Downtown Detroit is the
central business district
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and a
residential
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Housing may vary significantly between, and through, residential areas. These include single-family housing, multi-family resi ...
area of the city of
Detroit
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,
Michigan
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, United States. Locally, downtown tends to refer to the 1.4 square mile region bordered by
M-10 M10, M-10 or M 10 may refer to:
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(Lodge Freeway) to the west,
Interstate 75 (I-75, Fisher Freeway) to the north,
I-375 Interstate 375 may refer to:
* Interstate 375 (Florida), a spur in St. Petersburg, Florida
* Interstate 375 (Michigan), a spur in Detroit, Michigan
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(Chrysler Freeway) to the east, and the
Detroit River to the south. Although, it may also refer to the Greater Downtown area, a 7.2 square mile region that includes surrounding neighborhoods such as
Midtown,
Corktown, Rivertown, and
Woodbridge.
The city's main thoroughfare
M-1 (Woodward Avenue) links Downtown to
Midtown,
New Center
New Center is a commercial and residential historic district located uptown in Detroit, Michigan, adjacent to Midtown, one mile (1.6 km) north of the Cultural Center, and approximately three miles (5 km) north of Downtown. The area ...
, and the
North End.
Downtown contains much
historic architecture, including prominent skyscrapers, ranging from the
Renaissance Center, the
Penobscot Building
The Greater Penobscot Building, commonly known as the Penobscot Building, is a class-A office tower in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. Constructed in 1928, the Art Deco building is located in the heart of the Detroit Financial District. The Penob ...
,
One Detroit Center
Ally Detroit Center, formerly One Detroit Center, is a skyscraper and class-A office building located in Downtown Detroit, overlooking the Detroit Financial District. Rising , the 43-story tower is the tallest office building in Michigan an ...
, and the
Guardian Building
The Guardian Building is a landmark skyscraper in the United States, located at 500 Griswold Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Financial District. The Guardian is a class-A office building owned by Wayne County, Michigan and s ...
. Historic churches,
theatres, and commercial buildings anchor the various downtown districts. Downtown has a number of parks including those linked by a promenade along the
International Riverfront. Its central square is
Campus Martius Park.
History
Following the Detroit fire of 1805, the design for the downtown area was left open to a new vision.
Augustus B. Woodward proposed a radial design for the post-fire city, where major streets such as
Woodward, Washington, and Madison Avenue would spiral off
Grand Circus Park
The Grand Circus Park Historic District contains the Grand Circus Park in Downtown Detroit, Michigan that connects the theatre district with its financial district. It is bisected by Woodward Avenue, four blocks north of Campus Martius Park, a ...
. The downtown streets still loosely follow Woodward's original design. Business in Detroit boomed along with its growing automobile industry, leading to an increase in downtown's population and wealth. Much of the downtown area's architecture was built during this boom, in the late 19th century and early 20th century, and still attracts the attention of architects. Several buildings were built by the famous
Minoru Yamasaki (most well known for designing the
twin towers in New York City), including the
McGregor Memorial Conference Center and
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Detroit Branch Building.
The area where
I-375 Interstate 375 may refer to:
* Interstate 375 (Florida), a spur in St. Petersburg, Florida
* Interstate 375 (Michigan), a spur in Detroit, Michigan
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is lies on the historic site of
Black Bottom and Paradise Valley. Black Bottom was one of the city's major African American communities, historically named by French colonial settlers for its rich soil. Paradise Valley was the business and entertainment district of Black Bottom, best known for its
Paradise Theatre and Hotel Gotham, where prominent jazz figures such as
Duke Ellington
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,
Billie Holiday
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, and
Louis Armstrong
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performed and stayed respectively. Both neighborhoods were demolished to build I-375, and have since been replaced with
Lafayette Park.
Revitalization
Downtown was once notorious for its abandonment, vacant buildings, and disinvestment. However, in recent years, the downtown area has seen tremendous growth and redevelopment.
Since 2000 a number of major
construction
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projects have been completed including the new
Compuware Headquarters at
Campus Martius Park and two new stadiums:
Comerica Park and
Ford Field
Ford Field is a domed American football stadium located in Downtown Detroit. It primarily serves as the home of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL), as well as the annual Quick Lane Bowl college football bowl game, state cha ...
.
