"Much of the buzz about Detroit is focused on its inner-city renewal, but that’s far from the only story in town. There’s plenty worth knowing about in the outlying suburbs as well — and this includes the lovely town of Birmingham, Michigan, home of the Townsend Hotel. The building dates back only to the 1980s, but in hotels, as in so many other areas of life, it’s what’s inside that counts. In the case of the Townsend what’s inside is an absolutely classic luxury hotel, one that you’d swear had existed in its present form for half a century or more." - Tablet Hotels