The Detroit International Riverfront is a
tourist attraction
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Types
Places of natural ...
and landmark of
Detroit, Michigan
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, extending from the
Ambassador Bridge
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in the west to
Belle Isle in the east, for a total of 5.5 miles (8.8 kilometers). The International Riverfront encompasses a cruise ship passenger terminal and dock, a marina, a multitude of parks, restaurants, retail shops,
skyscrapers, and high rise residential areas along with
TCF Center
Huntington Place (formerly known as Cobo Hall, Cobo Center, and briefly as TCF Center) is a convention center in Downtown Detroit, owned by the Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority (DRCFA) and operated by ASM Global. Located at 1 Wash ...
. The Marriott at the
Renaissance Center and the
Robert's Riverwalk Hotel are also situated along the International Riverfront. Private companies and foundations together with the city, state, and federal government have contributed several hundred million dollars toward the riverfront development. Key public spaces in the International Riverfront, such as the RiverWalk,
Dequindre Cut Greenway and Trail,
William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor
The William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor (formerly named ''Tri-Centennial State Park and Harbor'') is a public recreation area located on the Detroit River just east of downtown Detroit, Michigan, on a portion of the city's International ...
, and a cruise ship passenger terminal and dock at
Hart Plaza complement the
architecture
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of the area.
The area provides a venue for a variety of annual events and festivals including the
Detroit Electronic Music Festival
Movement Electronic Music Festival is an annual electronic music, electronic dance music event held in the birthplace of Techno, Detroit, each Memorial Day weekend since 2006. Previous electronic music festivals held at Hart Plaza on Memorial ...
, Detroit Free Press International Marathon, the
Detroit International Jazz Festival
The Detroit Jazz Festival is a free jazz festival held every year during Labor Day Weekend at Hart Plaza and Campus Martius Park in Detroit, Michigan.
History
The festival began in 1980. Until 2000, it was known as the Montreux-Detroit Jazz Fe ...
,
Motor City Pride
Motor City Pride is an annual LGBT pride street festival, held in Hart Plaza in Detroit, Michigan the second Saturday and Sunday of June. Previously held in Ferndale, Michigan, the festival moved to Detroit in 2011. It is the largest LGBT event ...
, the
North American International Auto Show
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, River Days and Detroit China Festival. In February 2021, the Detroit International Riverfront was voted best riverwalk in the United States by ''
USA Today
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'' readers. It was selected a second time as the best riverwalk in the U.S. in 2022.
History
The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, incorporated as a
501(c)(3)
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organization, helped raise funds for the International Riverfront project.
[ Developers planned the initial east riverfront promenade investment at $559 million, which included contributions of $135 million from GM and $50 million from the Kresge foundation.
]
Features
The area contains the Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge which is the only international wildlife preserve
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in North America
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, uniquely located in the heart of a major metropolitan area. The Refuge includes islands, coastal wetlands, marshes, shoals, and waterfront lands along of the Detroit River and Western Lake Erie
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shoreline.
Belle Isle Park
Belle Isle Park
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is a island state park
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in the Detroit River managed by the State of Michigan. Until November 12, 2013, it was a city-operated park operated by the City of Detroit Recreation Department. It connects to the city by the MacArthur Bridge. It is home to the Anna Scripps Whitcomb Conservatory (1904), the oldest conservatory in the United States, the Detroit Yacht Club, the Detroit Boat Club, the Dossin Great Lakes Museum
The Dossin Great Lakes Museum is an historical maritime museum in Detroit, Michigan. Located on The Strand on Belle Isle Park along the Detroit River, this museum places special interest on Detroit's role on national and regional maritime his ...
, a Coast Guard
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post, and a municipal golf
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course. The park contains a Nature Center where visitors are able to traverse wooded trails and view wildlife natural habitats. The island includes a half-mile (800 m) swimming beach.
