier Manor Senior Apartments at center-left and Jefferson Avenue Presbyterian Church on the right - Photo from Sep. 14, 2026

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