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Vacation 2 USA   >   Michigan   >   Towns and Cities   >   Detroit

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Detroit


The Renaissance Center, General Motors Headquarters in Detroit, Michigan Detroit is the largest city in Michigan. As of 2005, the population was 886,675, making it 11th largest city in the United States of America. Even so, the population has fallen by more than half since its peak in the early 1950s - at one time the city was the 4th largest in the country.

Detroit is known worldwide as a center of automobile manufacturing (hence its two best-known nicknames: "Motor City" and "Motown"), as well as for its music. Apart "Motor City" and "Motown", Detroit has many other nicknames including "Arsenal of Democracy" (which was popular during World War II), as well as "The D", "D-Town", "Hockeytown", "Rock City" and "The 3-1-3" (from the city's telephone area area code).

Attractions in the Detroit area include: Here is some other information about Detroit:
  • Some of the leading educational institutions in Detroit include University of Detroit Mercy and Wayne State University. University of Detroit Mercy is a comprehensive university, and the largest Roman Catholic university in the state. Wayne State University is a research university with 11 schools and colleges, 350 major subject areas, and more than 33,000 students including both undergraduates and postgraduates.

  • Professional sports teams in Detroit include the American football team, the Detroit Lions, the baseball team, the Detroit Tigers, and the NHL ice hockey team, the Detroit Red Wings.

  • Some of the leading companies headquartered in Detroit include Compuware and General Motors.

  • The principal airport for Detroit is Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport.
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Greetings from Detroit, Michigan
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Greetings from Detroit, Michigan

 
 
Greetings from Detroit, Michigan
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Greetings from Detroit, Michigan

 
 
Michigan Central Station, Detroit, Michigan
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Michigan Central Station, Detroit, Michigan

 
 
Moon over City Hall, Detroit, Michigan
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Moon over City Hall, Detroit, Michigan

 
 
Hotel Pontchartrain, Detroit, Michigan
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Hotel Pontchartrain, Detroit, Michigan

 
 
Penobscot Building, Detroit, Michigan
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Penobscot Building, Detroit, Michigan

 
 
Cadillac Square, Detroit, Michigan
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Cadillac Square, Detroit, Michigan

 
 
Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
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Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan

 
 
Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
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Grand River Avenue, Detroit, Michigan

 
 
Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan
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Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan

 
 
Penobscot Building, Detroit, Michigan
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Penobscot Building, Detroit, Michigan

 
 
Michigan Central Depot, Detroit, Michigan
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Michigan Central Depot, Detroit, Michigan

 
 
Greetings from Detroit, Michigan
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Greetings from Detroit, Michigan

 
 
Greetings from Detroit, Michigan
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Greetings from Detroit, Michigan

 
 
Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan
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Belle Isle Park, Detroit, Michigan

 
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Here are some books about Detroit that you might find interesting:

Historic Photos of Detroit (Historic Photos.)

By Mary J. Wallace

Turner Pub Co
Hardcover (205 pages)

Historic Photos of Detroit (Historic Photos.)
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Detroit is an American city quintessentially founded upon change. From its birth to the present, Detroit has consistently built and reshaped its appearance, ideals, and industry. Through changing fortunes, Detroit has continued to grow and prosper by overcoming adversity and maintaining the strong, independent culture of its citizens.
Historic Photos of Detroit captures this journey through still photography selected from the finest archives. From Detroit as pioneer of the motor vehicle to becoming the main hub for World War munitions, Historic Photos of Detroit follows life, government, education, and events throughout the city's history.
This volume captures unique and rare scenes through the lens of hundreds of historic photographs. Published in striking black and white, these images communicate historic events and everyday life of two centuries of people building a unique and prosperous city.

Parents' Survival Guide To I-75: Over 101 Fun Family Stops between Detroit & Orlando

By Westfield Jacqueline

Majestic Palm Press
Paperback (236 pages)

Parents  Survival Guide To I-75: Over 101 Fun Family Stops between Detroit & Orlando
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Dinosaurs Destroy Detroit (Michigan Chillers)

By Johnathan Rand

Audio Craft Press
Paperback (215 pages; 1)

Dinosaurs Destroy Detroit (Michigan Chillers)
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Detroit's Woodlawn Cemetery (MI) (Images of America)

By A. Dale Northup

Arcadia Publishing
Paperback (128 pages)

Detroit s  Woodlawn  Cemetery  (MI)   (Images  of  America)
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A repository of community memory, exquisite architectural structures, and lasting tributes to the departed, Woodlawn Cemetery serves as a testament to Detroitís multi-faceted history. Considered by many as an outdoor museum of Detroitís architectural, economic, social, and cultural vitality, Woodlawn is the final resting place of the Dodge Brothers, Edsel and Eleanor Ford, Hazen Pingree, and James Couzens, along with countless other historic figures. Through a rare collection of photographs, this book serves as a guided tour along the paths of Woodlawn, from the work of noteworthy architects and sculptors to the legacies of the extraordinary people who have shaped Detroit history.

Fishing Michigan

By Eric Sharp

Detroit Free Press
Paperback (202 pages)

Fishing Michigan
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Michigan, the Great Lakes state, is a great state for anglers. It has more than 11,000 inland lakes, 36,000 miles of streams and more shoreline than any other state other than Alaska. More than one million Michiganders buy licenses every year to fish for a wide variety of species.

In Fishing Michigan, Detroit Free Press outdoors writer Eric Sharp describes the state's major game fish and where and how to catch them. He also writes about some of his adventures -- and misadventures -- in pursuit of a quarry we never can quite figure out.

Detroit's Paradise Valley (MI) (Images of America)

By Ernest H. Borden

Arcadia Publishing
Paperback (128 pages)

Detroit s Paradise Valley (MI) (Images  of  America)
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One of the most prominent and dynamic African-American neighborhoods in U.S. history, Paradise Valley served as a social and cultural mecca for Detroitís black community from the 1920s through the 1950s. Now the site of stadiums and freeways, the area was once home to places like the Gotham Hotel and the Surf Club, and welcomed the likes of Billie Holiday, Joe Louis, and Sammy Davis Jr. This book uses more than 200 previously unpublished photographs to take readers on a rare tour of the entertainers, entrepreneurs, businesses, and events that made the now-lost Paradise Valley legendary. ÝÝ

The Way It Was: Glimpses of Detroit's History from the Pages of Hour Detroit Magazine

Momentum Books, L.L.C.
Hardcover (148 pages)

The Way It Was: Glimpses of Detroit s History from the Pages of Hour Detroit Magazine
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Detroit history buffs will be transfixed by these images, which originally appeared in the pages of Hour Detroit magazine. If you have fond memories of the days when streetcars rumbled through Detroit's avenues, of shopping downtown at Hudson's and Kern's, or spending lazy days on Belle Isle — or even if you're too young to have experienced the city's heyday — The Way It Was will transport you to a time when Detroit pulsated with energy.

Rand Mcnally Detroit Metro Street Guide (Rand Mcnally Detroit Metro, Michigan Street Guide)

By Rand McNally

Rand McNally & Company
Spiral-bound

Rand Mcnally Detroit Metro Street Guide (Rand Mcnally Detroit Metro, Michigan Street Guide)
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Mike's Guide to the Motor City: World Class Art, Architecture, History, and Fun! in Detroit

By Michael E. Fisher

Glastonbury Road Press
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Hudson's: Hub of America's Heartland

By Jean Maddern Pitrone

Northmont Pub Inc
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