Photo from the Library of Congress.

The Empire Building can be seen at left in this shot looking south down Washington Boulevard in about 1940.

Photo from the Detroit Free Press archives.

Looking south on Washington Boulevard in 1931. The Empire Building is at left in the middle.

Photo from the Detroit News archives.

The Empire Building and a horse-filled Washington Boulevard.

Photo from the Detroit News archives.

The Empire Building in 1956, at right, with its cornice chopped off.

The Empire Building

Photo from the Walter P. Reuther Library.

The lobby of the gas company located inside the Empire Building

Photo from the Library of Congress

The Empire Building after losing its cornice

Photo from the HistoricDetroit.org collection; unknown photographer

The beautiful facade of the Empire Building is altered on Aug. 5, 1947.

Photo from unknown source

Photo from the Library of Congress

Photo from the Manning Brothers Collection

Photo from the Manning Brothers