...Ahmad Baiyasi Honors 1000 Dr. Buccellato 24 September 2014 Who Are We? Campus Martius Campus Martius Park is an important gathering area for downtown Detroit. The re-established commercial center is undergoing constant renovation, with added public attractions such as new street level cafes and public sculptures to help attract Detroiters to one of the most vibrant parts of the city. Zlati Meyer states that Campus Martius helps to essentially revitalize downtown Detroit both economically and socially by getting people outside to enjoy their city (Meyer). Known as the “Point of Origin", the park is one of Detroit’s premiere areas. The historical decay and eventful rise of Campus Martius demonstrate Detroit’s own struggle for restoration. From its historical significance, physical, and behavioral aspects Campus Martius illustrates the city of Detroit and its citizens, a hopeful and persistent group of people. Campus Martius, translated as “military ground” in Latin, was named after a 180-foot stockade in Marietta, Ohio. It served as a militia training area in the late 18th century (Campus Martius). The fire of 1805 severely damaged the city of Detroit, prompting Judge Augustus Woodward to remake the entire city on a grid plan similar to Washington, D.C (Martelle). He organized the street and park layouts, and elicited help from some of the most recognized Canadian surveyors. They established the “Point of Origin” located in present day Campus Martius. This point is now...
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...JOE LOUIS JONATHAN RIVERA PROFESSOR MICHEAL GOOCH JOE LOUIS This report is about a man that changed American history Joseph Louis Barrow was a world heavy weight champion from 1937 to 1949. He was born on May 13, 1914 Lafayette, Alabama, his father was Monroe Barrow and mother was Lilly Reese. Joe spent 12 years growing up in Alabama, then later moved to Detroit Michigan because of the Klux Klux Klan harassment. Later in his life he went to work part time for Ford Motor company. Louis also attended vocational school to learn how to make cabinets. When the great depression hit Joe began to spend time in a local south recreation center in Detroit, Michigan. This is where he picked up the sport of boxing. He made his armature debut around 1932, he was 17 years old. Louis had numerous victories during his armature career, he earned a club championship of his brewester street recreational center. In 1933 Louis won the Detroit Golden glove novice championship for the light heavy weight classification. The next year he trained and prepared to compete in the Golden glove tournament of championship where he won the light heavy weight classification. Later that year, he also added a national AAU Tourney in Missouri. This caught the eyes of many boxing promoters, they wanted Joe to turn professional. Joe Louis' amateur record was an amazing 50 wins with 4 loses, 43 knock outs. Joe Louis turned pro July 4 1934 he had many heavyweight fight his most notable was his fights with...
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...Bin Pan UP 100 2016/4/7 The City of Detroit and its Marvels Detroit is probably one of the most beautiful cities in the world. With an area of almost 143 square miles, it is home to some of America’s most priceless sceneries. What I love about Detroit is that it is a representation of a city that is not too large but is not too small, providing an avenue where people can be closely acquainted while maintaining an economically dynamic atmosphere for fashion, finance, entertainment, education, science and technology, and transportation. The weather in Detroit is, I would say, evenly distributed throughout the year – extreme weather occurrences are not common making the city very much liveable. The city boasts its towering city scape, displaying architectures that took inspiration from both the ancient and modern architectural designs. This integration somehow preserves the sensation of medieval civilization and the angst of modern life. The metropolitan Detroit is home to some historical landmarks including St. Joseph Catholic Church and the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament – both are situated within the heart of the metro, hinting contrast of antiquity and modernism. Although Detroit is a big city, it is only the 18th most populous city in America. Not so typical of metropolitan cities. However, this poses the opportunity to enjoy the extents of its parks and amusement centres without having to worry about mob or heavy crowd. However, there is not much diversity...
