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Detroit Free Press Building: newspaper 1924 Art Deco: 16 Connected via a walkway on the third and fourth floors to the adjacent Detroit Club: West Lafayette Boulevard: 1020 Washington Boulevard Holiday Inn Express Detroit - Downtown: Hotel 1965 Modern: 17 Stands at the site of "219 Michigan Avenue", one of Detroit's first high-rise skyscrapers.
The Detroit Cornice and Slate Company was started by Frank Hesse in 1888. [4] In 1897, the company hired Harry J. Rill to design a Beaux-Arts three-story building for their use. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] [ 7 ] The building was used by the company until 1972, when lack of storage and parking space forced the company to relocate in Ferndale . [ 4 ]
The first movie theater in Detroit, the Casino, was opened on Monroe Avenue in 1906 by John H. Kunsky. [7] It was reputedly the second movie theatre in the world, [7] and it propelled Kunsky to a 20-theatre empire worth $7 million in 1929. [7] Later in 1906, Detroit's second movie theatre, the Bijou, opened literally two doors down from the ...
Holiday pop-ups at metro area bars are in full swing with tons of holiday twinkling lights, decorations and plenty of holiday-themed cocktails Metro Detroit bars decked out with holiday pop-ups ...
In August 2002, MGM Grand Detroit acquired 25 acres of nearby property for an undisclosed price from DTE Energy. [5] In 2005, the MGM Grand Detroit Casino was the subject of a possible sale when parent company MGM MIRAGE announced that it was acquiring rival casino company Mandalay Resort Group, owners of the MotorCity Casino.
Easy Peasy and Lowkey are two new bars officially open on Woodward Avenue in downtown Detroit. Billed as a neighborhood bar, Easy Peasy is on the corner of Woodward Avenue and John R Street ...
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 ...
The bar area at Adelina, a new restaurant in downtown Detroit opening Thursday. At first, the restaurant will be open for dinner and eventually add lunch and will offer brunch on weekends.