General Motors
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moved their headquarters into the
Renaissance Center, and the
Detroit Lions
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have relocated from
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to Downtown Detroit. High-profile events like the 2005
MLB All-Star Game,
Super Bowl XL, and the
2006
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and
2012 World Series
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have taken place in downtown, generating income for local businesses and spurring more growth. As a result, new residents are moving into Detroit in the assortment of new lofts that are opening. An example of these trends is the
Westin Book-Cadillac Hotel. In 2006, the Cleveland-based Ferchill Group began the $180 million redevelopment of the historic Book Cadlliac Hotel at the corner of Washington Blvd. and Michigan Avenue. The project, which has been hailed by preservationists houses a 455-room Westin Hotel, 67 high-end condominiums, and two to three restaurants, and some miscellaneous retail serving hotel and conference center guests.
DTE Energy Headquarters
DTE Energy Headquarters is a class-A office complex at I-75 and Grand River on the west side of Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It consists of three buildings: Walker-Cisler Building, General Office Building, and the Service Building.
Detroit Ca ...
features an urban oasis of parks, walkways, and a reflecting pool.
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''Downtown Detroit Partnership''
In 2007, Downtown Detroit was named among the best big city neighborhoods in which to retire by CNN Money Magazine editors. Downtown contains popular destinations including, the
International Riverfront, the
MGM Grand Detroit
The MGM Grand Detroit is one of three casino resort hotels in Detroit, Michigan, and one of four in the Detroit–Windsor area. It is owned by Vici Properties and operated by MGM Resorts International. The casino opened in its temporary locati ...
,
Greektown Casino Hotel, and many sites listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the United States federal government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures and objects deemed worthy of preservation for their historical significance or "great artistic ...
.
Downtown Detroit hosts over 92,000 workers which make up about one-fifth of the city's total employment base; in addition, it is home to about 6,200 residents. Downtown offers a number of residential high rises, including
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 Albert, and
Town Residences.
The
Renaissance Center contains the Detroit Marriott hotel,
General Motors
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headquarters, as well as many shops and restaurants.
Compuware has its headquarters in the
Compuware World Headquarters building by Campus Martius Park in Downtown Detroit. Compuware moved its headquarters and 4,000 employees to Downtown Detroit in 2003.
Little Caesars
Little Caesar Enterprises Inc. ( doing business as Little Caesars) is an American multi-national pizza chain. Based on 2020 statistics, Little Caesars is the third-largest pizza chain by total sales in the United States, behind Pizza Hut and ...
and
Olympia Entertainment have their headquarters in the
Fox Theatre.
Ernst & Young
Ernst & Young Global Limited, trade name EY, is a multinational professional services partnership headquartered in London, England. EY is one of the largest professional services networks in the world. Along with Deloitte, KPMG and Pricewat ...
has offices in
One Kennedy Square
One Kennedy Square is a 10-story building located at 777 Woodward Avenue in Downtown Detroit, Michigan, near Campus Martius Park. The building is bordered by Griswold Street, Michigan Avenue and Woodward Avenue, and stands on the site of the old ...
on
Campus Martius Park.
Pricewaterhouse Coopers
PricewaterhouseCoopers is an international professional services brand of firms, operating as partnerships under the PwC brand. It is the second-largest professional services network in the world and is considered one of the Big Four accountin ...
has offices in a building across from
Ford Field
Ford Field is a domed American football stadium located in Downtown Detroit. It primarily serves as the home of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL), as well as the annual Quick Lane Bowl college football bowl game, state cha ...
. Chrysler maintains executive offices at
Chrysler House in the city's
Financial District. In 2011, Quicken Loans moved its headquarters and 4,000 employees to downtown.
Comerica Bank and
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan are also major employers downtown.
Throughout the late 2010s, a large amount of business and investment have continued to enter the city and transform it. As of 2019, businesses such as
Shinola
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,
Google
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,
Moosejaw
Moosejaw.com is an online and brick and mortar retailer specializing in outdoor recreation apparel and gear for snowboarding, rock climbing, hiking, and camping. The company was founded in 1992 by Bill Schulman, a teacher and summer camp directo ...
