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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]
Transformation of a former Detroit Fire Department headquarters in downtown into the Detroit Foundation Hotel and Apparatus Room restaurant. Conversion of the Park Shelton, next to the Detroit ...
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]
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.
Alpino, lauded for its Alpine region-inspired menu, was named the 2024 Detroit Free Press/Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers Restaurant of the Year. Its cuisine draws from several countries that thrive ...
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 ...
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 ...
But we are not in Detroit. Detroit is in us. More: Michigan Central Station still has decades-old graffiti: Why Ford decided to keep it. Contact Phoebe Wall Howard: 313-618-1034 or phoward ...