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Designated NHL. June 29, 1989 [1] The Guardian Building is a landmark skyscraper and class-A office building in downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Financial District. Built in 1928 and finished in 1929, the building was originally called the Union Trust Building [3] and is a bold example of Art Deco architecture, including art moderne ...
The Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, looking southeast from West Larned Street. The Coleman A. Young Municipal Center ( CAYMC) is a government office building and courthouse in downtown Detroit, Michigan. Originally called the City-County Building, it was renamed for the former Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young, shortly after his death in 1997.
The Model Cities Program was an element of U.S. President Lyndon Johnson 's Great Society and War on Poverty. The concept was presented by labor leader Walter Reuther to President Johnson in an off-the-record White House meeting on May 20, 1965. [1] In 1966, new legislation led to the more than 150 five-year-long, Model Cities experiments to ...
August 6, 1976 [2] The Music Hall Center for the Performing Arts is a 1,731-seat theatre located in the city's theatre district at 350 Madison Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It was built in 1928 as the Wilson Theatre, designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1976, [2] and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977.
Updated March 28, 2024 at 11:10 AM. Ali Lapetina for NBC News file. DETROIT — A new Michigan law aims to ensure that foster youth in the state receive an education that builds toward a high ...
N. Osborn & Company. The Detroit City Hall was the seat of government for the city of Detroit, Michigan from 1871 to 1961. The building sat on the west side of Campus Martius bounded by Griswold Street to the west, Michigan Avenue to the north, Woodward Avenue to the east, and Fort Street to the south where One Kennedy Square stands today.
King Solomon Baptist Church, founded in 1926, purchased the Temple Baptist Church buildings in 1951. The Main Auditorium, with a capacity of over 5,000 people, was at the time the largest African American-owned auditorium in Detroit. The church was an important location to the Civil Rights Movement, as it was an early member of the Progressive ...
Civic Center (Cleveland) The Civic Center is a mostly governmental district in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, that is home to the 1916 erected Cleveland City Hall Building. [1] The 1925 Cleveland Public Library main branch, [2] the 1976 massive Cuyahoga County Justice Center, the 419 foot Anthony J. Celebrezze Federal Building (named after the 1953 ...