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The Main Branch is the headquarters of the Detroit Public Library System in Detroit, Michigan. It is located in Detroit's Midtown neighborhood, between Woodward Avenue and Cass Avenue. Designed by Cass Gilbert , the Main Branch was constructed with Vermont marble and serpentine Italian marble trim in an Italian Renaissance style.
The Detroit Public Library is the "technical hub" for the city, he said, providing access to computers and the internet. "It would be devastating to the neighborhood if the library is no longer ...
The Detroit Public Library: An American Classic. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8143-4232-9. Hill, Eric J.; John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. p. 349. ISBN 978-0-8143-3120-0. Parnassus on Main Street: A History of the Detroit Public Library.
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Her recommendation to hire Clara Stanton Jones as the Detroit Public Library's first black head librarian was influential. [4] In 1968 Bradfield became the head librarian of the Detroit Public Schools system, where she established literature programs for Black History Month. [4] In 1980 she retired from Detroit Public Schools. [4]
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.
Marilyn McCormick, a retired Cass Technical High School theater educator, is responsible for launching the careers of countless thriving actors. Retired Detroit drama teacher helped launch careers ...
As of 2011, according to Martin Manna, the Chaldean American Chamber of Commerce's executive director, 75 of the 84 supermarkets in the Detroit city limits are owned by Assyrian Americans. [153] Metro Foodland in the city is an African American owned business; it is the final remaining black-owned supermarket in Detroit, a majority black city.