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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 ...
Detroit News Building, circa 1910s. The Detroit News was founded in 1873 by James E. Scripps, who controlled the paper until his death in 1906. He was succeeded by his son-in-law George Gough Booth. The paper's circulation grew rapidly in the 20th century, with over 100,000 in 1906 and over 225,000 in 1918.
WWJ (950 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to serve Detroit, Michigan, featuring an all-news radio format known as WWJ Newsradio 950.Owned by Audacy, Inc., the station services Metro Detroit, is the market affiliate for CBS News Radio, and the flagship station for the Michigan Sports Network.
It was the first television station in Michigan and the tenth station to sign on in the United States overall. The station was originally owned by the Evening News Association, parent company of The Detroit News, along with WWJ radio (AM 950 and FM 97.1, now WXYT-FM). On May 15, 1947, the television station changed its call letters to WWJ-TV to ...
The former Eighth Precinct Police Station is a building located at 4150 Grand River Avenue in the Woodbridge Historic District of Detroit, Michigan, United States.It is the second-oldest police building in Detroit, [4] and was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1973 [3] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1974. [1]
WDET-FM (101.9 MHz) is a public radio station in Detroit, Michigan.It is owned by Wayne State University with its studios and transmitter in the Cass Corridor neighborhood. [2] ...
The Greater Cincinnati Police Historical Society Museum; Cleveland Police Historical Society Museum; Maryland State Police Museum, Pikesville; National Law Enforcement Museum, Washington, DC; New York City Police Museum; San Diego County Sheriff's Museum; Seattle Metropolitan Police Museum; Texas Ranger Hall of Fame and Museum; Phoenix Police ...
The Detroit Police Department has one of the largest percentages of Black officers of any major city police department, reflecting current overall city demographics. Lawsuits alleging discrimination stemming from the influence of affirmative action and allegations of race-based promotional bias for executive positions have surfaced repeatedly.