Aretha Franklin Amphitheater
The Aretha Franklin Amphitheater, formerly known as Chene Park, is located on the near east side of Detroit
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, at the foot of Chene Street, along the banks of the Detroit River. Located just east of William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor
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, it contains a 6,000-seat amphitheater
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where concerts are regularly scheduled every summer. Jazz
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, Classic Soul
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and Rhythm and Blues
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acts are the staples of the season. The park
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also includes park trails, the Chene Park Fountain, and the Lake Lounge bar.
The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy has connected the park to the Renaissance Center along a riverside promenade.
The park was originally named for Charles Chene, a French immigrant who owned a strip of land along the shores of the Detroit River that extended into what is now just east of downtown. On September 4, 2018, Detroit City Council unanimously voted to rename Chene Park the Aretha Franklin Amphitheater after the famous singer who died on August 16, 2018. The change took place before the 2019 season.
Dequindre Cut Greenway
Dequindre Cut Greenway is a non-motorized trail extending from the Detroit River northward, with the future potential to connect to the Ferndale-Birmingham greenway in Oakland County
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. The mile (1.6 km) long trail primarily connects the Lafayette Park neighborhood and Eastern Market to the Riverwalk. The greenway utilizes half of the corridor, with a wide paved path with separate lanes for biking and walking.[
Construction of phase I of the Dequindre Cut Greenway, extending from the River one mile (1.6 km) north to Gratiot Avenue, is complete. Funded by MDOT's Transportation Enhancement Program and the Community Foundation of Southeast Michigan, this portion of the greenway sets the template for future phases and includes a bituminous path; access ramps for bicyclists, pedestrians and emergency vehicles; landscaping; lighting; signage and security cameras. The first phase of the trail officially opened May 14, 2009 with an opening ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Woodbridge Street entrance of the greenway between Orleans Street and St. Aubin Street.
The Dequindre Cut Greenway phase II North project begins at the northern terminus of the phase I at Gratiot Avenue and continues for over one-half mile to Mack Avenue. The strategic plan for phase II provides a design approach and project budget that builds on the lessons learned in phase I construction.
The Dequindre Cut is noted for the high quality ]graffiti
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covering the walls of the corridor. The Riverfront Conservancy which operates the greenway will permit current and future painted art work to remain as long as it is not deemed offensive. The trail is one of the city's few public art parks and is a major attraction for urban photographers.[
]
GM Plaza and Promenade
The Renaissance Center, nicknamed the RenCen, is a group of seven interconnected skyscrapers in Detroit
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, Michigan
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, and the tallest building in Michigan since 1977. Located on the Detroit International Riverfront, the entire Renaissance Center complex is owned by General Motors
The General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest automaker in the United States and ...
. The central tower is occupied by the Detroit Marriott
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* Marriott International, international hot ...
at the Renaissance Center, the tallest all-hotel skyscraper in the Western Hemisphere
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with the largest rooftop restaurant, called Coach Insignia. The complex contains many restaurants, a variety of shops, and the vehicle display known as GM World. GM donated its portion of the plaza and promenade to the Riverfront Conservancy upon completion. A cruise-ship passenger terminal stands on Hart Plaza, adjacent to the Renaissance Center.
In 2003, General Motors
The General Motors Company (GM) is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Automotive industry, automotive manufacturing company headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, United States. It is the largest automaker in the United States and ...
completed a $500 million renovation of the Renaissance Center for its world headquarters which it had purchased in 1996. Skidmore, Owings & Merrill
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, Gensler, the Smith Group, and Ghafari Associates were among the architects for the renovation. The majority of the construction operations were led by Turner Construction Company. The renovation included the addition of a five-story Wintergarden which provides access to the Detroit International Riverfront.
Work continued in and around the complex until 2005. The Renaissance Center totals 5.5 million square feet (511,000 m2), making it one of the world's largest office complexes.
Hart Plaza and the Dock of Detroit
Philip A. Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit
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, is a city plaza
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along the Detroit River. It is located more or less on the site at which Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac landed in 1701 when he founded ''Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit'', the settlement that became Detroit. In 2011, the Detroit-Wayne County Port Authority
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opened its new cruise ship
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passenger terminal and dock at Hart Plaza, adjacent to the Renaissance Center, which receives major cruise ships such as the MS Columbus and the Yorktown.[Detroit Wayne County Port Authority Breaks Ground on $11.25 Million Public Dock and Terminal]
(June 21, 2004). ''PRNewswire''. Retrieved on January 20, 2008.
