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In September 1995, the United Auto Workers and the City of Detroit reached a long-term agreement to lease the structure, after which it was remodeled to house UAW offices. [3] The remodel included adding a large window above the eagle on the North wall. The remodel was completed on 1 October 1997.
Detroit Sun FC (2017–2019) 42°37′16″N 83°15′15″W / 42.62111°N 83.25417°W / 42.62111; -83.25417 UWM Sports Complex is an indoor soccer-specific stadium Pontiac, Michigan The facility is one of the largest fully enclosed full-size association football arenas in the United States .
Pontiac (/ ˈ p ɒ n (t) i æ k / PON-(t)ee-ak) is a city in and the county seat of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [3] Located roughly 26 miles (41.8 km) northwest of downtown Detroit , Pontiac is part of the Detroit metropolitan area , and is variously described as a satellite city or suburb of Detroit.
Pontiac was founded in 1818-19 by a group of investors. [2] In 1819, Oakland County was established, with a county seat at Pontiac. By 1820, Pontiac had a dam, a sawmill, a flour mill, and a blacksmith shop. A courthouse was constructed in 1824, and by 1830 the city of Pontiac was clearly the center of commerce for the county.
Ford Road serves as the zero-mile line for the Detroit area's Mile Road System, [5] though it is rarely referred to as such, nor is any other road south of 5 Mile on the grid. From the Canton Center Road intersection eastward, all of M-153 is a part of the National Highway System , [ 6 ] a network of roads important to the country's economy ...
Much of US 24 in Oakland County is named Telegraph Road, and it is a major north–south road extending from Toledo, Ohio, through Monroe, Wayne, and Oakland Counties to Pontiac. It gained notoriety in a song (Telegraph Road) by the group Dire Straits. M-1 (Woodward Avenue) has a northern terminus in Pontiac. The route continues southerly from ...
By 1919, Wilson Foundry & Machine Company, Detroit Weather Proof Body Company and Pontiac Drop Forge Company were some of the diverse property owners. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] General Motors ownership of the site began with its acquisition of Rapid Motor Vehicle Company and its plant at 25 Rapid Street in 1909.
Summit Place Mall, originally Pontiac Mall, was a shopping mall in Waterford Township, Michigan, United States. Opened in 1962 as the first enclosed mall in Michigan , [ 1 ] [ 3 ] it was built on a 74-acre (30 ha) site.