, and
Nike occupy the once-vacant street fronts. Investments such as new bike lanes, the
Little Caesars Arena
Little Caesars Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Midtown Detroit. Opened on September 5, 2017, the arena, which cost $862.9 million to construct, replaced Joe Louis Arena and The Palace of Auburn Hills as the home of the Detroit Red Wings o ...
and
QLine have been successful in attracting newcomers to the city. Downtown's transformation in recent years has also perpetuated the discussion of
gentrification
Gentrification is the process of changing the character of a neighborhood through the influx of more affluent residents and businesses. It is a common and controversial topic in urban politics and planning. Gentrification often increases the ...
within the city. The downtown area is notably wealthier than other parts of the city, and has attracted a new demographic of white, middle class tourists and residents, physically and culturally displacing the black residents of the inner city. The ever-increasing lack of affordable housing and venues for locals have further contributed to this displacement. It is an ongoing debate whether or not this redevelopment is good for the downtown area and Detroit as a whole.
In 2021, the 2-acre Hudson's site 680-foot tower, and the 232-foot tall, block-long building called “the block”, with the two sections being separated by an activated alley, were under construction by Dan Gilbert's real estate firm, Bedrock Detroit, that will include 150 apartments, a 200-plus-room hotel, office, retail and event space. Further ongoing new construction underway were, The Exchange, a 16-story residential tower, and the 20-story Huntington Bank headquarters tower. And in late 2021, Stephen Ross and Christopher Ilitch, announced plans for the new home of the UofM’s, Detroit Center for Innovation (DCI), a $250 million, 4-acre, three building graduate school campus, in the downtown District Detroit area.
Districts
Demographics
As of the
2020 Census, there were 6,151 people living in the district. The
population density
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was 4,271.5 people per square mile (1,649.2/km
2). There were 5,323 housing units. The census reported the district residents as 54.2%
White
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, 30.4%
Black
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, 0.4%
Native American, 6.4%
Asian, 0.09%
Pacific Islander
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, 2.2%
other races, and 6.0% two or more races.
Hispanic
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The term commonly applies to countries with a cultural and historical link to Spain and to viceroyalties for ...
or
Latino of any race were 6.5% of the total population.
As recently as 2011 the population of full-time residents in Downtown Detroit was relatively low. However, its population grew by an estimated 15 percent between 2012 and 2016 as it experienced a construction boom.
Government
The city of Detroit offices are located in the
Coleman Young Municipal Building. The
Guardian Building
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serves as headquarters for
Wayne County.
Detroit Fire Department has its headquarters in Downtown Detroit. The
Detroit Police Department has its headquarters in Downtown Detroit. The Central District patrol division of the police department serves Downtown Detroit.
Federal offices are in the
Patrick V. McNamara Federal Building. They include an
FBI field office.
Infrastructure
The Detroit
Greyhound Lines
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station is directly west of Downtown along the John C. Lodge Freeway. The
Detroit Department of Transportation system provides mass-transit by bus. The Rosa Parks Transit Center, completed in 2009, serves as the main hub for the bus systems downtown. It is adjacent to two stops on the
Detroit People Mover. The People Mover, a 2.94-mile (4.7 km) automated rail rapid transit system, operates on a single-track, one-way loop through the downtown area.
Suburban Mobility Authority for Regional Transportation has its headquarters in the
Buhl Building in Downtown Detroit.
In late July 2014, construction began on the
M-1 Rail Line
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, which opened to the public in 2017. It runs 3.3 miles on Woodward Avenue from Congress Street in Downtown Detroit to the Grand Boulevard station in
New Center
New Center is a commercial and residential historic district located uptown in Detroit, Michigan, adjacent to Midtown, one mile (1.6 km) north of the Cultural Center, and approximately three miles (5 km) north of Downtown. The area ...
.
Economy
Companies with headquarters in Downtown Detroit include
Compuware,
Dickinson Wright,
[Dickinson Wright renews One Detroit Center lease]
" '' Crain's Detroit Business''. December 3, 2007. Retrieved on November 23, 2013. General Motors
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,
Little Caesars
Little Caesar Enterprises Inc. ( doing business as Little Caesars) is an American multi-national pizza chain. Based on 2020 statistics, Little Caesars is the third-largest pizza chain by total sales in the United States, behind Pizza Hut and ...
,
Campbell-Ewald
Campbell Ewald is an advertising and marketing communications agency headquartered in Detroit, Michigan, with offices in Los Angeles and New York. Campbell Ewald is part of advertising company Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG).
History
In 191 ...
,
Miller Canfield
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, and
Quicken Loans.
October 28, 2014,
Fifth Third Bank announced plans to move its Michigan regional headquarters from
Southfield to downtown Detroit in what will be named the ''
Fifth Third Bank Building at One Woodward''. The bank will occupy about of the structure and has also pledged to invest $85 million in the city of Detroit.
The office had 150 employees.
