The Woodward Corridor is the stretch of neighborhoods and suburban communities located along
Woodward Avenue
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* Woodward, Iowa
* Woodward, Oklahoma
* Woodward, Pennsylvania, a census-designated place
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within
metropolitan Detroit
The Detroit metropolitan area, often referred to as Metro Detroit, is a major metropolitan area in the U.S. State of Michigan, consisting of the city of Detroit and its surrounding area. There are varied definitions of the area, including the ...
,
Michigan
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. Woodward Avenue is often called Detroit's Main Street. Woodward starts in the center of
Downtown Detroit and ends in
Downtown Pontiac.
Detroit neighborhoods located along the Woodward Corridor
Arden Park,
Boston-Edison,
Brush Park
The Brush Park Historic District, frequently referred to as simply Brush Park, is a 22-block neighborhood located within Midtown Detroit, Michigan and designated by the city. ,
Cass Corridor
The Cass Corridor is the name of the neighborhoods on the west end of Midtown Detroit. It includes the Cass Park Historic District, the Cass-Davenport Historic District and Old Chinatown. The corridor's main street, Cass Avenue, runs parallel wi ...
,
Chaldean Town
Chaldean Town was a historically Chaldo-Assyrian neighborhood in Detroit located along West Seven Mile Road in a segment in between Woodward Avenue to the west and John R St. to the east.Henrich and Henrich, p81Cultural Center
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Downtown,
Green Acres,
Foxtown,
Midtown,
Milwaukee Junction
Milwaukee Junction is an area in Detroit, Michigan, east of New Center. Located near the railroad junction of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad's predecessors Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway and the Chicago, Detroit and Canada Grand T ...
,
New Center,
North End,
Grixdale Farms,
Palmer Woods.
Suburban communities located along the Woodward Corridor
Berkley,
Birmingham
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,
Bloomfield Hills
Bloomfield Hills is a small city (5.04 sq. miles) in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a northern suburb of Metro Detroit and is approximately northwest of Downtown Detroit. Except a small southern border with the city of Bir ...
,
Bloomfield Township,
Ferndale,
Huntington Woods,
Pleasant Ridge,
Pontiac Pontiac may refer to:
*Pontiac (automobile), a car brand
*Pontiac (Ottawa leader) ( – 1769), a Native American war chief
Places and jurisdictions Canada
*Pontiac, Quebec, a municipality
** Apostolic Vicariate of Pontiac, now the Roman Catholic D ...
, and
Royal Oak
The Royal Oak is the English oak tree within which the future King Charles II of England hid to escape the Roundheads following the Battle of Worcester in 1651. The tree was in Boscobel Wood, which was part of the park of Boscobel House. C ...
.
See also
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M-1 Rail Line
The QLine (stylized as QLINE), originally known as M-1 Rail by its developers, is a streetcar system in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Opened on May 12, 2017, it connects Downtown Detroit with Midtown and New Center, running along Woodw ...
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Woodward Dream Cruise
The Woodward Dream Cruise event is an automotive enthusiast event held annually on the third Saturday of August in Metropolitan Detroit, Michigan, along Woodward Avenue, a major thoroughfare built in the early 20th century. The WDC Event spans mu ...
External links
Detroit Corridor InitiativeM-1 RailTransform Woodward Project
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Metro Detroit
Neighborhoods in Detroit
Geography of Macomb County, Michigan
Geography of Oakland County, Michigan
Geography of Wayne County, Michigan