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The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is located at 461 Piquette, on the northwest corner of Piquette and Beaubien. It is a three-story mill-style building designed by Field, Hinchman, and Smith for Ford in 1904. [12] The first Model Ts were built in this building. [13] The building was designated a National Historic Landmark on February 17, 2006. [1]
Detroit's six-county Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) has a population of about 4.3 million and a workforce of about 2.1 million. [9] In December 2017, the Department of Labor reported metropolitan Detroit's unemployment rate to be 4.2%. [10] The Detroit MSA had a Gross Metropolitan Product (GMP) of $252.7 billion as of September 2017. [11]
Detroit's Eastern Market. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3274-9. Meyer, Katherine Mattingly; McElroy, Martin C.P., eds. (1980). Detroit Architecture A.I.A. Guide Revised Edition. W. Hawkins Ferry. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-1651-4. Sugrue, Thomas (1996). The Origins of the Urban Crisis: Race and Inequality in Postwar ...
Detroit (/ d ɪ ˈ t r ɔɪ t / ⓘ dih-TROYT, locally also / ˈ d iː t r ɔɪ t / DEE-troyt) [8] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest U.S. city on the Canadian border and the county seat of Wayne County. Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, [9] making it the 26th-most populous city in ...
A photo-journalistic advertising campaign launched to "shine a spotlight on the people in Detroit who make remarkable contributions" to the city. The Renaissance Center is owned by General Motors. The hotel in the central tower is now managed by the Marriott hotel chain and is called the Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center. The 1,298 ...
The 1967 Detroit riot, also known as the 12th Street Riot and the Detroit Uprising, was the bloodiest of the urban riots in the United States during the "long, hot summer of 1967". [3] Composed mainly of confrontations between African American residents and the Detroit Police Department , it began in the early morning hours of Sunday July 23 ...
Bed Bath & Beyond in Markham, Ontario, 2018.This location was among the last in Canada, closing in April 2023. Bed Bath & Beyond was an American big-box retail chain specializing in housewares, furniture, and specialty items.