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The Coleman A. Young Municipal Center is owned and operated by the Detroit-Wayne Joint Building Authority, which was created in 1948 by the Michigan Legislature. [2] The building contains a library, a courthouse, and the city hall. When it opened, the City-County Building replaced both the historic Detroit City Hall and Wayne County Building.
The Detroit City Hall was designed mainly in the Italian Renaissance revival architectural style, but during the design process, a French Second Empire mansard roof was added. It measured 200 feet in length by 90 feet in width, and the tower rose 180 feet tall. [1] It was faced with mainly cream colored Amherst Sandstone.
It includes the Book-Cadillac Hotel, the Book Tower, the Industrial Building, and Detroit City Apartments among other architecturally significant buildings. Washington Boulevard is one of the city's main boulevards and part of Augustus Woodward's 1807-design for the city. Because Woodward's plan was never completed, the boulevard contains a ...
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 Bonstelle Theatre stands tall on 424 Woodward Ave. in Detroit on Wednesday, December 6, 2023. The theater is being restored, along with development of a new 10-story AC Hotel next door..
One Kennedy Square is a 10-story building located at 777 Woodward Avenue in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, near Campus Martius Park. The building is bordered by Griswold Street, Michigan Avenue and Woodward Avenue, and stands on the site of the old Detroit City Hall. It is occupied by the Ernst & Young accounting firm.
Detroit City Council turned down a contract to an artist group seeking $215,000 for services rendered without proper approvals.
Residents can begin applying online on the Detroit Home Accessibility Program website or by calling 866-313-2520, or going to a Detroit Housing Network location.