^ U know i'd seen sketches of the original rendering but It's hard to grasp the scale until you've seen what it would look like if it were built. The Fisher wasn't the only mega complex being built in Detroit at that time the Book Tower was representing downtown in an New Center (uptown) vs downtown skyscraper contest. Just like the Fisher building a third phase would be built connected to the current Book Tower it was planned to be 81 floors. The current (phase 2 Book Tower) is 38 floors and 475 ft if we extrapolate about what the height of an 81 story Building would have been it's looking to be over 1,000 ft.
The central tower in the Fisher complex was planned to be 60 floors as opposed to the current 30 story 444 ft tower a 60 floor Fisher could have been pushing 1,000 feet as well. While the Empire State would still take the crown as tallest both the Book & Fisher would have been able to give it and the Chrysler a run for their money.
Here's a couple different renderings for the proposed mega Book Tower and a bit more I came across.
http://www.city-data.com/forum/detro...ook-tower.html
https://www.detroityes.com/mb/showth...uot-Book-Tower
Here's Detroit's unbuilt CBD with the 81 story Book Tower and many more including a expanded people mover haha.
http://www.atdetroit.net/forum/messa...tml?1197641829
Another Reddit find not quite as good as the first imo but I like how its got the OG gold plated roof.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Detroit/com...sher_building/