Revival of Detroit's Book-Cadillac Hotel

[DecoJim]

Only a month and a half to go.

August 17, 2008

I took this photo: flickr.com/photos/decojim/ BC
The parking garage is almost done. The pedestrian bridge to the hotel (not visible) is just a framework.


I took this photo: flickr.com/photos/decojim/ -BC Entrance


I also looked in some of the ground floor windows on the Michigan Ave. side and I did not see finished rooms. It looks like it will be a very busy 6 weeks.

[hudkina]

They started at the top and worked their way down. The ground floors are going to be the last ones to be completed.

[DecoJim]

Thanks for the info.
I would have thought that the public spaces on the ground floor would take the most time to rebuild but perhaps the rooms I looked into are to be hotel staff offices or such.

[STLgasm]

Wow, it's amazing. Can't wait to see it in person.

[The North One]

Im so glad they diden't let this tower go to waste.

It truely is an amayzing building. any new pics?

[animatedmartian]

For as much as I heard about the restoration of this building, I never actually took the time to look at how it looked before. Maaan...

Anyway, here's some from the hotel's website. (Which I have never actually took the time to check out until now. Maaaaaaaaan....)






















http://www.bookcadillacwestin.com/gallery

I've walked past it at night and there's always tons of people in the bars, and the way it's lit up really makes it a hotel that everyone should stay in if they're visiting Detroit. The RenCen is nice, but I don't think it has as much quality. Hopefully, I'm not overselling it, but it's a nice building me thinks.

More pics here. http://www.flickr.com/photos/snweb/s...th/3060105649/

Couldn't really find a picture that really showed off how it looks at night. You'd have to see it to believe it. (Ok, now I'm overselling it just a bit.)

[LMich]

The Westin Book Cadillac


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[The North One]

^^^It looks even better at night!