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"Detroit's
Statler and Book-Cadillac Hotels: The Anchors of
Washington Boulevard" is published by Arcadia
Publishing as part of their Images of America series.
Each Arcadia title contains 128 pages of high quality
historic photographs and descriptive text.
A
companion to this website "Detroit's Statler
and Book-Cadillac Hotels" is a look back
at the glory years of Detroit's two leading hotels.
183 photographs divided into 4 chapters cover a
wide range of topics such as construction photos,
people, events, interior, exterior, and eventual
decline. Gathered from the Manning Brothers Historic
Photographic Collection, The Burton Historical Collection,
The Walter Reuther Library at Wayne State University,
and several private collections, the bulk of these
rare images have never before been seen in print
or on the web.
Purchasing
Information
Order
from this website! Help support this
site! Signed copies are available to order right
from this site. Cost is $20 for each book + $1 for
shipping. Copies purchased direct mean greater profits
to be used in further development of these pages!
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ship quickly upon recept of payment.
To
order simply send me an e-mail
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Please include "Hotels Book" in the subject
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The
book is also available from these sources...
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Publishing
Detroit
area book stores: If you live in the Detroit
area you will find this title in your local bookstore.
Chapters
Detroit's
Statler and Book-Cadillac Hotels is divided into
4 chapters. Below you will find descriptions of
these chapters as well as sample photos and page
scans. Please note that the actual book is much
higher quality then these scans.
One:
"The Fifth Avenue of the West"
In
this chapter the backstory of Detroit's
early hotel industry and development of
Washington Blvd is estalished.
sample
photo
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Two:
"The Statler Hotel: 1915-1975"
The
second chapter covers the revolutionary
Statler Hotel's 60 year run, from the
rise of the Statler chain, to the highs
and lows of the following decades.
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Three:
"The Book-Cadillac Hotel: 1924-1984"
Like
chapter two, this chapter covers the run
of the Book-Cadillac from the ambition
to the Book brothers, to its long decline
in the 1970's.
sample
photo
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This
chapter provides a look at the hotels
in the 1990's. Key focus is given to the
mining of architectural features during
the closure.
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