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    designation. Detroit is named after the Detroit River, connecting Lake Huron with Lake Erie. The name comes from the French word détroit meaning 'strait'...
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    This is a list of mayors of Detroit, Michigan. See History of Detroit, for more information about the history of the incorporation of the city. The current...
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    Urban growth in Detroit Detroit, the largest city in the state of Michigan, was settled in 1701 by French colonists. It is the first European settlement...
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    Michigan Central Station (MCS, also known as Michigan Central Depot) is the historic former main intercity passenger rail station in Detroit, Michigan...
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    The city of Detroit, Michigan, filed for Chapter 9 bankruptcy on July 18, 2013. It is the largest municipal bankruptcy filing in U.S. history by debt...
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    Pontchartrain du Détroit or Fort Detroit (1701–1796) was a French and later British fortification established in 1701 on the north side of the Detroit River by...
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  • historic Michigan Central Station and the Ambassador Bridge. Michigan portal Woodward Corridor Hill, Eric J. & John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American...
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    (formerly East Detroit) is a city in Macomb County in the U.S. state of Michigan. An inner-ring suburb of Detroit, Eastpointe borders Detroit to the north...
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    Basilica of Sainte Anne de Détroit (Sainte-Anne-de-Détroit) was founded July 26, 1701 by French colonists in New France, and is the second-oldest continuously...
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    Detroit, Michigan, is a major center in the United States for the creation and performance of music, and is best known for three developments: Motown...
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    Downtown Detroit is the central business district and a residential area of the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States. Locally, "downtown" tends to...
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    Tunnel, and the Michigan Central Railway Tunnel connect the cities. The river's English name comes from the French Rivière du Détroit (translated as "River...
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  • in East Lansing, Michigan. Established in 1891 as the Detroit College of Law, it was the first law school in the Detroit, Michigan area and the second...
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    performing arts center located at 2211 Woodward Avenue in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, near the Grand Circus Park Historic District. Opened in 1928 as a...
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  • City: Detroit - 100 Years of Crime and Violence, 2008 Michigan portal Law portal Crime in Michigan Law of Michigan Decline of Detroit History of Detroit Detroit...
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    The Michigan Panthers are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. The Panthers compete in the United Football League (UFL). The...
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    Cadillac founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit or "Fort Pontchartrain on-the-Strait" on the strait, known as the Detroit River, between lakes Saint Clair and...
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    the Detroit metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Michigan. Most definitions of the region include the communities in Wayne County, south of Detroit, along...
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    Highway in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the southernmost leg of the Walter P. Chrysler Freeway and a spur of I-75 into Downtown Detroit, ending...
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    Brightmoor is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan, near the northwest border of the city. Brightmoor is defined by the Brightmoor Alliance as...
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    Wayne County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of 2020, the United States Census placed its population at 1,793,561, making...
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    Hudson's Detroit is an under-construction mixed-use development located in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. Located on the former site of J.L...
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    state of Michigan, primarily focusing on those in Metro Detroit. The network airs exclusive broadcasts of games involving the Detroit Tigers, Detroit Pistons...
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    needed] Michigan portal Flag of Michigan "David Heineman - The Designer of the City of Detroit's Official Flag". Jewish Historical Society of Michigan. Retrieved...
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  • Michigan Theater or Michigan Theatre may refer to: Michigan Theater (Ann Arbor, Michigan) Michigan Theatre (Detroit) Michigan Theatre (Jackson, Michigan)...
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    and 1,240 townships. The largest municipality by population in Michigan is Detroit with 639,111 residents; the smallest municipality by population is...
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    the US state of Michigan. I-75 enters the state from Ohio in the south, north of Toledo, and runs generally northward through Detroit, Flint, and Bay...
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    Champions Day in Michigan. The following table shows the NCAA Division I and Division II college sports programs in the metro Detroit area: There are also...
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    The Michigan Central Railway Tunnel is a railroad tunnel under the Detroit River connecting Detroit, Michigan, in the United States with Windsor, Ontario...
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    Notwithstanding its name, the 113-acre (0.46 km2) site was located in Warren, Michigan, Detroit's most populous suburb. Chrysler's construction effort at the plant...
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