63 Facts About Detroit Michigan

Detroit Michigan is a major port on the Detroit Michigan River, one of the four major straits that connect the Great Lakes system to the Saint Lawrence Seaway.

However, due to industrial restructuring, the loss of jobs in the auto industry, and rapid suburbanization, among other reasons, Detroit Michigan entered a state of urban decay and lost considerable population from the late 20th century to the present.

In 2013, Detroit became the largest U S city to file for bankruptcy, which it successfully exited in December 2014, when the city government regained control of Detroit's finances.

In 2015, Detroit was named a "City of Design" by UNESCO, the first U S city to receive that designation.

Detroit Michigan is named after the Detroit Michigan River, connecting Lake Huron with Lake Erie.

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City was named by French colonists, referring to the Detroit Michigan River, linking Lake Huron and Lake Erie; in the historical context, the strait included the St Clair River, Lake St Clair and the Detroit Michigan River.

From 1805 to 1847, Detroit was the capital of Michigan as a territory and as a state.

William Hull, the United States commander at Detroit Michigan surrendered without a fight to British troops and their Native American allies during the War of 1812 in the Siege of Detroit Michigan, believing his forces were vastly outnumbered.

Detroit Michigan was recaptured by the United States later that year.

Prohibition of alcohol from 1920 to 1933 resulted in the Detroit Michigan River becoming a major conduit for smuggling of illegal Canadian spirits.

Detroit Michigan was one of the major Midwest cities that was a site for the dramatic urban revival of the Ku Klux Klan beginning in 1915.

Postwar Detroit Michigan was a prosperous industrial center of mass production.

Longstanding tensions in Detroit Michigan culminated in the Twelfth Street riot in July 1967.

In 1993, Young retired as Detroit Michigan's longest-serving mayor, deciding not to seek a sixth term.

The city's riverfront on the Detroit Michigan River has been the focus of redevelopment, following successful examples of other older industrial cities.

City's financial crisis resulted in Detroit Michigan taking over administrative control of its government.

Construction began in late 2014 and finished in December 2016; Detroit is the largest U S city with all LED street lighting.

Detroit Michigan is mentioned as a city of renaissance and has reversed many of the trends of the prior decades.

Detroit and the rest of southeastern Michigan have a hot-summer humid continental climate which is influenced by the Great Lakes like other places in the state; the city and close-in suburbs are part of USDA Hardiness zone 6b, while the more distant northern and western suburbs generally are included in zone 6a.

In 2007, Downtown Detroit Michigan was recognized as the best city neighborhood in which to retire among the United States' largest metro areas by CNNMoney editors.

Southwest Detroit Michigan has experienced a thriving economy in recent years, as evidenced by new housing, increased business openings and the recently opened Mexicantown International Welcome Center.

Previously a major population center and site of worldwide automobile manufacturing, Detroit Michigan has suffered a long economic decline produced by numerous factors.

The city has demolished thousands of Detroit Michigan's abandoned houses, planting some areas and in others allowing the growth of urban prairie.

Oakland County in Metro Detroit Michigan, once rated amongst the wealthiest US counties per household, is no longer shown in the top 25 listing of Forbes magazine.

Many white families with the financial ability moved to the suburbs of Detroit Michigan taking their jobs and tax dollars with them, as macrostructural processes such as "white flight" and "suburbanization" led to a complete population shift.

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Detroit Michigan moved down the ranking from number one most segregated city to number four.

Gentrification in Detroit Michigan has become a rather controversial issue as reinvestment will hopefully lead to economic growth and an increase in population; however, it has already forced many black families to relocate to the suburbs.

Northeast Detroit Michigan has a population of Hmong with a smaller group of Lao people.

The area north of Downtown Detroit Michigan, including the region around the Henry Ford Hospital, the Detroit Michigan Medical Center, and Wayne State University, has transient Asian national origin residents who are university students or hospital workers.

Detroit Michigan has gained notoriety for its high amount of crime, having struggled with it for decades.

Areas of the city adjacent to the Detroit Michigan River are patrolled by the United States Border Patrol.

The most significant companies based in Detroit include General Motors, Quicken Loans, Ally Financial, Compuware, Shinola, American Axle, Little Caesars, DTE Energy, Lowe Campbell Ewald, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, and Rossetti Architects.

