how's book tower holding up?

[dexterferry]

go to flickr and visit the Usual Suspects. you'll see just how "sealed tight" the book tower is.

[Gistok]

I'm going to the Michigan Building today [[4/30)... so thanks for the reminder... I'll bring my camera along and get some photos with some interesting perspectives of the backsides of the Book Tower/Building from one of the upper floors of the [[nearby) Michigan Building.

Also, I'm gonna try and see if I can take some photos of the upper parts of the United Artists Theatre and UA Building from as high a perspective in the [[next door) 13 story Michigan Building as I am permitted.

I'm curious to see if the United Artists Theatre roof really has been repaired.

I've been keeping the folks at the Theatre Historical Society informed on the mysterious goings on at the United Artists Theatre/Building.

[Pcm]

go to flickr and visit the Usual Suspects. you'll see just how "sealed tight" the book tower is.

How about a link?

[buildingsofdetroit]

How about a link?

Those [[[[[[ bags who go by Survival Crackas posted some videos on TrespasserTV [["Broadcast your misdemeanors"):

http://trespassertv.com/video/c94798...The-Book-Tower
http://trespassertv.com/video/3e0c16...-Book-Tower-II

At least they're not destroying stuff like they usually do.

[rjlj]

^^^They are white suburban urban destroyers from Northville. They are pretty much responsible for a lot of the damage to downtown's historical buildings that isn't casued by scrappers.

[d.mcc]

^^^They are white suburban urban destroyers from Northville. They are pretty much responsible for a lot of the damage to downtown's historical buildings that isn't casued by scrappers.

Mwuahahaha

[buildingsofdetroit]

^^^They are white suburban urban destroyers from Northville. They are pretty much responsible for a lot of the damage to downtown's historical buildings that isn't casued by scrappers.

Hence why I called them what they are, "[[[[[[ bags."

[d.mcc]

Hence why I called them what they are, "[[[[[[ bags."

Diggin' the most recent comment on the vids

[buildingsofdetroit]

Diggin' the most recent comment on the vids

"Excellent! Mommy and Daddy let you borrow the car for the drive in from Northville again! Now you can videotape yourself busting up another building. I love people that are responsible for property damage and think its no big deal, yet fail to realize it’s morons like you that force the city into tearing down these buildings before they can be refurbed because no one wants to clean up after you tools."

I wish those were my words. I made a less slamming comment on a video of theirs on YouTube where they're laying waste to the Wurlitzer Building and he threatened to "kick my ass." Ha. Right. I'd love to tie 'em up in a building they've destroyed when it has to be demolished cuz of schittheads like them.

[wolverine]

go to flickr and visit the Usual Suspects. you'll see just how "sealed tight" the book tower is.

This was a couple months back. The tower is no longer open. Can you provide a more recent description of the tower?

[dexterferry]

I saw several access points no more than two weeks ago.

[bigtreble]

There was no street/alley access to the Book Tower on Saturday mid-afternoon.

All of the doors had heavy chains on them. The security guard was very friendly but would not even consider giving us a peek inside. She said construction crews have been 'cleaning up' the buildng over the past few weeks, but last week there wasn't much activity. A large generator [[pump?) was running in the alley.

Is there a resource that can provide information on legally touring the interiors of abandonded skyscrapers/theaters? I tried the Preservation Wayne skyscraper tour last summer but that only provided views from the sidewalk and lobbies of active buildings.