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The Gabriel Richard Building is a ten-and-a-half-story tall Chicago Style commercial building with Classical Revival decorative elements. The building is clad with white terra cotta, and has a tripartite overall design, with a two-and-a-half-story tall base, a six-story tall main section, and a two-story tall top with surmounting parapet wall.
The commercial heart of the German neighborhood was along Michigan Avenue from 22nd to 24th Street. By 1887, this section was built up with primarily brick commercial buildings. The businesses represented included a wood and coal business, a carriage and wagon shop, a shoe store, saloon, butcher, and grocer.
Detroit River: Civic Center Drive: 1 Washington Boulevard Cobo Center: Convention center: 1960 modern: 5 Expanded 1989, 2012 (expected completion 2015) 2 Washington Boulevard Crowne Plaza Detroit Downtown Riverfront: Hotel 1965 Modern: 25 Stands on the site of Fort Pontchartrain and originally known as the Hotel Pontchartrain; a second tower ...
A 911 call center on Monday took some responsibility for an Amtrak train derailment last week in southwestern Michigan, saying it misidentified a crossing and contacted a different railroad to ...
Enhanced 911 (E-911 or E911) is a system used in North America to automatically provide the caller's location to 911 dispatchers. 911 is the universal emergency telephone number in the region. In the European Union, a similar system exists known as E112 (where 112 is the emergency access number) and known as eCall when called by a vehicle.
Gardner White is running a Detroit Lions promotion through Aug. 14. ... who is fourth generation of the 112-year-old family-owned furniture company in Warren and took over the top job this spring ...
After 27 years, the home decor and furniture store Blacklion is leaving Pineville at the end of January. The family-run store, where small businesses and merchants sell their wares, is opening a ...
The first use of a national emergency telephone number began in the United Kingdom in 1937 using the number 999, which continues to this day. [6] In the United States, the first 911 service was established by the Alabama Telephone Company and the first call was made in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968 by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite and answered by U.S. Representative Tom Bevill.