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Getty Images Detroit slang is an ever-evolving dictionary of words and phrases with roots in regional Michigan, the Motown music scene, African-American communities and drug culture, among others.
Commonly used shorthand for Detroit, especially in modern music and media. The 313 Named after Detroit's area code, 313, this nickname symbolizes local pride and has been popularized in media such as the film 8 Mile (2002). [5] D-Town A casual and widely used nickname that represents Detroit's urban identity. Renaissance City
Downtown Detroit was named among the best big city neighborhoods in which to retire by CNN Money Magazine editors. [2] The Detroit Opera House is located at Broadway and Grand Circus. The east necklace of Downtown links Grand Circus and the stadium area to Greektown along Broadway.
The Vehicle City [41] Frankenmuth – Michigan's Little Bavaria [42] Fremont – Baby Food Capital of the World [43] Gaylord – Michigan's Alpine Village [44] Glenn – The Pancake Town [45] Grand Haven – Coast Guard City, USA [46] Grand Rapids. Furniture City [47] Beer City USA [48] Greenville – The Danish Festival City [49] Hamtramck ...
"Mud City" – possibly the oldest nickname for the city, referring to the fact that the terrain of the city used to be a mud flat [22] " City by the Lake " – used as early as the 1890s [ 23 ] " The City that Works " – slogan from Richard J. Daley 's tenure as mayor , describing Chicago as a blue-collar , hard-working city, which ran ...
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 ...
Corktown is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan.It is the oldest extant neighborhood in the city. [2] [3] The current boundaries of the district include I-75 to the north, the John C. Lodge Freeway (The Lodge) to the east, Bagley and Porter streets to the south, and Rosa Parks Boulevard (12th Street) to the west. [1]
The William Livingstone House at 284 Eliot Street, shortly before demolition in 2007. William Livingstone Jr. (1844–1925), publisher of the Detroit Evening Journal, [3] was the second president of the Dime Savings Bank. [4] He hired a young Kahn, who was working for the architectural firm of Mason & Rice, to design his residence at 76 Eliot ...