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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 ...
Name Image Location Summary Bricktown Historic District Separates the Renaissance Center from Greektown.: Bricktown separates the Renaissance Center from Greektown. [citation needed] Bricktown is home to St. Peter and Paul's Catholic Church, the oldest standing church in Detroit, and the Italian Renaissance style Wayne County Building (which was saved from demolition in the early 1980s).
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Mount Clemens, the Macomb county seat, is 11 miles (18 km) to the southeast, and downtown Detroit is 24 miles (39 km) to the south. According to the United States Census Bureau , the township has a total area of 35.2 square miles (91 km 2 ), of which 34.4 square miles (89 km 2 ) are land and 0.8 square miles (2.1 km 2 ), or 2.31%, are water. [ 1 ]
Grosse Pointe: 1890 - 1930 (Images of America). Arcadia. ISBN 0-7385-0840-3. Tentler, Leslie Woodcock with foreword by Edmund Cardinal Szoka (1992). Seasons of Grace: A History of the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-2106-2. Tutag, Nola Huse with Lucy Hamilton (1988). Discovering Stained Glass in ...
JC Reindl, Detroit Free Press November 1, 2024 at 12:57 PM Dan Gilbert plans to bring an immersive, ultra-high-definition TV viewing venue for sports and events to Detroit.
The community of Ida was listed as a new census-designated place for the 2020 census. [ 11 ] Ida Center is an unincorporated community located near the center of the township along the intersection of Ida Center Road and Lewis Avenue at 41°51′58″N 83°34′17″W / 41.86611°N 83.57139°W / 41.86611; -83.
Woodbridge is an intact neighborhood of architecturally significant buildings and has had an important effect on the history of Detroit. The neighborhood, dating to the Victorian era, has largely escaped the redevelopment efforts that have obliterated many of Detroit's other historic areas.