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Michigan's numbering plan expanded from three area codes in 1947 to twelve: 1947: Area codes 313, 517 and 616 are three of the original 86 area codes in the North American Numbering Plan. 1961: Area code 906 was created in the first split of 616. 1993: Area code 810 was created in the first split of 313.
J. W. Westcott II is a post office boat that delivers mail to ships while they are underway. It operates out of Detroit, Michigan, and, as it is an official post office for the United States Postal Service, it also contains the only floating ZIP Code in the United States—48222.
Belle Isle State Park is a 982-acre (397 ha) island state park in the Detroit River, home to the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory, the Detroit Yacht Club, the Detroit Boat Club, the Dossin Great Lakes Museum, a Coast Guard post, and a golf course. Until its November 2013 conversion to a state park, it was largest island city park in the ...
Woodbridge is a historic neighborhood of primarily Victorian homes located in Detroit, Michigan.The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1980, with later boundary increases in 1997 and 2008. [1]
Detroit's lowest elevation is along the Detroit River, at a surface height of 572 feet (174 m). [119] Belle Isle Park is a 982-acre (1.534 sq mi; 397 ha) island park in the Detroit River, between Detroit and Windsor, Ontario. It is connected to the mainland by the MacArthur Bridge.
According to an article in the January 20, 2010, edition of the Detroit Free Press, the neighborhoods around the area compose six of the ten most polluted zip codes in Michigan. In the article, residents cite air quality samples containing lead and high levels of methyl ethyl ketone , large numbers of cancer and asthma cases, and foul smells ...
In 1992 the Detroit Board of Education voted to move Malcolm X Academy, an "African-centered" curriculum school, into the former Leslie school. [11] Malcolm X had 470 students, one of whom was white. The move prompted a protest from the community, which at the time was a majority White working class community. [ 12 ]
Area code 679 has been reserved as a future overlay for the 313 territory. [2] [3] In February 2000, the area code was assigned as a second area code in the county of Wayne in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Michigan. [4] However, the relief schedule was cancelled in April 2000, and the implementation of the overlay was suspended. [5]