I think that the BuildingsOfDetroit's website images shows the M-L as a very attractive complex...
http://buildingsofdetroit.com/conten...tage-postcards

Granted it may not have been in the top 20 architectural buildings downtown... but it was still a sad loss of a grand structure that once complemented the Italian Renaissance Piazzo style Detroit Athletic Club club across the street. It was a great loss for a grand boulevard... Madison Ave.