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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 ...
Some Tarahumaras maintain a belief that the afterlife is a mirror image of the mortal world and that good deeds should be performed—not for spiritual reward—but for the improvement of life on earth. The Rarámuri share with other Uto-Aztecan tribes a veneration of peyote. [23]
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).
This is a list of lakes in the state of New York in the United States.Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all. Beaverdam Lake Great Sacandaga Lake Lake Champlain Lake Flower Lake Kanawauke Lake Placid Lower Saranac Lake Notch Lake Lake Otsego Upper St Regis Lake Upper Saranac Lake looking north
Adelina, a new Italian fare restaurant with a Mediterranean twist openings March 21 in downtown Detroit. From the bar menu are a variety of Adelina signature spritzes and cocktails, including ...
In 2019 she was a semifinalist for a James Beard Foundation Award for best chef in the Great Lakes. [10] [13] Industry journal Restaurant Hospitality called her "the poster child for Detroit's rising food scene". [3] The Chicago Tribune said her food showed "pure mastery". [14] The New York Times called it "seasonal-voluptuous". [15]
El Quijote is a Spanish restaurant in the Hotel Chelsea in the New York City borough of Manhattan.The eatery has been in the same location (226 West 23rd Street) for some 88 years and, after being sold by the original owning family (under the final aegis of Manny Ramirez) to Chelsea Hotels, [1] it was closed for renovations. [2]
A wave of immigration from Mexico in the 1990s greatly increased the number of Mexicans in Detroit. [4] In one period, Mexicantown's population increased with seasonal immigrations of about 2,000 people, while Detroit as a whole had population decreases. [6] Benedict Carey of The New York Times said that Mexicantown was "on the rise" in 2005. [7]