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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 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]
Detroit's Chinatown was originally located at Third Avenue, Porter Street and Bagley Street, now the permanent site of the MGM Grand Detroit casino. [68] In the 1960s, urban renewal efforts, as well as the opportunity for the Chinese business community to purchase property, led to a relocation centered at Cass Avenue and Peterboro. [69]
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
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 ...
More than 130 firefighters responded to an apartment building fire in the Chinatown neighborhood that displaced 70 people and injured six. City officials ignored neighbors' warnings in Chinatown.
There are no Chinatowns in the Detroit area; the last one was losing its Chinese population and businesses, and was renovated with complete change by the mid-20th century. The largest still-operating Chinatown in proximity to Metro Detroit is located in the Chinatown of Windsor, Ontario, Canada. [1]
A lot has changed in downtown Detroit since two childhood friends returned home to Michigan 30 years ago to open McIntosh Poris Architects. When Detroit was imploding buildings, Michigan ...