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Summit Place Mall, originally Pontiac Mall, was a shopping mall in Waterford Township, Michigan, United States. Opened in 1962 as the first enclosed mall in Michigan , [ 1 ] [ 3 ] it was built on a 74-acre (30 ha) site.
Pontiac was founded in 1818-19 by a group of investors. [2] In 1819, Oakland County was established, with a county seat at Pontiac. By 1820, Pontiac had a dam, a sawmill, a flour mill, and a blacksmith shop. A courthouse was constructed in 1824, and by 1830 the city of Pontiac was clearly the center of commerce for the county.
The Pontiac Transportation Center is an intermodal terminal station located in Pontiac, Michigan that is served by Amtrak's Michigan Services Wolverine. The transportation center is also served by Indian Trails intercity bus service and Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) regional bus service.
Last westbound trip daily ends at Oakland Mall 780: 15 Mile Crosstown: 15 Mile + Gratiot Maple Road + Orchard Lake Road (West Bloomfield) 28.3 miles (45.5 km) 50 60 -Last 3 westbound trips daily end at Somerset Collection: 790: Pontiac Crosstown: Columbia Avenue + Baldwin Avenue, Pontiac Adams Marketplace (Rochester Hills) 17 miles (27 km) 60 60 60
Pontiac (/ ˈ p ɒ n (t) i æ k / PON-(t)ee-ak) is a city in and the county seat of Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. [3] Located roughly 26 miles (41.8 km) northwest of downtown Detroit, Pontiac is part of the Detroit metropolitan area, and is variously described as a satellite city or suburb of Detroit.
He rebuilt the 1830 era building at Pontiac's first corner in 1882 and named it the "Crofoot Block". He practiced law on the 3rd floor, overlooking from his 10-foot by 10-foot (3.0 m) north-facing window the rapid growth of Pontiac's Downtown Commercial District. Pontiac's Crofoot School was named after this prominent family, and is still in use.
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Eventually, it had 43 retail stores in Michigan; Windsor, Ontario; and Toledo, Ohio. In 1905, they moved to Woodward Avenue in Detroit, and in 1915 they built their headquarters two miles north on Woodward Avenue. They opened an outlet in Pontiac in 1907.