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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 ...
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 ...
MorningSide is an upper east side neighborhood in Detroit encompassing 2.875 square miles (7.45 km 2). It is characterized by red brick tudors with wide streets. Van Steuban / Osborn: In May 2007, Osborn had about 37,000 residents, mostly middle income. In a period before May 2007 Osborne's population grew by 11%, a rarity in Detroit neighborhoods.
The sales pitch for District Detroit in 2013 was that we'd get five new neighborhoods in 50 walkable blocks with housing, shopping, office space, parking and scads of jobs, all in exchange for a ...
Angela Wisniewski-Cobbina sells an eclectic selection of independent designs at her boutique called Coup D'état located in New Center Detroit (at left) on Friday, March 22, 2024.
The Boston–Edison Historic District is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan.It consists of over 900 homes built on four east-west streets: West Boston Boulevard, Chicago Boulevard, Longfellow Avenue and Edison Avenue, stretching from Woodward Avenue in the east to Linwood Avenue in the west. [3]
The Schaap Center for Performing Arts, which is being built in Grosse Pointe Park at its western border with Detroit, has caused quite a ruckus, including a lawsuit earlier this year and a ...
A significant cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive background. [10] [11] In 1701, Royal French explorers Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac and Alphonse de Tonty founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit.