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Houses offices for the University of Michigan Detroit Centre, Detroit Medical Centre, and Detroit School of Arts. Parsons Street: 3711 Woodward Avenue Orchestra Hall (Max M. Fisher Music Center) Concert hall: 1919, 2003 Italianate, Modern 4 Home of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra: 3800 Woodward Avenue Professional Plaza Tower: Apartment building ...
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 Merchants Building was designed by Bonnah & Chaffee in 1922 for John Barlum (who also constructed the Barlum Tower). [2] Throughout its history, the building has housed many business, including at least three furriers, Midwest Woolen Co., Kroger Grocery & Bakery, NY Life Insurance Co., a jeweler and shoe repair shop. [3]
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 ...
Last week, the White House announced its new plan to increase corporate average fuel economy, or CAFE, to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. In a strange turn of events, the same American automakers ...
The Grand Riviera Theater was a movie palace theater located at 9222 Grand River Avenue in western Detroit, Michigan.It took its name from Grand River Avenue. [4] It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1980, [3] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982, [1] but was subsequently demolished in June, 1996. [4]
Music has been the dominant feature of Detroit's nightlife since the late 1940s.The metropolitan area boasts two of the top live music venues in the United States. The Pine Knob Music Theatre (formerly DTE Energy Music Theatre), which was the most attended summer venue in the United States in 2005 for the fifteenth consecutive year, while the closed Palace of Auburn Hills ranked twelfth ...
The Detroit International Riverfront is a tourist attraction and landmark of Detroit, Michigan, extending from the Ambassador Bridge in the west to Belle Isle in the east, for a total of 5.5 miles (8.8 kilometers) along the Detroit River.