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Mexicantown
Mexicantown is a List of neighborhoods in Detroit, neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan.Mcewen, Meghan.Mexicantown Visiting Guide" ''Model D (magazine), Model D''. Tuesday February 28, 2006. Andrew Eckhous, a columnist for the ''Michigan Daily'', said that Mexicantown was "one of Detroit’s most vibrant communities". John Gallagher of the ''Detroit Free Press'' said that the commercial activity on West Vernor in Mexicantown is an example of what the Detroit Future City report suggested as something to replicate throughout the city. History Detroit's Mexican population began settling in Mexicantown in the 1920s. The Mexican community established itself on Vernor Street.Denvir, Daniel.The Paradox of Mexicantown: Detroit's Uncomfortable Relationship With the Immigrants it Desperately Needs"Archive ''The Atlantic Cities''. September 24, 2012. Retrieved on January 15, 2013. The community was originally known as "La Bagley".Bonisteel, Sara.In Detroit, It's the Mexicans Welcoming V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit ( , ; , ) is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is also the largest U.S. city on the United States–Canada border, and the seat of government of Wayne County. The City of Detroit had a population of 639,111 at the 2020 census, making it the 27th-most populous city in the United States. The metropolitan area, known as Metro Detroit, is home to 4.3 million people, making it the second-largest in the Midwest after the Chicago metropolitan area, and the 14th-largest in the United States. Regarded as a major cultural center, Detroit is known for its contributions to music, art, architecture and design, in addition to its historical automotive background. ''Time'' named Detroit as one of the fifty World's Greatest Places of 2022 to explore. Detroit is a major port on the Detroit River, one of the four major straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway. The City of Detroit anchors the second-largest regional econo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Most Holy Redeemer Church (Detroit)
The Most Holy Redeemer Church is located at 1721 Junction Street in Southwest Detroit, Michigan, within the West Vernor–Junction Historic District.Most Holy Redeemer Parish History . Retrieved on April 15, 2009. The church was once estimated as the largest Roman Catholic parish in North America.Most Holy Redeemer Church ''Pewabic.org''. Retrieved April 12, 2011. West Vernor–Junction Historic District is adjacent to and contains a growing Mexican community and resurgent neighborhood.
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Western International High School
Western International High School is a public high school, located across from Clark Park, within southwest Detroit's Mexicantown. Western is operated by the Detroit Public Schools system. As of 2012, it was the final remaining public high school in southwestern Detroit.Foley, Aaron.Closing southwest Detroit schools would be devastating, protesters say. ''MLive''. Saturday February 25, 2012. Retrieved on November 1, 2012. Western serves Mexicantown, Boynton–Oakwood Heights, Delray, and Springwells Village. History The school opened in 1898 as "Western High School." The Webster School held high school classes on a temporary basis until Western was built. On 26 February 1935 Western High School's campus was destroyed by a fire.Mirel, Jeffrey. '' The Rise and Fall of an Urban School System: Detroit, 1907-81'' (Ann Arbor paperbacks). University of Michigan Press, 1999. , 9780472086498. p188 Western received a new campus as part of the Public Works Administration projects.Mirel, Jef ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Todd Cruz
Todd Ruben Cruz (November 23, 1955 – September 2, 2008), was an American former professional baseball shortstop and third baseman, who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) between and with the Philadelphia Phillies, Kansas City Royals, California Angels, Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners, and Baltimore Orioles. He batted and threw right-handed. Early years Of Mexican American descent, Cruz was born in Highland Park, Michigan, in Metro Detroit and was raised in Mexicantown in Detroit. He attended Western High School in Detroit. Early baseball career Cruz was selected by the Philadelphia Phillies out of Western High School in the second round (26th overall) of the MLB amateur entry draft in June 1973, immediately signing a contract later that month. He finally made his major league debut five years later, playing only three games in September 1978 with the Phillies. With Larry Bowa established as the everyday shortstop, Cruz was traded to the Royals for Doug Bird on April 3, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Holy Redeemer Church may refer to: Belize *Holy Redeemer Cathedral India * Basilica of the Holy Redeemer, Tiruchirappalli Ireland *Holy Redeemer Church, Bray Thailand * Holy Redeemer Church, Bangkok United Kingdom *Holy Redeemer Church, York *Our Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell, London * Church of Our Most Holy Redeemer and St Thomas More, Chelsea, London United States *Most Holy Redeemer Church, San Francisco *Old Holy Redeemer Catholic Church (Kissimmee, Florida) *Most Holy Redeemer Church (Detroit, Michigan) *Holy Redeemer Church (Eagle Harbor, Michigan) *Holy Redeemer College (Oakland, California), built as a seminary in 1925. {{Disambiguation, church ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Public Schools
Detroit Public Schools Community District (DPSCD) is a school district that covers all of the city of Detroit, Michigan, United States and high school students in the insular city of Highland Park. The district, which replaced the original Detroit Public Schools (DPS) in 2016, provides services to approximately 50,000 students, making it the largest school district in the state. The district has its headquarters in the Fisher Building of the New Center area of Detroit. The school district has experienced extensive financial difficulties over a series of years. From 1999 to 2005, and from 2009 to the reorganization in 2016, the district was overseen by a succession of state-appointed emergency financial managers. History The district was established in 1842, and has grown with the city. Some of the schools in the district began as part of other school districts, including Greenfield Township and Springwells Township districts, as the areas these districts covered were annex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Associated Press
