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1947: Area codes 313, 517 and 616 are three of the original 86 area codes in the North American Numbering Plan. 1961: Area code 906 was created in the first split of 616. 1993: Area code 810 was created in the first split of 313. 1997: Area code 734 was created in the second split of 313. and area code 248 was created in the first split of 810.
Downtown Detroit is the city's central business district and a residential area, bordered by M-10 (Lodge Freeway) to the west, the Interstate 75 (I-75, Fisher Freeway) to the north, I-375 (Chrysler Freeway) to the east, and the Detroit River to the south. The area contains many of the prominent skyscrapers in Detroit, including the Renaissance ...
The Boardwalk began as a 138-room Holiday Inn hotel with a restaurant, cocktail lounge, and meeting space with a capacity for 100 people. [2] Located at 3740 South Las Vegas Boulevard, [3] the hotel was designed by architect Homer Rissman, [4] and was completed in 1966.
In 1997, Oakland County, bordering Macomb County to the west, was split from area code 810 as area code 248. Area code 586 was first proposed as an overlay for the 810 territory, to be implemented in 2000. [1] However, overlays were still a new concept at this time, and met with some resistance due to the need for ten-digit dialing. In the face ...
Map of area code 269 in Michigan. ... 269 was created as a split of area code 616 on July 13, 2002. The 269 area covers roughly the lower third of 616 before the split.
Detroit City Apartments is a high-rise in downtown Detroit, Michigan. Completed in 1981 as Trolley Plaza, after the adjacent Washington Boulevard Trolley, the residential building stands 29 stories tall. The building is located at 1431 Washington Boulevard and occupies the block bordered by Clifford Street, Grand River Avenue and Washington ...
Detroit River: Civic Center Drive: 1 Washington Boulevard Cobo Center: Convention center: 1960 modern: 5 Expanded 1989, 2012 (expected completion 2015) 2 Washington Boulevard Crowne Plaza Detroit Downtown Riverfront: Hotel 1965 Modern: 25 Stands on the site of Fort Pontchartrain and originally known as the Hotel Pontchartrain; a second tower ...
The area is zoned to Detroit Public Schools. At one time DPS had its headquarters in the Maccabees Building in Midtown. [42] In 2002 the district paid the owner of the Fisher Building $24.1 million in so the district could occupy five floors in the building; the Fisher Building in the New Center area now serves as the DPS headquarters. [43]