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Detroit station is an intermodal transit station in Detroit, Michigan. Located in New Center , the facility currently serves Amtrak and QLine streetcars. It also serves as a stop for Greyhound Lines , Detroit Department of Transportation buses, SMART and buses.
In 1891, Detroit mayor Hazen S. Pingree broke ground on the construction of Grand Boulevard, a ring road that wrapped around the city of Detroit. [2] The Boulevard ran for 12 miles (19 km), curving from the Detroit River on the west to the river on the east and crossing Woodward Avenue at a point approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) from downtown. [2]
The QLINE is a 3.3-mile-long (5.3 km) streetcar system in Detroit, Michigan, United States.Opened on May 12, 2017, it connects Downtown Detroit with Midtown and New Center, running along Woodward Avenue (M-1) for its entire route. [4]
The state of Michigan committed $5.9 million toward a new facility while the search continued. [5] Eventually, Greyhound decided on a site off the Lodge Freeway in Corktown. The new terminal opened on October 24, 1991, with the first bus leaving for Chicago. The two-story facility was designed by William Henry Kessler. [5]
By 1820, Woodward Avenue had been improved from downtown Detroit up through Six Mile Road. By 1878, Detroit suburbs had crept up to the area that is now the New Center Commercial Historic District, and in 1878-1882, a series of subdivisions were platted in the area. Development was hastened by the construction of Grand Boulevard, which began in ...
Cadillac Place, formerly the General Motors Building, is a landmark high-rise office complex located at 3044 West Grand Boulevard (between Casa and Second Streets), in the New Center area alongside the Detroit River, of downtown Detroit, Michigan, in the Great Lakes region of the Midwestern United States.
Northland Center, one of four new suburban shopping malls (the others were Eastland Center, Southland Center, and Westland Center) which opened 1954, was built by J. L. Hudson Company, a major upscale Detroit-based department store chain. The Jefferson Avenue line streetcar line was converted to buses in 1954, then the Michigan Avenue in line 1955.
Recycle Here! has assisted with the creation of recycling programs in the Detroit Public Schools and the coordinated roll-out of curbside recycling and recycling education programs, with the Detroit GDRRA and DPW. The recycling center has also hosted cultural programs, such as musical performances, maker competitions, and comedy shows. [4]