The plaza, which is named for the late U.S. Senator Philip Hart, opened in 1975 and has a capacity for about 40,000 people. At the center of the plaza is the Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain, designed by Isamu Noguchi and Walter Budd in 1978.
River Place
The historic Stroh River Place complex is a mixed-use residential development adjacent to the Roberts Riverwalk Hotel and Residence, the redeveloped site of the Parke-Davis
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research laboratory, a National Historic Landmark
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located along the east riverfront promenade. The historic Dry Dock Complex is an additional redeveloped site along the east riverfront which includes residential units and retail.
River Walk
The Detroit International Riverfront includes a -mile (8.8 km) promenade called the River Walk which is to extend from the Ambassador Bridge
The Ambassador Bridge is a tolled international suspension bridge across the Detroit River that connects Detroit, Michigan, United States, with Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Opened in 1929, it is the busiest international border crossing in Nort ...
to Belle Isle. The path is located directly on the river, sometimes bridging it. The path is 62 feet ( m) wide in most places, with separate lanes for pedestrian and wheeled (such as bicycles
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or inline skate) traffic. Pavilions, fishing piers and benches are located at intervals along the path.[
The east riverfront promenade connects an area known as Rivertown. It extends along the east riverfront area from the ]TCF Center
Huntington Place (formerly known as Cobo Hall, Cobo Center, and briefly as TCF Center) is a convention center in Downtown Detroit, owned by the Detroit Regional Convention Facility Authority (DRCFA) and operated by ASM Global. Located at 1 Wash ...
convention and exhibit facility to the Belle Isle State Park bridge and includes the Renaissance Center, GM Plaza and Promenade, William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor
The William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor (formerly named ''Tri-Centennial State Park and Harbor'') is a public recreation area located on the Detroit River just east of downtown Detroit, Michigan, on a portion of the city's International ...
, Stroh River Place, Chene Park, Mt Elliott Park and Gabriel Richard Park. The river walk is designed to supplement new retail and residential development, and includes the newly renovated historic Alden Park Towers
The Alden Park Towers is an apartment building located at 8100 East Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. It is also currently known as Alden Towers. The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1985.
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. Architect Eric J. Hill aided in its design.[
The first of continuous riverfront promenade and two of the four planned pavilions opened to the public on June 6, 2007. Rivard Plaza located at the foot of Rivard Street features a covered seating, a carousel, concessions and bike rentals. Richard Plaza located in Gabriel Richard Park features covered seating, concessions and a butterfly garden. The River Walk is continuous from Joe Louis Arena to Milliken State Park with unfinished sections between the state park and River Place. From River Place the River Walk is then continuous through Mt Elliott Park to the former site of the Uniroyal Tire factory west of Belle Isle. The west riverfront promenade development is not expected to be completed before 2022. The west riverfront includes the high-rise ]Riverfront Towers
Riverfront Towers is an apartment and condominium complex of three high rise residential skyscrapers along the International Riverfront in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Each Riverfront Tower creates an ascending tier of three towers.
Build ...
. The west riverfront promenade will eventually connect to River Rouge in the southwest side.[
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William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor
William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor
The William G. Milliken State Park and Harbor (formerly named ''Tri-Centennial State Park and Harbor'') is a public recreation area located on the Detroit River just east of downtown Detroit, Michigan, on a portion of the city's International ...
(formerly ''Tri-Centennial State Park and Harbor'') is a state park
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in Michigan
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, and one of only two state parks located within an urban area. The park consist of the former city-owned St. Aubin Park and Marina. Located just east of downtown Detroit
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in the Near-East Riverfront, it covers on the Detroit River, and includes a 52-slip harbor of refuge. A conical brick light tower marks the harbor entrance. The park's first phase opened in 2003, included refurbishing of the marina and construction of lighthouse. Construction on the second phase, adjacent to Rivard Plaza, to expand the park started in summer 2008 and was completed in summer 2009. In fall 2009, the state park was renamed in honor of former Michigan Governor
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William G. Milliken.
