[1] The main building held the offices of The Detroit News until 2013, and was also the site of the first commercial radio broadcast (on WWJ) in the United States.

The site at the time included the 1858 home of Zachariah Chandler, a remnant of when the area had been a fashionable residential district.

The two men worked together on the design, with Booth detailing his vision of a grand, civic-minded refinement of the essentially industrial nature of the building.

The three street-facing sides of the building are faced in buff Indiana Limestone atop a low gray granite base.

The facades between the outer bays feature arches at ground level, separated by raised piers rising to the fifth floor.

The facade is constructed in Art Deco style, using the same buff-colored brick and limestone trim materials as the Warehouse addition.