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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 ...
Lafayette Park is a neighborhood located east of Downtown Detroit.It contains a residential area of some 4,900 people and covers 0.37 sq mi. The northern section, planned and partially built in the 1950s by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places; [1] it was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2015.
The house is one of the oldest residences in Detroit. Although he never lived in this house, it was built on land that was originally part of the Joseph Campau farm, a large tract of land awarded to Joseph Campau's grandfather in 1734. [2] Joseph Campau was among Detroit's leading citizens and wealthiest landowners at the dawn of the 19th ...
Recreation Park continued to be used for various other activities, but by 1894 it was pretty much abandoned, and the structures were demolished. Locator for the ballpark, 1884 Partial detail of the ballpark, 1889. The Park was on a rectangular site north of the downtown area, less than a mile from the location of the future Comerica Park.
The elegant 19-story David Whitney Building, 1 Park Ave. near Grand Circus Park, dates to 1915 and had been empty for nearly 15 years before it underwent an extensive rehab and reopened in 2014 as ...
Mercy Hospital was the first black-owned hospital in Detroit; founded by Dr. David Northcross in 1917, it was originally located at 248 Winder Street, and later relocated to 668 Winder. [ 18 ] [ 29 ] The Great Depression and the racial tensions of the 1940s (part of the 1943 race riot took place in the streets of Brush Park) [ 27 ] led to a ...
Detroit's streetcar, which is currently free to ride, has several park-and-ride lots available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Cost is $5 to park. WSU Lot 12 — Harper and Woodward, near the ...