Previously
Comerica Bank had its headquarters in Downtown Detroit. On March 6, 2007, the company announced its decision to relocate its corporate headquarters to
Dallas
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. The company executives began moving to Dallas in November 2007. At one time
Real Times Media
Real Times Media LLC is the owner and publisher of the ''Chicago Defender'', the largest and most influential African American weekly newspaper, as well as five other regional weeklies in the eastern and Midwestern United States. Its headquarters ...
, the owner of black newspapers in the United States, had its headquarters in the
Globe Tobacco Building
The Globe Tobacco Building is a manufacturing building located at 407 East Fort Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It is the oldest tobacco manufactory extant in Detroit, and is listed by the National Register of Historic Places.
History
The t ...
, and later the
Buhl Building.
Media
The
Detroit Media Partnership, housing both ''
The Detroit News
''The Detroit News'' is one of the two major newspapers in the U.S. city of Detroit, Michigan. The paper began in 1873, when it rented space in the rival ''Detroit Free Press'' building. ''The News'' absorbed the ''Detroit Tribune'' on Februar ...
'' and the ''
Detroit Free Press
The ''Detroit Free Press'' is the largest daily newspaper in Detroit, Michigan, US. The Sunday edition is titled the ''Sunday Free Press''. It is sometimes referred to as the Freep (reflected in the paper's web address, www.freep.com). It primar ...
'', has its headquarters in Downtown Detroit.
The ''
Metro Times
The ''Detroit Metro Times'' is a progressive alternative weekly located in Detroit, Michigan. It is the largest circulating weekly newspaper in the metro Detroit area.
History and content
Supported entirely by advertising, it is distribute ...
'' was previously headquartered in the
Detroit Cornice and Slate Company Building in Downtown.
The studio of
WDIV (Detroit's
NBC affiliate) is located in Downtown Detroit; it is the only TV station in the Detroit media market with studios located in the city as
WXYZ,
WJBK
WJBK (channel 2) is a television station in Detroit, Michigan, United States, airing programming from the Fox network. Owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division, the station maintains studios and transmitter facil ...
,
WWJ,
WMYD,
WPXD
WPXD-TV, virtual channel 31 ( UHF digital channel 24), is an Ion Television– affiliated station serving Detroit, Michigan, United States, that is licensed to Ann Arbor. The station is owned by Salt Lake City–based Inyo Broadcast Holdings. WP ...
, and
WKBD
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(affiliates of
ABC,
Fox,
CBS,
MyNetworkTV,
Ion Television and
The CW
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respectively) have their studios in the nearby city of
Southfield.
Park and entertainment
Downtown Detroit has seen a major growth in entertainment in the past decade. Campus Martius Park is open year-round, with ice skating in the winter with a huge Christmas tree display, to a large fountain and many concerts in the summer. Downtown Detroit has also seen major growth in retail, such as Michigan-based Moosejaw outdoor clothing. In December 2012, the largest Buffalo Wild Wings in the country opened in the district, and a new
mixed-use development
Mixed-use is a kind of urban development, urban design, urban planning and/or a zoning type that blends multiple uses, such as residential, commercial, cultural, institutional, or entertainment, into one space, where those functions are to ...
by CEO
Dan Gilbert, businessman, and developer
''The Z'' due to its Z-like shape, with 1,300 parking spaces, artwork, LED lighting, and 33,000-square-feet of street level retail space. The Z is full of murals and other artwork from 27 international artists, and the floors are color-coded. The Z opened on January 30, 2014. On December 10, 2014, Punch Bowl Social opened a new 24,000-square-foot bi-level eatery and entertainment complex in The Z structure.
Some places for entertainment and attractions within the downtown region include
Campus Martius Park,
Philip A. Hart Plaza, Coleman A. Young Community Center,
Detroit Riverwalk,
Fox Theatre,
Ford Field
Ford Field is a domed American football stadium located in Downtown Detroit. It primarily serves as the home of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League (NFL), as well as the annual Quick Lane Bowl college football bowl game, state cha ...
,
Little Caesars Arena
Little Caesars Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Midtown Detroit. Opened on September 5, 2017, the arena, which cost $862.9 million to construct, replaced Joe Louis Arena and The Palace of Auburn Hills as the home of the Detroit Red Wings o ...
, and
Comerica Park.
Education
Colleges and universities
The
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law is located downtown across from the
Renaissance Center.
