Book Tower would go on serving as a key cog in the downtown Detroit office building scene right into the early 1970s. Its downturn – starting at about the half century mark of its lifespan ...

A $313 million restoration plan for Detroit's 1917- and 1926-built Book Building and Book Tower will include 95 residential units, 180,000-square-feet of retail and office space and a planned hotel.

Several restaurants and a hotel have opened within Detroit's historic Book Tower as part of a years-long restoration project of the building undertaken by its developer and architecture studio ODA.

This is what several attendees had the chance to experience Saturday afternoon during the "A Look Inside the Book Tower" tour. Hosted by Detroit Design 139, the event allowed more than 100 guests ...