Detroit Michigan's auto industry, some of which was converted to wartime defense production, was an important element of the American "Arsenal of Democracy" supporting the Allied powers during World War II.

City of Detroit Michigan has a rich musical heritage and has contributed to a number of different genres over the decades leading into the new millennium.

The Fortune label, a family-operated label on Third Avenue in Detroit Michigan, was owned by the husband-and-wife team of Jack Brown and Devora Brown.

Detroit Michigan is cited as the birthplace of techno music in the early 1980s.

Important history of America and the Detroit Michigan area are exhibited at The Henry Ford in Dearborn, the United States' largest indoor-outdoor museum complex.

An important civic sculpture in Detroit Michigan is The Spirit of Detroit Michigan by Marshall Fredericks at the Coleman Young Municipal Center.

The University of Detroit Michigan Mercy has an NCAA Division I program, and Wayne State University has both NCAA Division I and II programs.

Detroit Michigan is one of eight American cities to have won titles in all four major leagues, though of the eight it is the only one to have not won a Super Bowl title .

In 1932, Eddie "The Midnight Express" Tolan from Detroit Michigan won the 100- and 200-meter races and two gold medals at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

However, law professor Peter Henning argues Detroit Michigan's corruption is not unusual for a city its size, especially when compared with Chicago.

Detroit Michigan is sometimes referred to as a sanctuary city because it has "anti-profiling ordinances that generally prohibit local police from asking about the immigration status of people who are not suspected of any crime".

Some parts of Detroit Michigan are so sparsely populated the city has difficulty providing municipal services.

Detroit Michigan is home to several institutions of higher learning including Wayne State University, a national research university with medical and law schools in the Midtown area offering hundreds of academic degrees and programs.

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The University of Detroit Michigan Mercy, in Northwest Detroit Michigan in the University District, is a prominent Roman Catholic co-educational university affiliated with the Society of Jesus and the Sisters of Mercy.

The University of Detroit Michigan Mercy offers more than a hundred academic degrees and programs of study including business, dentistry, law, engineering, architecture, nursing and allied health professions.

In 1999, the Detroit Michigan Legislature removed the locally elected board of education amid allegations of mismanagement and replaced it with a reform board appointed by the mayor and governor.

Detroit Michigan is served by various private schools, as well as parochial Roman Catholic schools operated by the Archdiocese of Detroit Michigan.

The Catholic school population in Detroit Michigan has decreased due to the increase of charter schools, increasing tuition at Catholic schools, the small number of African-American Catholics, White Catholics moving to suburbs, and the decreased number of teaching nuns.

Also founded in 1935 and based in Detroit, the Michigan Chronicle is one of the oldest and most respected African-American weekly newspapers in America, covering politics, entertainment, sports and community events.

Detroit Michigan has the 11th largest radio market in the United States, though this ranking does not take into account Canadian audiences.

The DMC, a regional Level I trauma center, consists of Detroit Receiving Hospital and University Health Center, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Harper University Hospital, Hutzel Women's Hospital, Kresge Eye Institute, Rehabilitation Institute of Michigan, Sinai-Grace Hospital, and the Karmanos Cancer Institute.

The SEMCOG Commuter Rail line will extend from Detroit Michigan's New Center, connecting to Ann Arbor via Dearborn, Wayne, and Ypsilanti when it is opened.

Amtrak provides service to Detroit Michigan, operating its Wolverine service between Chicago and Pontiac.

Westcott II, which delivers mail to lake freighters on the Detroit Michigan River, is a floating post office.

City of Detroit Michigan has a higher than average percentage of households without a car.

Freight railroad operations in the city of Detroit Michigan are provided by Canadian National Railway, Canadian Pacific Railway, Conrail Shared Assets, CSX Transportation and Norfolk Southern Railway, each of which have local yards within the city.

Detroit Michigan is served by the Delray Connecting Railroad and Detroit Michigan Connecting Railroad shortlines.

Metro Detroit has an extensive toll-free network of freeways administered by the Michigan Department of Transportation.

I-75 is the region's main north–south route, serving Flint, Pontiac, Troy, and Detroit Michigan, before continuing south to serve many of the communities along the shore of Lake Erie.

I-94 runs east–west through Detroit Michigan and serves Ann Arbor to the west and Port Huron to the northeast.

The stretch of the I-94 freeway from Ypsilanti to Detroit Michigan was one of America's earlier limited-access highways.