Detroit Michigan ~ Cadillac Hotel ~ Old Film Photo

            The Book-Cadillac glistens above Washington Boulevard, a towering symbol of Detroit’s latest attempts at a renaissance. For decades, it was the city’s most opulent hotel and - after nearly 25 years of abandonment and blight - has reclaimed its throne.

The building’s history, like much of the city’s historic architecture, begins in the 1920s. The Book brothers were seeking to make Washington Boulevard the most opulent, most successful retail destination in Detroit. By 1923, the siblings had built the Washington Boulevard Building and the Book Building and had already cornered much of the real estate on the boulevard. But the Statler Hotel, which opened Feb. 6, 1915, anchored their boulevard on the north and was drawing their tourists. The brothers decided they needed a hotel of their own.
The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit is a luxurious historic skyscraper hotel located at 1114 Washington Boulevard in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Washington Boulevard Historic District. Designed in the Neo-Renaissance style, and constructed as the Book-Cadillac, it is part of Westin Hotels and embodies Neo-Classical elements and building sculpture, incorporating brick and limestone. Among its notable features are the sculptures of notable figures from Detroit's history—General Anthony Wayne, Antoine Laumet de La Mothe, sieur de Cadillac, Chief Pontiac, and Robert Navarre along the ornate Michigan Avenue façade and copper-covered roof elements.[2] The flagship hotel is 349 ft (106 m) tall with 31 floors, and includes 67 exclusive luxury condominiums and penthouses on the top eight floors. It reopened in October 2008 after completing a $200-million reconstruction project and contains the Roast restaurant and 24 Grille.
   

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Taken in: United States / Michigan / Detroit / Theater District (show map)

Taken on: April 15, 2004

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Camera: Kodak LS443 Zoom, f/9.5, 1/180 sec, 7.5mm (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Kodak LS443 Zoom
Aperture:	f/9.5
Exposure Time:	0.006 sec (1/180)
Focal Length:	7.5mm
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Auto, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Program AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Average
White Balance:	Auto
Color Space:	sRGB
Software:	Snapseed 2.7.4225
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