Wayne County Community College District (WCCCD) has its headquarters in Downtown Detroit. The Downtown Campus of the district is located adjacent to Downtown Detroit and adjacent to the WCCCD headquarters.
Wayne State University
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is located in
Midtown Detroit. The Corktown Campus, near downtown at 2700 Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard, houses the
University of Detroit Mercy School of Dentistry and Dental Clinic. The main campus of the
University of Detroit Mercy
The University of Detroit Mercy is a private Roman Catholic university in Detroit, Michigan. It is sponsored by both the Society of Jesus (Jesuits) and the Sisters of Mercy. The university was founded in 1877 and is the largest Catholic univers ...
is located uptown.
The Detroit College of Law was in Downtown Detroit until 1997. It moved to
East Lansing, Michigan
East Lansing is a city in the U.S. state of Michigan. Most of the city lies within Ingham County with a smaller portion extending north into Clinton County. At the 2020 Census the population was 47,741. Located directly east of the state capital ...
in 1997 and is now known as the
Michigan State University College of Law
The Michigan State University College of Law (Michigan State Law or MSU Law) is the law school of Michigan State University, a public research university in East Lansing, Michigan. Established in 1891 as the Detroit College of Law, it was th ...
.
Primary and secondary education
there is a concentration of charter schools and senior high schools in the Downtown Detroit area - there were eleven high schools and 1,894 high school-aged students in the area- relative to other parts of Detroit which had more high school students but fewer schools available. This is because Downtown Detroit is relatively wealthy compared to other parts of Detroit and because of
gentrification
Gentrification is the process of changing the character of a neighborhood through the influx of more affluent residents and businesses. It is a common and controversial topic in urban politics and planning. Gentrification often increases the ...
.
The
Detroit Public Schools, charter schools, and private schools serve city residents. Downtown residents enrolled in the public school system are zoned for
Martin Luther King High School. Some downtown residents are zoned for Burton K-8 for elementary school, while others are zoned to Chrysler Elementary School. Burton K-8 and Bunche K-8 serve portions of Downtown for Middle School.
Previously Dewey K-8 served portions of Downtown Detroit for elementary school. Previously Miller Middle School, and Duffield Middle School served portions of Downtown Detroit. Previously
Murray-Wright High School served Downtown Detroit for high school.
The
Archdiocese of Detroit lists a number of primary and secondary schools in the city, along with those in the metro area. There are 23 Catholic high schools in the
Archdiocese of Detroit.
[ Of the three Catholic high schools in the city, two are operated by the ]Society of Jesus
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and the third is co-sponsored by the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
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and the Congregation of St. Basil
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.
Public libraries
The 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 U ...
operates the Rose and Robert Skillman Branch Library downtown at 121 Gratiot with the library headquarters located in Midtown. The downtown branch first opened January 4, 1932. Skillman received its current name after the Skillman Foundation donated to the library system.
Diplomatic missions
Two consulates are located in the Renaissance Center; the Consulate-General of Japan, Detroit
The is a diplomatic mission of Japan. It is located in Suite 1600 Tower 400 of the GM Renaissance Center in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. Its jurisdiction includes the states of Michigan and Ohio.
The Japanese government proposed opening the consu ...
is located on the 16th Floor of the 400 Tower, and the Consulate-General of Canada in Detroit is located in Suite 1100 of the 600 Tower. The Consulate of Italy in Detroit is located in Suite 1840 in the Buhl Building. The Consulate of Mexico in Detroit is located in Suite 830 in the Penobscot Building
The Greater Penobscot Building, commonly known as the Penobscot Building, is a class-A office tower in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. Constructed in 1928, the Art Deco building is located in the heart of the Detroit Financial District. The Penob ...
.[Bienvenidos]
" '' Consulate of Mexico in Detroit''. Retrieved on February 1, 2009.
See also
* Midtown
* New Center
New Center is a commercial and residential historic district located uptown in Detroit, Michigan, adjacent to Midtown, one mile (1.6 km) north of the Cultural Center, and approximately three miles (5 km) north of Downtown. The area ...
* Corktown
* North Corktown
Notes
References
Further reading
* Metzger, Kurt and Jason C. Booza.
Reality vs. Perceptions An Analysis of Crime and Safety in Downtown Detroit
Archive
. Created for the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau by Wayne State University
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and the Michigan Metropolitan Information Center. June 14, 2005.
External links
Downtown Detroit Partnership
{{Metro Detroit
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Detroit
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Culture of Detroit
Detroit River
Michigan populated places on the Detroit River