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The Lower Woodward Avenue Historic District, also known as Merchant's Row, is a mixed-use retail, commercial, and residential district in downtown Detroit, Michigan, located between Campus Martius Park and Grand Circus Park Historic District at 1201 through 1449 Woodward Avenue (two blocks between State Street to Clifford Street) and 1400 through 1456 Woodward Avenue (one block between Grand ...
First and Second Williams Blocks, 16-30 and 32-34 Monroe, 1908. Second Williams Block, 16-30 Monroe Avenue, 1989. John Constantine Williams, a member of one of Detroit's wealthiest mid-19th-century families and son of John R. Williams, [8] built this structure in 1872–73, directly adjacent to his earlier structure (the first Williams block) at 32-42 Monroe. [12]
The Hotel Tuller was originally constructed in 1906 [3] by Lew Whiting Tuller. [5] The hotel originally had nine floors; five additional floors were added in 1910. [1] A 14-story annex was added to the southeast of the original building in 1914, [1] and it was a popular site for conventions and banquets. [6]
The city of Detroit announced its plans today for road closures leading up to next week's Grand Prix event The three-day event will be in downtown from Friday, May 31, until Sunday, June 2.
The Renaissance Center, commonly known as the RenCen, [8] is a complex of seven connected skyscrapers in downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States.Located on the Detroit International Riverfront, the RenCen is owned and used by General Motors as its world headquarters.
In 1957, the City of Detroit constructed a parking garage under the two halves of the park. [6] The eastern portion houses space for 250 cars and the western portion accommodates 540. [7] The half-moon shaped park is divided down its center by Woodward Avenue, the city's main thoroughfare.
The Hotel Alexandria is a historic building constructed as a luxury hotel at the beginning of the 20th century in what was then the heart of downtown Los Angeles.As the business center of the city moved gradually westward, the hotel decayed and gradually devolved into a single-room occupancy (SRO) hotel housing long-term, low income residents and gained a reputation for crime and being unsafe.
The famed Hotel Alexandria in sunny Los Angeles was not only a destination for Hollywood's biggest stars in the 20s and 30s, it also saw its fair share of visitors from the White House as well!