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Learn about the origins, development and challenges of Detroit, the largest city in Michigan and the first European settlement above tidewater in North America. Explore its Native American, French, British, American and industrial heritage through various historical periods and events.
Michigan Central Station (MCS, also known as Michigan Central Depot) is the historic former main intercity passenger rail station in Detroit, Michigan.Built for the Michigan Central Railroad, it replaced the original depot in downtown Detroit, which had been shuttered after a major fire on December 26, 1913, forcing the still unfinished station into early service.
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 Ransom Gillis House brought to Detroit the Venetian Gothic style, made popular by John Ruskin's book The Stones of Venice. [18] The centerpiece of the structure is the turret situated in the front left corner, the circumference of which is accented by five rows of tiles of simple geometric designs in hues of bright blue, red, yellow, and brown.
The former 6th Precinct 'McGraw Station' (also known as the Sixth Precinct, or McGraw Station) is a historic building located at 6840 McGraw Avenue, in Detroit, Michigan. ...
DETROIT (FOX 2) - A family is concerned for the safety of a missing Plymouth Township man two weeks after he disappeared and several days after his vehicle was found abandoned in Detroit. Dylan ...
In June 2018, Amazon's The Grand Tour filmed their first episode of Season 3 in Detroit which prominently showed the Packard Plant; the episode debuted on January 18, 2019. [21] On January 23, 2019, the E. Grand Boulevard bridge collapsed with no injuries reported. [22] In February 2019 a section of the plant owned by the city of Detroit was ...
Hantz Woodlands, also known as Hantz Farms, is an urban tree farm on the lower east side of Detroit.The project has cleared more than 2,000 vacant city-owned lots, totaling more than 140 acres, and has demolished blighted homes and cleared empty lots to make way for a hardwood tree farm, bounded by E. Jefferson Avenue, Mack Avenue, St. Jean Street and Van Dyke Avenue.