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Grand Boulevard (Detroit)

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Many years ago, the streetcar route which traveled along much of Grand Boulevard, as well as on neighboring streets parallel to Grand Boulevard, was formally called the "Grand Belt" line because of Grand Boulevard's belt-like configuration around the most central part of Detroit. The subsequent bus
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was transferred from the state to the city of Detroit, Michigan legislator James Randall included a rider calling for the construction of this Grand Boulevard. However, the city government refused to begin work on the road right away, although a few people built homes along the Boulevard's proposed
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at a point approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north of the downtown area. The Boulevard was originally thought to represent the absolute limit of the city's expansion, although tremendous growth at the beginning of the 20th century quickly pushed the city limits far beyond Grand Boulevard to its
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By 1913, Grand Boulevard was completed, encircling the central most and oldest portion of the city. It was generally recognized as a major attraction of the city; the entire length was decorated with trees, shrubbery, and flowerbeds.
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supported the idea and broke ground on the construction of Grand Boulevard, a ring road that wrapped around the city of Detroit. The Boulevard ran for 12 miles (19 km), curving from the
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route which likewise traveled on some, but not all, of Grand Boulevard retained the "Grand Belt" name until a service cut in 2009 eliminated that public transit coverage entirely.
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neighborhood in order to make way for the plant. The controversy sparked opposition within the neighborhood. The Michigan Supreme Court, in the 1981 case of
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masterpiece a monumental gift to Detroit and one of the most finely detailed major commercial buildings in the United States.
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These citizens proposed adopting Haussmann's concepts by surrounding Detroit with its own "Grand Boulevard." When
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Housing offices for the state of Michigan, it was originally known as the General Motors Building until 2002.
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The Packard Plant was a former automotive-manufacturing-facility that crossed over Grand Boulevard; the
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in 2019. The city ruled in 2022, that the Industrial complex undergo an emergency demolition.
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by the City of Detroit which allowed for demolition of a substantial portion of the nearby
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post, and a municipal golf course. It is the largest island park in the United States.
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Belle Isle is a 982-acre (3.97 km) island park in the Detroit River, home to the
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into a beautiful city by designing parks, broad streets, and grand boulevards.
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of General Motors, this skyscraper is one of the greatest works by architect
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is located and the "General Motors Boulevard" in the area of Detroit's "
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on the west and returning to that river on the east, crossing
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and other Detroiters were cognizant of the efforts of
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Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History
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E. Grand Blvd., bet. E. Jefferson Ave. and Mack Ave.
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Index


Detroit
Jefferson Avenue
M-85
I-75
US 12
I-94
I-96
M-5
M-10
M-1
M-3
Belle Isle
Detroit
Motown Historical Museum
New Center
Fisher Building
Cadillac Place

Bela Hubbard
Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann
Paris
Belle Isle
Hazen S. Pingree
Detroit River
Woodward Avenue

a new General Motors plant
eminent domain
Poletown

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