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Donning battle gear, the guardsmen proceeded to Michigan Avenue and positioned themselves between the Conrad Hilton hotel and the protesters in Grant Park. [33] While this stand-off occurred at Grant Park, 200 Chicago policemen used tear gas and dump trucks as improvised tanks to disperse protesters at Lincoln Park.
The statue is about nine feet (three meters) in height. It depicts Black Partridge, a Potawatomi chief, saving the life of Margaret Helm, the wife of a U.S. army officer, during the Battle of Fort Dearborn in 1812. The Fort Dearborn Massacre Monument is not to be confused with Defense, a 1928 bas relief sculpture by Henry Hering.
The cost for the monument was projected to be at most $10,000, and the government of Michigan and government of Detroit had appropriated $5,000 and $2,000, respectively, for the project. [9] Additionally, the city provided a location for the monument: [4] the southern end of a park along Washington Boulevard, facing Michigan Avenue.
The Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building is a class-A skyscraper located at 477 Michigan Avenue in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, designed by the Detroit architectural firm of Smith, Hinchman and Grylls. It opened in 1976 to consolidate the offices of federal agencies which were scattered in several locations in the area.
Michigan Avenue may refer to: Michigan Avenue (Chicago) Michigan Avenue (Michigan), a designation for much of both current and former U.S. Route 12 in Michigan; Michigan Avenue (Lansing, Michigan), a street through the State Capitol area, a portion of which is M-143; Michigan Avenue station, a station on the Detroit People Mover
In 1940, a southern bypass of Battle Creek opened along Columbia Avenue, and the former routing through downtown on Michigan Avenue became a Bus. US 12. [ 40 ] [ 41 ] In late 1951 or early 1952, a northerly bypass of Jackson opened, and the former route through downtown on Michigan Avenue became another Bus.
BATTLE CREEK — A 50-year-old Battle Creek man was hit and killed by a passing vehicle during a possible domestic assault Monday on Michigan Avenue, according to the Battle Creek Police Department.
Eyewitness accounts place the battle on the lake shore somewhere between 1 and 2 miles (1.6 and 3.2 km) south of Fort Dearborn. [40] Heald's official report said the battle occurred 1 + 1 ⁄ 2 miles (2.4 km) south of the fort, [21] placing the battle at what is now the intersection of Roosevelt Road (12th Street) and Michigan Avenue. [40]