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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 ...
It consists of structures facing Washington Boulevard between State and Clifford Streets. In 1982, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places . It includes the Book-Cadillac Hotel , the Book Tower , the Industrial Building , and Detroit City Apartments among other architecturally significant buildings.
The Virginia Park Historic District is located on the north side of New Center, an area in Detroit, Michigan, along both sides of Virginia Park Street from Woodward Avenue to the John C. Lodge Freeway access road. The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. [1]
The Grand Circus Park Historic District contains the 5-acre (2.0 ha) Grand Circus Park in Downtown Detroit, Michigan that connects the theatre district with its financial district. It is bisected by Woodward Avenue, four blocks north of Campus Martius Park , and is roughly bounded by Clifford, John R. and Adams Streets.
Mercy Hospital was the first black-owned hospital in Detroit; founded by Dr. David Northcross in 1917, it was originally located at 248 Winder Street, and later relocated to 668 Winder. [ 18 ] [ 29 ] The Great Depression and the racial tensions of the 1940s (part of the 1943 race riot took place in the streets of Brush Park) [ 27 ] led to a ...
Well, today’s Chicago is broke. And, in the short term, it’s hard to imagine the city implementing anything like Millennium Park, the massively successful civic endeavor of two decades ago.
The Chicago Park Boulevard System Historic District, which encompasses most of the Boulevard System, was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2018. [14] The approved listing, stretches approximately 26 miles, including 8 parks, 19 boulevards, and 6 squares, as well as adjacent properties that preserve structures built from the 19th century to the 1940s.
A 10-foot-tall 'DETROIT' sign will be erected between Wyoming and Central avenues along I-94 as part of the city’s NFL Draft improvement plans. ... which takes place April 25-27 in downtown ...