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...4/16/15 Detroit Research Paper During the twenty to twenty-five years after World War II the auto industry and other industries in Detroit had changed to supply the demands for an ever changing world. Henry Ford had mass production techniques. Thousands of jobs were created to build the Ford Model T’s. Part by part each vehicle was made, becoming Ford’s first most popular mass produced car. Not only the auto companies grew with demand, but the steel companies also produced supplies for engines, chassis, and other metal fixtures for each vehicle. Tool makers also benefited by making machinery and tools for the auto manufacturers. The interior components of the vehicles such as, the seats and the roof, were manufactured by upholstery makers. All these subsidiaries were created to meet the needs of the auto industry as it grew year after year. When World War II began the auto industry changed production to military vehicles. A highly maneuverable, overland vehicle called “jeep”, built by the Willy’s company was made in large numbers for military use. Chrysler changed their manufacturing to make tanks for the war. Ford, among other things, made bomber planes. After the war ended, demands for new cars gave the auto industry a boost in sales and in profit. In the early nineteen fifties, a national network of the interstate highway was built. The highway was built under the Eisenhower Administration. When the highway was completed, a driver can travel cross country on not one...
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...Detriot- "Motor City" redirects here. For other uses, see Motor City (disambiguation). This article is about the city in Michigan. For other uses, see Detroit (disambiguation). Detroit (pronounced /diˈtrɔɪt/[5]) is the largest city in the state of Michigan and the seatof Wayne County. Detroit is a major port city on the Detroit River, in the Midwestern United States. It was founded on July 24, 1701, by the French explorer, adventurer, and nobleman Antoine de la Mothe, sieur de Cadillac. Its name originates from the French word détroit (pronounced: [detʁwa] ( listen)) for strait,[6] in reference to its location on the river connecting the Great Lakes. Known as the world's traditional automotive center,[7] "Detroit" is a metonym for theAmerican automobile industry and an important source of popular music legacies celebrated by the city's two familiar nicknames, the Motor City and Motown.[8][9] Other nicknames emerged in the 20th century, including City of Champions beginning in the 1930s for its successes in individual and team sport,[10] Arsenal of Democracy(during World War II),[11] The D, D-Town, Hockeytown (a trademark owned by the city's NHL club, the Red Wings), Rock City (after the Kiss song "Detroit Rock City"), and The 3–1–3 (its telephone area code).[12][13] There have been six ships of theUnited States Navy named after the city, including USS Detroit (LCS-7). In 2010, the city had a population of 713,777 and ranked as the 18th most populous city in the United States...
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...Did you ever wonder who built cars? Here are some general life details about Horace E. Dodge. On May 17, 1868, he was born in Niles, Michigan. His wife was Anna Thompson Dodge. His brother was John Francis Dodge. He had one son, Horace E. Dodge Jr., and one daughter, Delphine Dodge. Horace died on December 10, 1920, at the age of 52. He is buried at Woodlawn Cemetery in his family’s mausoleum. Horace and his brother helped build cars. Horace E. Dodge and his brother, John Francis Dodge, were co-founders of the Dodge Brothers Company. In 1902, the Dodge brothers built transmissions for the Olds Motor Vehicle Company. In 1903 they began building engines for the Ford Motor Company. In 1913 they began making their own Dodge vehicle....
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...The city of Detroit, Michigan has suffered a great deal over the past several decades. Starting in 1950s, Detroit faced immense demographic and economic decline, consequently leading towards an increase in crime, poverty, and urban decay. Detroit’s reputation across the country had become known as this dangerous, deteriorating city. The outcome of political corruption in the “Motor City” revealed that even those responsible for making Detroit better had failed. This once booming city now seemed to be neglected and even forgotten. In recent years, the city of Detroit has battled to come back and recapture what it once was: “Motown”. History shows that even the smallest actions can have a great impact on a community and sometimes, especially in Detroit’s case, ordinary citizens can influence more than famous politicians and celebrities. A prime example of this is Detroit resident, Jason Hall and his movement “Slow Role”. Jason Hall is an influential community activist who used his leadership skills to improve Detroit’s economy, environment, and diversity through the formation of a...
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...chief technology officer Randy Foster. All three of these individuals were employees of business man Dan Gilbert’s Quicken loans or Bed Rock Real Estate Services. They introduced to him the idea of high speed internet service that is one thousand times faster than cable or dsl internet. Mr. Gilbert liked the idea so much that he invested in it right away. The business man has invested so much into the city and this is just another bold venture to take on and add to his portfolio. Rocket Fiber offers fiber optic internet service that is one thousand times faster than cable or dsl. The market for an internet provider with this kind of speed is something that residential and commercial customers have been waiting for. According to The Detroit News the current internet service is...
