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Detroit, as seen from Windsor, Canada. The following is a list of people from Detroit, Michigan. This list includes notable people who were born, have lived, or worked in and around Detroit as well as its metropolitan area.
The Detroit area also contains prominent skycrapers designed in the Modern, Postmodern, and Contemporary Modern architectural styles. [3] [6] With the notable exception of the 1001 Woodward (1965) building, Detroit's skyscrapers show less influence by the Chicago school of architecture and are more eastern in character. [3]
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 ...
Originally built in 1913, Michigan Central Station was designed by the same architectural firms that worked on New York City’s Grand Central Station. The building had 10 gates for trains, and ...
On Detroit’s west side, there’s a little house that transformed American culture and the music world at large. And so the Motown Museum has become a go-to destination for visitors from across ...
Abe Bernstein, Prohibition-era gangster (born in New York; moved to Detroit) Ivan Boesky, inside trader (born in Detroit) Tony Chebatoris (1899–1938), murderer, bank robber and the only person executed for a crime in Michigan's history; Caryl Chessman (1921–1960), convicted robber and rapist who gained fame as a death row inmate (born in St ...
Guests enjoy their food during the Detroit Free Press/Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers Top 10 Takeover at Prime + Proper in downtown Detroit on Aug. 7, 2018. A few of Poris McIntosh Architects' higher ...
Rudolph Giuliani (born 1944) – former Mayor of New York City; Charles V. Glasco – New York City Police Sergeant, most well known for his efforts to rescue John William Warde in 1938 [23] Jackie Gleason (1916–1987) – comedian, actor; James Gleason (1882–1959) – actor