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The building at 1236–1244 Randolph was built during the period of original construction, and is a rare survivor from the 1840s. [2] The Victorian styled Odd Fellows Building (1874) is located at the corner of Randolph and Monroe. [4] As the city grew, larger commercial buildings were required and the other structures on Randolph were constructed.
The first movie theater in Detroit, the Casino, was opened on Monroe Avenue in 1906 by John H. Kunsky. [7] It was reputedly the second movie theatre in the world, [7] and it propelled Kunsky to a 20-theatre empire worth $7 million in 1929. [7] Later in 1906, Detroit's second movie theatre, the Bijou, opened literally two doors down from the ...
Sexy Steak is now open on the main floor of the GAR Building in downtown Detroit offering premium cuts of beef and two floors of event space.
The hotel reopened as the 'DoubleTree Guest Suites by Hilton Detroit Downtown - Fort Shelby on December 15, 2008. The restored hotel contains 203 guest suites, 56 apartments on the upper floors, a 21,000-square-foot (2,000 m 2) conference center with two ballrooms and 17 Breakout rooms. [2] [3] Fort Shelby Hotel Lobby
Dan Gilbert, the founder and chairman of Quicken Loans, agreed to sell Greektown Casino for $1 billion. Greektown was opened in 2000 and contains approximately 2,700 gaming machines and 60 table ...
The east necklace of downtown links Grand Circus and the stadium area to Greektown along Broadway. The east necklace contains a sub-district sometimes called the Harmonie Park District in the Broadway Avenue Historic District which has taken on the legacy of Detroit's music from the 1930s through the 1950s and into the present. [4]
Hanah Steakhouse, which offered views of downtown Detroit from a skybridge, announced the restaurant sale via social media on Aug. 3, 2024. Hanah is based at the historic U.S. Mortgage Bond ...
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 ...