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Located at the near western portion of downtown just outside the skyscrapers of the Central Business District, the Arts District includes attractions such as the Myriad Gardens, the Civic Center Music Hall, [1] Stage Centre for the Performing Arts, the Ronald J. Norick Downtown Library, the Oklahoma City Municipal Building, the Oklahoma City ...
The Paseo Arts District, originally referred to as the Spanish Village, [1] was built in 1929 as the first commercial shopping district north of Downtown Oklahoma City by Oklahoman G.A. Nichols. [2] Early business in the area included a swimming pool called the Paseo Plunge, [3] a dry cleaner, drug store, [4] shoe repair store, [5] and ...
This list applies only to works of public art accessible in an outdoor public space. For example, this does not include artwork visible inside a museum. Additional works can be found at: Smithsonian American Art Museum, Art Inventories Catalog - database for Detroit; The Detroit Museum of Public Art - A catalog of Detroit sculptures and murals.
Pewabic Pottery is a ceramic studio and school in Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1903, the studio is known for its iridescent glazes , some of which grace notable buildings such as the Shedd Aquarium and Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception .
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 ...
Detroit Free Press Building: newspaper 1924 Art Deco: 16 Connected via a walkway on the third and fourth floors to the adjacent Detroit Club: West Lafayette Boulevard: 1020 Washington Boulevard Holiday Inn Express Detroit - Downtown: Hotel 1965 Modern: 17 Stands at the site of "219 Michigan Avenue", one of Detroit's first high-rise skyscrapers.
The neighborhood is bounded roughly by N.W. 23rd Street on the south, Interstate 235 on the east, Interstate 44 on the north and Pennsylvania on the west. However, "Uptown" has also been used to include Oklahoma City University, the Paseo Arts District, and practically anything in between downtown and Nichols Hills, though none of this has ever been officially recognized.
The Detroit Almanac. Detroit Free Press. ISBN 0-937247-34-0. Hauser, Michael & Marianne Weldon (2006). Downtown Detroit's Movie Palaces (Images of America). Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 0-7385-4102-8. Hill, Eric J. & John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press.