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Although it is unclear when Chinese immigrants first arrived in Detroit, as newspapers in the 1800s did not differentiate between the different cultures of East Asia, it is known that in 1874, 14 Chinese washermen lived in the city. [6] In 1905, Detroit's first two Cantonese chop suey restaurants opened near the Detroit River. [7]
The Hook and Ladder House No. 5 and the Detroit Fire Department Repair Shop are two cojoined structures located at 3400 and 3434 Russell Street in Detroit, Michigan.The Hook and Ladder House No. 5 is the second oldest surviving fire station in Detroit, [2] was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1975 [2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997.
A DFD Captain overseeing a fire, c. 1978. The quarters of Engine 17, Ladder 7, and Chief 5 at 6100 2nd Ave. The former Fire Headquarters at 250 West Larned, in operation until 2013 Fireboat Curtis Randolph DFD Ladder 19 and an American Red Cross Disaster Action Team van at the scene of a house fire in Detroit.
The Cass Corridor is a neighborhood on the west end of Midtown Detroit. It includes the Cass Park Historic District, the Cass-Davenport Historic District and Old Chinatown. The corridor's main street, Cass Avenue, runs parallel with M-1 (Woodward Avenue), a main Detroit artery running north toward New Center.
Ronald Butler, who had a 20-year career with the Detroit Fire Department, recalled responding to fires there after it closed in 1988. “We’ve always been known as the busiest firefighting ...
Detroit Free Press newspaper clipping from Dec. 12, 1934, showing the Lansing's Kerns Hotel fire. Most state lawmakers at the time would take an apartment or a hotel room in Lansing when they were ...
A fire that started at an abandoned construction site and ravaged neighboring apartment buildings has displaced the victims. A Chinatown fire leaves 50 homeless. The cause outrages residents
The Great Fire of 1805 occurred on June 11, 1805, in the city of Detroit, in the Michigan Territory of the United States. [1] The fire destroyed almost everything in the city. [2] The motto of the city, Speramus meliora; resurget cineribus ('We hope for better things; it will rise from the ashes'), was written after this fire. [3]