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Detroit Dry Dock yard and, in background, Dry Dock Engine Works buildings (including the Dry Dock Hotel in center), c. 1884. [5] None of the structures in this engraving survive. In the 1840s, Captain Stephen R. Kirby began a shipbuilding firm in Cleveland, Ohio , and by 1852 had moved to Saginaw, Michigan . [ 6 ]
The Port of Detroit is located along the west side of the Detroit River, and is the largest inland port in the state of Michigan. The port is overseen by the Detroit/Wayne County Port Authority, a five-member board of directors appointed by the State of Michigan, Wayne County and the City of Detroit. The authority coordinates river commerce on ...
Another famous skyscraper in Detroit is the Detroit Marriott at the renaissance center which rises 727 feet (222 m) along Detroit's International Riverfront. [A] [ 1 ] It is the 2nd tallest building in the state of Michigan, the 97th-tallest building in the United States , and the second tallest hotel building in the Western Hemisphere . [ 1 ]
The Detroit Naval Armory is a limestone structure with four main sections: a vestibule, a drill hall, an office / penthouse section, and a company drill hall. [2] The building mixes Art Moderne and Art Deco influences, and contains a large array of nautically themed WPA art [2] [3] by artists including John Tabaczuk, Edgar Yaeger, David Fredenthal and Gustave Hildebrand. [4]
Detroit City is the Place to Be. Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company (New York). First Edition, 2012. ISBN 978-0-8050-9229-5 (hardback version). Buckowczyk, John J. "The Decline and Fall of a Detroit Neighborhood: Poletown vs. G.M. and the City of Detroit." Washington and Lee Law Review, January 1, 1984. Volume 41, Issue 1, Article 5. p ...
Augustus Woodward's plan following the 1805 fire for Detroit's baroque-styled radial avenues and Grand Circus Park Streetcars on Woodward Avenue, circa 1900s. The period from 1800 to 1929 was one of considerable growth of the city, from 1,800 people in 1820 to 1.56 million in 1930 (2.3 million for the metropolitan area).
The Detroit Housing Commission required an employed parent for each family before establishing tenancy. As the Commission became less selective, crime became a problem in the 1960s and 1970s, and the projects fell into disrepair. The Frederick Douglass Apartment towers were converted to senior housing.
Detroit metro may refer to: Detroit Metropolitan Airport; Metro Detroit This page was last edited on 5 February 2024, at 20:14 (UTC). Text is available under the ...