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The Suburban Collection Showplace is a convention center in Novi, Michigan. Located off Interstate 96, about 20 miles (32 km) northwest of Detroit, it is the second-largest convention center in Metro Detroit (after Huntington Place). [1] [2] It is best known as the current location of the Michigan State Fair. [3]
Franklin Street Commercial Historic District is a national historic district located at Michigan City, LaPorte County, Indiana.The district encompasses 73 contributing buildings and 1 contributing object in the central business district and surrounding residential section of Michigan City.
Following his graduation, he became CEO and partner in 1975. Upon purchasing Suburban from his father, [8] Fischer became principal owner in 1978, [9] growing Suburban to the 12th largest privately owned dealership group in the U.S. based on revenue [6] with 32 brands at more than 50 locations throughout Michigan. [10]
The Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation (SMART) is the public transit operator serving the suburbs of Detroit, Michigan, United States. Beginning operations in 1967 as the Southeastern Michigan Transportation Authority ( SEMTA ), the agency was reorganized and renamed SMART in 1989.
The Southfield Town Center is located diagonally across Evergreen Road and Civic Center Drive (10 1 ⁄ 2 Mile Road) from the complex that houses the Southfield City Hall, government offices, courthouse, the contemporary Southfield Public Library, a 9-hole public golf course, a city park and dedicated sports areas, a nature trail, an historic ...
In the end, Arnold's experiments notwithstanding, the Lansing & Suburban operated the line using standard 600-volt direct current instead of 6000-volt alternating current. The line would change hands several times before finally ending up in the hands of the Michigan Electric , which abandoned it on May 16, 1929.
Captain Aaron G. Peer was born in Dundas, Ontario, in 1812, and moved to Algonac, Michigan, in 1821. In 1833, Peer and his brother built a schooner and went in to the lake transport business, locating at the tip of Michigan's thumb. Peer also began a grindstone quarry at this site, and by 1850 was selling $3000 of grindstones a year.