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2 days ago · Website. detroitmi .gov. Detroit ( / dɪˈtrɔɪt /, dih-TROYT; locally also / ˈdiːtrɔɪt /, DEE-troyt) [8] is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border and the county seat of Wayne County. Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, [9] making it the ...
4 days ago · Detroit, city, seat of Wayne county, southeastern Michigan, U.S. It is located on the Detroit River (connecting Lakes Erie and St. Clair) opposite Windsor, Ontario, Canada. It was founded in 1701 by a French trader, Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, who built a fort on the river and named it Fort.
4 days ago · In 1805 Detroit became the capital of the newly created Michigan Territory. In that same year a fire destroyed many buildings, and the town had to be rebuilt. Soon after the outbreak of the War of 1812, Detroit was again surrendered to
1 day ago · For decades, the once-elegant Michigan Central train station loomed, abandoned and decaying, over Detroit’s oldest neighborhood. The Beaux Arts beauty opened in 1913 at the height of Detroit ...
5 days ago · Metro Detroit is among the nation's most populous and largest metropolitan economies. The name derives from a gallicized variant of the original Ojibwe word ᒥᓯᑲᒥ ( mishigami ), [c] meaning "large water" or "large lake". [2] [7] Michigan consists of two peninsulas.
4 days ago · Blain Hill at Mark Ridley’s Comedy Castle. Come to Royal Oak for the taco festival, but stay for the stand-up comedy. Detroit area comic, writer and podcaster Blain Hill is headlining three ...
Jun 30, 2024 · The city has many historic structures needing restoration. The most significant of these is the Michigan Central Station (1913) by Warren & Wetmore and Reed & Stem; it was bought by Ford in 2018 and is to be the center of a major multi-use development.