Riverfront activities
Detroit River Days, a five-day festival on the International Riverfront, marked the 2007 opening of the riverfront promenade along the east river leading up to the Detroit-Windsor International Freedom Festival fireworks. Detroit
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and Windsor jointly celebrate the multi-day festival the last week of June which draws about 3.5 million visitors during the week in order to commemorate each country's respective National holiday - ( US Independence Day on July 4 and Canada Day
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on July 1). The festival began in 1959. It is organized by the Parade Company, a well sponsored not-for-profit organization governed by the Michigan Thanksgiving Parade Foundation.
Traditionally, several days of events were planned, ending with one of the world's largest fireworks
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displays,[Mink, Randy, and Karen Mink (July 2001). Detroit Turns 300 - Detroit 300 Festival. ''Travel America'', World Publishing Co., Gale Group.] sponsored by Target
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. In prior years, the fireworks display has been billed as the world's largest. On the Windsor side, there is a midway consisting of carnival rides and concessions during the festival. The Midway operates as stand-alone attraction at the end of June, beginning of July.
The Detroit Electronic Music Festival
Movement Electronic Music Festival is an annual electronic music, electronic dance music event held in the birthplace of Techno, Detroit, each Memorial Day weekend since 2006. Previous electronic music festivals held at Hart Plaza on Memorial ...
(DEMF) is an electronic dance music showcase held in Hart Plaza each Memorial Day weekend since 2000. In subsequent years, the similarly themed festivals Movement (2003–2004), Fuse-In (2005) and currently, Movement: Detroit's Electronic Music Festival (2006–present) continue the DEMF's traditions, with each name change reflecting shifts in festival management. All of these festivals featured performances by musicians and DJs, and emphasized the progressive qualities of the culture surrounding electronic music.
The International Riverfront is host to part of the Detroit International Jazz Festival
The Detroit Jazz Festival is a free jazz festival held every year during Labor Day Weekend at Hart Plaza and Campus Martius Park in Detroit, Michigan.
History
The festival began in 1980. Until 2000, it was known as the Montreux-Detroit Jazz Fe ...
held in Hart Plaza each Labor Day weekend. Hart Plaza is also the traditional location of rallies to celebrate championships won by Detroit's major sports teams. Both Detroit and Windsor have hosted the Red Bull Air Race World Championship on the International Riverfront.
Photo gallery
File:DetroitWaterfront1901.jpg, Riverfront circa 1901
File:View of Detroit from Ceasar Windsor Theatre hallway.jpg, View from Caesars Windsor
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casino resort overlooking Detroit.
File:DetroitRiverwalklookingupriverfromRenCenspring2007.jpg, Looking upriver to Belle Isle State Park.
File:Detroit International Riverfront Rivard Place Merry Go Round.jpg, Rivard Plaza includes a Merry-Go-Round
File:Detroit Dry Dock No 2 2009.jpg, Dry Dock Complex historic redevelopment
File:Detroit, USA Taken From Windsor, Canada.jpg, Skyline along the International Riverfront
File:Renaissance Center, Detroit, Michigan from S 2014-12-07.jpg, Renaissance Center
File:Detroit from Belle Isle.jpg, Detroit's skyline as seen from Belle Isle
See also
* List of contemporary amphitheatres
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References and further reading
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External links
Canadian Heritage River Systems
Detroit Riverfront Conservancy
Detroit Wayne County Port Authority
Great Lakes Cruising Coalition
Photography-plus.com
Riverfront Towers
Tri-Centennial State Park official website
Video review of the Riverfront with on-site footage
Eastern Market Detroit
Model D Transformations
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Detroit River
Downtown Detroit
Parks in Detroit
Coastal resorts in Michigan
Redeveloped ports and waterfronts in the United States
Tourist attractions in Detroit