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  2. William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. Detroit International Riverfront - Wikipedia

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    The park consist of the former city-owned St. Aubin Park and Marina. Located just east of downtown Detroit in the Near-East Riverfront, it covers 31 acres (13 ha) on the Detroit River, and includes a 52-slip harbor of refuge. A 63-foot (19 m) conical brick light tower marks the harbor entrance.

  4. National Register of Historic Places listings in Downtown and ...

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    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 ...

  5. National Register of Historic Places listings in Detroit

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    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 ...

  6. Belle Isle Park - Wikipedia

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    Belle Isle Park, known simply as Belle Isle (/ b ɛ l ˈ aɪ ə l /), is a 982-acre (1.534 sq mi; 397 ha) island park in Detroit, Michigan, developed in the late 19th century.. It consists of Belle Isle, an island in the Detroit River, as well as several surrounding isle

  7. Condo in Detroit’s Ransom Gillis House, featured on HGTV ...

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    The Gothic Revival-style house, located at 205 Alfred St. in Detroit’s Historic Brush Park, was originally built in 1876 and underwent a significant restoration in 2015. The property had been ...

  8. Book Tower - Wikipedia

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    Book Tower is a 145 m (476 ft), 38-story skyscraper located at 1265 Washington Boulevard in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Washington Boulevard Historic District. Construction began on the Italian Renaissance -style building in 1916, as an addition to the original Book Building, and finished a decade later, making it, at the time, the ...

  9. Hill Harper saves Detroit house where Houdini was embalmed ...

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    A former funeral home at 3975 Cass Avenue in Detroit where Houdini was embalmed after he died in Detroit in 1926 is seen on Monday, September 9, 2024.