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Detroit's New Center. Arcadia. ISBN 0-7385-3271-1. Greenberg, Michael R. (1999). Restoring America's Neighborhoods: How local people make a difference. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 0-8135-2712-0. Hill, Eric J. & John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press.
The Detroit Zoo in Royal Oak has an Arctic Ring of Wildlife exhibit with an underwater viewing tunnel that includes the largest polar bear exhibit in the U.S. [6] Together, The Henry Ford, the Detroit Institute of Arts, and the Zoo attract about 2,500,000 visitors annually. [25] Detroit is also home to the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant.
Downriver communities near Detroit and Dearborn (such as Allen Park, Lincoln Park, Wyandotte, River Rouge, Melvindale and Ecorse) were developed in the 1920s-1940s and are identified by brick and mortar homes (often bungalows), tree-lined streets and Works Progress Administration-designed municipal buildings, typical also of the homes within Detroit's city limits.
Duante Beddingfield, Detroit Free Press March 9, 2024 at 9:45 AM The Detroit Institute of Arts has been named as the nation’s best art museum in USA TODAY’s 2024 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards.
The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA) takes a bold new step with a special exhibition by native Detroiter Tiff Massey. The spectacular “Tiff Massey: 7 Mile + Livernois,” opening Sunday, is the ...
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 ]
Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, [9] making it the 26th-most populous city in the United States. The Metro Detroit area, home to 5.3 million people, is the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area and the 10th-largest in the United States. A significant cultural center, Detroit is known for its ...
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