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... following the British Siege of Detroit during the War of 1812. The city name comes from the Detroit River (French: le détroit du Lac Érie), meaning the strait of Lake Erie, linking Lake Huron and Lake Erie; in the historical context, the strait included Lake St. Clair and the St. Clair River.[6] The sieur de Cadillac in 1698 proposed to his government in Paris that Detroit be established as a shelter for displaced Indian allies. Paris approved and in 1701 Cadillac led a party of 100 Frenchmen to establish a post called Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, naming it after his sponsor the comte de Pontchartrain, Minister of Marine under Louis XIV. In 1704 he was given ownership over the strenuous opposition of officials in New France. An investigation by de Pontchartrain showed Cadillac was a tyrannical profiteer whose mischief hurt the French cause, so Cadillac was removed and sent to faraway New Orleans as governor of Louisiana.[7] Ste. Anne de Détroit, founded 1701, is the second oldest continuously operating Catholic parish in the United States; it was the first building erected in Detroit.[1] Grants of free land attracted families to Detroit, which grew to 800 people in 1765. The main business was trading furs with the Indians, using goods supplied from Montreal.[8] It was the largest French village between Montreal and New Orleans.[9] Francois Marie Picoté, sieur de Belestre (Montreal 1719–1793), the last French commander at Fort Detroit (1758–1760), surrendered on November...
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...Urban farming in Detroit Turning the Motor City into Farm City Urban farming in Detroit Turning the Motor City into Farm City Subject: Intercultural Communication Studies 2nd Term Date of release: 16.02.2011 Table of Contents 1 2 3 Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 3 Characteristics ..................................................................................................................... 4 Urban farming in Detroit .................................................................................................... 5 3.1 3.2 SWOT analysis ............................................................................................................ 5 Urban farming projects in Detroit ............................................................................... 8 4 5 Conclusion ........................................................................................................................ 11 Bibliography ..................................................................................................................... 12 2 1 Introduction The term urban farming or agriculture recently pops up in the media. It is mainly applied regarding city development in third world countries, but as well it becomes more often a phenomena taking place in cities of industrial countries. After examining the general characteristics of urban farming...
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...Tania Moshirian A10023469 USP 100 September 3rd, 2014 Website Final Draft The Collapse Detroit, Michigan: a city where more than 1.1 million people have vanished in the past 60 years. The city has dropped 25% in population just in the last 10 years. The city crumbled apart, which forced people to abandon their houses and businesses, leaving them with nothing. Even hospitals and religious structures were abandoned--and are still abandoned--with no demand to fill them. Ultimately, the auto industry was hit the hardest. With a systematic city, there was nowhere for the people to find jobs, since the auto industry was also hurting. More than 200,000 people worked in the auto industry in the mid-20th century. Since the slow migration out of Detroit, the number fell to 100,000 people in the early 21st century. People have compared the migration out of Detroit to the whole city of San Francisco being deserted. More than 1.1 million people have left the city over the past decades. With economic downward spiral, Detroit hit its lowest point. With less than 750,000 people living in the city, it has been hard for local government to get money for the federal government for urban aid--leaving people still living in the city to suffer more. Detroit was named the poorest city in the nation, with one out of three people living below federal poverty. (1) With so many people suffering, it led to many fires. Buildings and houses were burning rapidly. There were two...
