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The Main Branch is the headquarters of the Detroit Public Library System in Detroit, Michigan. It is located in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood, between Woodward Avenue and Cass Avenue. Designed by Cass Gilbert , the Main Branch was constructed with Vermont marble and serpentine Italian marble trim in an Italian Renaissance style.
Doe Avedon was born Dorcas Marie Nowell in Old Westbury, New York, Long Island on April 7, 1925. Her mother died when she was three years old, after which she was raised by her father who worked as a butler. When Doe was 12 years old her father died; she was raised by the wealthy family for whom her father had worked. [1]
The Detroit Public Library: An American Classic. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-4232-9. Hill, Eric J.; John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-8143-3120-0. Parnassus on Main Street: A History of the Detroit Public Library.
About 20% of Detroiters and Highland Park residents have a Detroit library card. The Detroit Public Library wants to get more people signed up.
Davison Elementary-Middle School. Ann Arbor Trail Magnet School; Bates Academy; Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary/Middle School; Blackwell Institute; Bow Elementary/Middle School
If the proposal before voters passes, the Detroit Public Library's renewal millage of 3.9943 mills would be exempt from certain tax captures — a major change that could add about $3.2 million ...
The Roosevelt Warehouse, more commonly known as the Detroit Public Schools Book Depository, is a building on 14th & Marantette Street in Detroit, Michigan.It is understood to have been designed by Albert Kahn and that it was originally a Post Office before being used as the Public Schools' surplus equipment depository. [1]
Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) is a school district that serves Detroit, Michigan, and high school students in Highland Park, Michigan. The district, which replaced the original Detroit Public Schools ( DPS ) in 2016, provides services to approximately 50,000 students, [ 6 ] making it the largest school district in the state.