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Downtown Detroit
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 ...
History of Detroit
National Register of Historic Places listings in Detroit
Renaissance Center
Campus Martius Park (/ ˈ m ɑːr ʃ ʌ s / MAR-shuss) [1] is a re-established park in Downtown Detroit, Michigan.After the Great Fire of 1805, Campus Martius (from the Latin for Field of Mars, where Roman heroes walked) was the focal point of Judge Augustus Woodward's plans to rebuild the city. [2]
Between 1996 and 2006, downtown Detroit attracted more than $15 billion in new investment from private and public sectors. [36] In 2011, Quicken Loans moved its company headquarters to downtown Detroit, consolidating suburban offices, a move considered to be of high importance to city planners to reestablish the historic downtown. [37]
July 15, 1982. Washington Boulevard Historic District is a multi-block area of downtown Detroit, Michigan. It consists of structures facing Washington Boulevard between State and Clifford Streets. In 1982, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places. It includes the Book-Cadillac Hotel, the Book Tower, the Industrial Building, and ...