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Atkinson Avenue Historic District in Detroit. Pictured is the block of Atkinson between Byron Avenue and Woodrow Wilson Avenue, looking toward the west. Photographed in 2007. Atkinson Avenue is an east–west street located in the geographic heart of the city of Detroit, Michigan. The historic district had 225 houses in 2010. [1]
University District is also seeing a surge in the number of LGBTQ families moving into the neighborhood, which engulfs and relives the history of the district. The University District was the first organized neighborhood in the City of Detroit to recognize, embrace, and support Gay and Lesbian persons, dating back to the 1950s. [2]
Rosedale Park is a historic district located in Detroit, Michigan. It is roughly bounded by Lyndon, Outer Drive, Grand River Avenue, Southfield Freeway, Glastonbury Avenue, Lyndon Street and Westwood Drive. [1] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2006. [1]
Campus Martius Park (/ ˈ m ɑːr ʃ ʌ s / MAR-shuss) [1] is a re-established park in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. After the Great Fire of 1805 , Campus Martius (from the Latin for Field of Mars , where Roman heroes walked) was the focal point of Judge Augustus Woodward 's plans to rebuild the city. [ 2 ]
James E. Scripps, founder of The Evening News (now The Detroit News) and early benefactor of the Detroit Museum of Art (now The Detroit Institute of Arts), to which he gave one of the first major accessions of early paintings for any American museum. Scripps is the namesake for Scripps Park, a public park in the southern part of the neighborhood.
The William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor (formerly named Tri-Centennial State Park and Harbor) is a public recreation area located on the Detroit River just east of downtown Detroit, Michigan, on a portion of the city's International Riverfront. The state park's 31 acres (13 ha) include wetlands, paved trails, and a 52-slip harbor of ...
Brightmoor is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan, near the northwest border of the city. [3] Brightmoor is defined by the Brightmoor Alliance as being bordered by Puritan Avenue to the north, the CSX railway to the south, Evergreen Road to the east, and West Outer Drive, Dacosta Street, and Telegraph Road to the west.
The Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building is a class-A skyscraper located at 477 Michigan Avenue in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, designed by the Detroit architectural firm of Smith, Hinchman and Grylls. It opened in 1976 to consolidate the offices of federal agencies which were scattered in several locations in the area.