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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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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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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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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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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Downriver (redirect from Downriver Detroit, Michigan)
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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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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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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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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