How can I see your 13 pics?
The words "post at Vox" in this thread's first item are a clickable link to here: http://citychicken.vox.com/

That site has the anonymous writer/photographer's 13 new photos, Tom.

I don't know whether his name is David. I do know mine isn't.

The David whose name is on the 1928 abandoned office tower was a Detroit insurance broker who bought it in 1945. He died in 1957.

That Wikipedia research, incidentally, led me to this optimistic note there:
The David Broderick Tower . . . is under redevelopment with an expected completion date in 2010.
Or not.