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The city of Flint contacted urban planner Robert Moses to select the site. [2] In 1955, the selected site was cleared, and in 1956 the city selected the Detroit firm of H. E. Beyster & Associates to design the project and the Flint-based Sorenson-Gross Construction Company to construct it. Ground was soon broken, and by 1957 the first buildings ...
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In 1937, Knapp's commenced construction of a new building, completed in 1939, at 300 S. Washington, on the site of the Hotel Downey, which was demolished to make room for the new store, [3] and the still earlier Lansing House hotel and saloon. [9] The store expanded by the 1940s to cover a full city block. [1]
The City of Flint has operated under at least four charters (1855, [1] 1888, [2] 1929, 1974 [3]). The City is currently run under its 2017 [4] charter that gives the city a Strong Mayor form of government. It is also instituted the appointed independent office of Ombudsman, while the city clerk is solely appointed by the City Council. The City ...
[9] [10] At the 2020 census, Flint had a population of 81,252, [5] making it the twelfth-most populous city in Michigan. The Flint metropolitan area is located entirely within Genesee County. It is the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Michigan with a population of 406,892 in 2020. [11] The city was incorporated in 1855.
Built at a cost of $24,500 ($750,000 in 2025), the building housed the territorial government and state legislatures until 1848, when a hastily erected wood building was constructed in Lansing following a decision made March 17, 1847, to move the capital from Detroit to Lansing. The Detroit building then became a public school (the Union School ...
City Building Image Height Floors Year Primary purpose Previous names (ft) (m) Alcona County: Harrisville: Alcona County Building [1] 12.14 3.70: 1: 1956: Government: Alger County: Munising: Alger County Courthouse [2] 24.28 7.40: 2: 1980: Government: Allegan County: Allegan: Allegan County Building [3] 24.28 7.40: 2: 1961: Government: Alpena ...
The Hammond Building (1889) is considered Detroit's first steel-framed skyscraper, though it is now demolished. Detroit's oldest existing steel-framed skyscraper is the 12-story United Way Community Services Building (1895) at 1212 Griswold, originally known as the Chamber of Commerce Building.