The Associated Press (AP) is an American non-profit news agency headquartered in New York City. Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association. It produces news reports that are distributed to its members, U.S. newspapers and broadcasters. The AP has earned 56 Pulitzer Prizes, including 34 for photography, since the award was established in 1917. It is also known for publishing the widely used '' AP Stylebook''. By 2016, news collected by the AP was published and republished by more than 1,300 newspapers and broadcasters, English, Spanish, and Arabic. The AP operates 248 news bureaus in 99 countries. It also operates the AP Radio Network, which provides newscasts twice hourly for broadcast and satellite radio and television stations. Many newspapers and broadcasters outside the United States are AP subscribers, paying a fee to use AP material without being contributing members of the cooperative. As part of their cooperative agreement with the AP, most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit PD
The Detroit Police Department (DPD) is a municipal police force based in and responsible for the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 1865, it has nearly 2,500 officers, making it the largest law enforcement organization in Michigan. History Establishment Town constables were appointed starting in 1801. A Police Commission was established in 1861 but the first forty officers did not begin work until 1865. Technological innovations In 1921, the Detroit Police Department became the first police department in the country to utilize radio dispatch in their patrol cars.Police Dispatch Radio ''Mich Markers'' A historical marker at describes the new advancement in tech ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Revolution , the emergence of distinctively human social organizations
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Human Revolution may refer to: * '' Deus Ex: Human Revolution'', a 2011 video game in the ''Deus Ex'' series * ''The Human Revolution'', a multi-volume novel by Daisaku Ikeda, and adaptations * The Human Revolution (human origins), the sudden emergence of language, consciousness and culture in our species * Human evolution (origins of society and culture), the physical emergence of Homo sapiens as a distinct species * Neolithic Revolution, the wide-scale transition from hunting and gathering to agriculture * Origins of society The origins of society — the evolutionary emergence of distinctively human social organization — is an important topic within evolutionary biology, anthropology, prehistory and palaeolithic archaeology. While little is known for certain, debates ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wayne State University
Wayne State University (WSU) is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan. It is Michigan's third-largest university. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 350 programs to nearly 25,000 graduate and undergraduate students. Wayne State University, along with the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, compose the University Research Corridor of Michigan. Wayne State is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". Wayne State's main campus comprises 203 acres linking more than 100 education and research buildings. It also has four satellite campuses in Macomb, Wayne and Jackson counties. The Wayne State Warriors compete in the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC). History The Wayne State University was established in 1868 as the Detroit Medical College by five returning Civil War veterans. The college charter from 1868 was signed by f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Detroit Public Library
The Detroit Public Library is the second largest library system in the U.S. state of Michigan by volumes held (after the University of Michigan Library) and the 21st-largest library system (and the fourth-largest public library system) in the United States. It is composed of the Main Library on Woodward Avenue, which houses the library's administration offices, and 23 branch locations across the city. The Main Library is part of Detroit's Cultural Center Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places adjacent to Wayne State University campus and across from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Designed by Cass Gilbert, the Detroit Public Library was constructed with Vermont marble and serpentine Italian marble trim in an Renaissance Revival architecture, Italian Renaissance style. His son, Cass Gilbert, Jr. was a partner with Francis Keally in the design of the library's additional wings added in 1963. Among his other buildings, Cass Gilbert designed the United Sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Holy Redeemer High School (Detroit)
Holy Redeemer High School was a Roman Catholic secondary school located in Southwest Detroit, at the corner of Junction and Vernor streets, near the Ambassador Bridge to Canada. It was overseen by the Archdiocese of Detroit. It was founded in 1882 and closed in 2005 after 123 years. A new Catholic School Detroit Cristo Rey High School opened in the Holy Redeemer High School building in 2008. Christo Rey, at its founding in Detroit, occupied one portion of the Holy Redeemer High School building while a public charter school occupied the other portion of the building. The adjoining Holy Redeemer Catholic Parish and Holy Redeemer grade school both remain in operation. Other schools closed along with Holy Redeemer High School at the same time in 2005 included: Detroit East Catholic, Detroit Deporres, Detroit Benedictine, Redford Bishop Borgess, Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher (Trinity High School), Harper Woods Notre Dame, Refdord St. Agatha and Centerline St. Clement. The closing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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