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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.
A reference to the 1976 song Detroit Rock City by Kiss, this nickname highlights the city's association with rock music. Paris of the Midwest This nickname dates back to Detroit's French colonial origins, specifically to 1701 when Fort Pontchartrain was established, and the French named the waterway "le détroit du Lac Érié" (the strait of ...
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"City of Big Shoulders" is a nickname coined by Carl Sandburg in his 1914 poem "Chicago," which describes the city as "stormy, husky, [and] brawling." It is the last of several nicknames in the poem; the others hint at the city's major industrial activities, for example, the meat-packing industry and railroad industry . [ 11 ]
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 ...
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 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 ...
Detroit is the principal city in Metro Detroit and Southeast Michigan. It is situated in the Midwestern United States and the Great Lakes region. [117] The Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge is the only international wildlife preserve in North America and is uniquely located in the heart of a major metropolitan area. The refuge ...