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...Nacido el 30 de junio de 1863 en Dearborn, Michigan y muere en 1947. Henry Ford demostró desde muy joven unas condiciones poco comunes para la mecánica. Al terminar sus estudios secundarios en Dearborn, se trasladó a Detroit para trabajar como aprendiz de mecánico, aunque no mucho después regresaría a su pueblo, ganándose la vida como mecánico de máquinas de vapor; volvió a instalarse en Detroit en 1891 y entró a trabajar como mecánico en la Edison Illuminating Company, de la que llegaría a ser ingeniero jefe. En esos años inició la construcción, en su tiempo libre, del que sería su primer «coche sin caballos», que culminó en 1896. Se trataba de un vehículo de cuatro ruedas arrastrado por un motor de dos cilindros y cuatro tiempos, refrigerado con agua y sin marcha atrás. Este modelo no aportó ninguna novedad mecánica respecto a los que en Europa fabricaban Daimler o Benz. Su importancia vendría después, con la construcción en serie, y gracias a sus prestaciones, economía y robustez, virtudes destinadas a satisfacer las necesidades de la clase media. Henry Ford fue asentando su fama de mecánico conduciendo con éxito sus propios coches de carreras. Modificó de una forma radical las costumbres y los hábitos de consumo de la sociedad, gracias a su innovadora forma de entender la producción industrial. Por una parte, fue capaz de producir automóviles económicos y fiables, al alcance de un gran número de consumidores; por otra, transformó los métodos de trabajo de la industria, para...
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...employment was with Randolf and Associates acting as an environmental engineer. Mr. Smith's previous employment was with Barnard and Barry Environmental acting as chief environmental engineer. Terra Engineering will target small to medium sized companies and government organizations within the Southern part of Michigan including Detroit and surrounding areas. Terra Engineering will seek major contracts with medium sized firms. Those contracts will be served with the assistance of strategic alliances, both with other engineering companies such as Randolf and Associates and Barnard and Barry Environmental (letters of support attached in Appendix C) as well as other professional groups. This will give the company the flexibility it needs to successfully secure and complete projects with varying elements. By using existing contracts and joint ventures with other consulting firms, Terra Engineering is in a position to corner the on-site assessments market in Southern Michigan. By year 3, Terra Engineering will expand to other markets such as Southern Ontario, Canada. The market for on-site environmental assessments has continued to be under serviced in both, Southern Michigan and Southwestern Ontario, Canada. Mr. Johnson and Mr. Smith have both recognized that there is a high demand for these services as well as a shortage in supply. Through their extensive contacts, they have...
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...Hospital” (The Flying Bed) 1932 painting. This is one of her most painful self-portraits that she had ever painted. Frida created this artwork of herself during one of her most painful times in her life. She was suffering her second miscarriage, and she was also was also realizing that she would not ever be able to carry a pregnancy to term. She experienced this situation in a foreign city that she did not like, the city of Detroit, Michigan. They were in the city of Detroit because her husband Diego was creating his famous Detroit Industry frescoes (frescoes, is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid lime plaster) at the Detroit Institute of Arts. In the background of the painting Frida included the Ford family’s factories because they dominated the skyline from the hospitals view. In Henry Ford Hospital Frida lies naked in her bed. Frida has a large tear falls from her left eye. The sheet beneath her is bloody, because she is had a miscarriage. Her stomach is still swollen from pregnancy. The bed frame bears the inscription "Henry Ford Hospital Detroit," but the bed and Frida floats or flies in an abstract space circled by a series of six floating objects around her bed that are symbolic of her emotions at the time of her...
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...From swimming on sandy beaches, exploring lighthouses, and boating on the grandeur of Lake Michigan to kayaking on pristine rivers and quiet lakes. From experiencing world-class fishing to golf, Michigan’s Great Outdoors is pure Michigan. But that’s not the type of Michigan outdoors I like. Michigan has a lot to offer, but the outdoors of Michigan I like is the great car shows they have every year or the wonderful parks or even the exciting entertainment that goes on the down town Detroit. Cars, everybody either wants or needs one. But even if you don’t own one but have the love for cars you can go to an event I love attending called the Detroit Auto Show. It has everything from the first challenger to the new 2012 charger. My dad and I go every year to look at the hottest new cars and the great detailing of the old ones. We also go to get away from our girlfriends at times. It is a great outdoor activity that’s not really active but it will keep your attention. Another place to escape to in my type of great outdoors is to go to one of Michigan’s great parks, whether it’s the great Chene Park, or a simple dog park. Surprisingly my favorite park is the dog park. It’s the dog park because I’m killing two birds with one stone. By letting him run out all his energy and beat up other dogs instead of tearing up my house and what’s not to like about that. I think my dog lives to destroy everything I own. So far he ate the cords to my television, two floor lamps and some other electronics...
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