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The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department is a sprawling network covering 1,079 square-miles, [1] [3] servicing more than 40 percent of the U.S. state of Michigan's population, [1] and employing nearly 2,000 people. [4]
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
The Detroit Industry Murals (1932–1933) are a series of frescoes by the Mexican artist Diego Rivera, consisting of twenty-seven panels depicting industry at the Ford Motor Company and in Detroit. Together they surround the interior Rivera Court in the Detroit Institute of Arts .
WTVS (channel 56) is a PBS member television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States, owned by Detroit Public Media.Its main studios are located at the Riley Broadcast Center and HD Studios on Clover Court in Wixom, [2] with an additional studio at the Maccabees Building in Midtown Detroit. [3]
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Building in Detroit. The Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Building is a skyscraper located at 600 East Lafayette Boulevard in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, near the Renaissance Center complex. It is also known as the Blue Cross Blue Shield Service Center. It was constructed in 1971, and stands at 22 floors.
Compared to the two dailies, the Detroit Free Press and the Detroit News, the Metro Times has a liberal orientation, like its later competitor Real Detroit Weekly. As of 2014, average circulation for the Metro Times was 50,000 weekly and it was available at more than 1,200 locations. [1] Average readership is just over 700,000 weekly. [2]
The Midtown Woodward Historic District is a historic district located along Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan.Structures in the district are located between 2951 and 3424 Woodward Avenue, and include structures on the corner of Charlotte Street (14 Charlotte Street) and Peterboro Street (10 and 25 Peterboro Street).
The United States Immigration Station is a former government building located at 333 Mount Elliott Street in Detroit, Michigan. Until March 2024, it was known as the Rosa Parks Federal Building, [2] [3] and houses the Detroit Field Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement. [4] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in ...