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Lafayette Park Detroit redevelopment over Black Bottom. Historically, this geographical area was the source of the River Savoyard, which was buried as a sewer in 1827. [11] The river's flooding produced rich bottomland soils, for which early French colonial settlers named the area "Black Bottom". [7]
The building stands atop what used to be the Savoyard Creek near its confluence with the Detroit River. In 1836, the creek was covered and turned into a sewer. The Savoyard Club occupied the 27th floor of the Buhl Building from 1928 until its membership dwindled and the club closed in 1994.
Downtown Detroit — a neighborhood and the central business district of Detroit, on the Detroit River in southeast Michigan ... (Detroit) Savoyard Centre;
Savoyard Centre (1900), also known as State Savings Bank, is an office building at 151 West Fort Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It was designated as a Michigan State Historic Site in 1981 [ 2 ] and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [ 1 ]
A freighter that ran aground on the Detroit River near Belle Isle last year is, for now, immortalized in satellite images on Google Maps. The Mark W. Barker was marooned near the east end of Belle ...
The ancestor of Detroit Diesel was the Winton Engine Company, founded by Alexander Winton in 1912; Winton Engine began producing diesel engines in fall 1913. After Charles F. Kettering purchased two Winton diesels for his yacht, General Motors acquired the company in 1930 along with Electro Motive Company, Winton's primary client.
The Detroit River is an international river in North America.The river, which forms part of the border between the U.S. state of Michigan and the Canadian province of Ontario, flows west and south for 24 nautical miles (44 km; 28 mi) from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie as a strait in the Great Lakes system.
For nearly a decade, Jenelle David, 44, of Grosse Pointe, joined her close friend to kayak once a week on the Detroit River through spring, summer and fall. Groups of mostly women also paddled the ...