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"Bring it on. I’m ready for the fight, however long it goes, however long it takes," says @JocelynBenson. hourdetroit.com/political-to…
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Did you know? Created by James Vernor in his Detroit pharmacy in 1866, Vernor’s is the oldest continuously produced soda pop in the U.S. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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Did you know? Detroit is home to the second-largest theatre district in the U.S. after New York City. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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Did you know? By number of seats, Detroit is home to the second-largest theatre district in the U.S. after New York City. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Stephanie Hume
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Did you know? The Detroit Zoo was the first zoo in the United States to stop keeping elephants on ethical grounds. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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"I think Detroit is already providing a model for change in the world." - Grace Lee Boggs #LoveDetroit
Today's #BeautifulDetroit photograph comes from instagram.com/3andathird/
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In our first issue of the 2022, we present “Hour Detroiters,” our annual feature recognizing metro Detroit residents who are making Motown better, more interesting, and more fun.
We offer free digital editions of this magazine: hourdetroit.com/digital-edit…
Cover star: @ChefJonKung
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"Detroit, the heart of the country." -Kristen Bell #LoveDetroit
Today's #BeautifulDetroit photograph comes from instagram.com/3andathird/
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Did you know? Belle Isle is larger than New York City's Central Park. Both parks were designed by the same man, Frederick Olmstead. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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Did you know? Belle Isle is larger than New York City's Central Park. Both parks were designed by the same man, Frederick Olmstead. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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#ChristmasInDetroit 🎅
This December, as a part of our #BeautifulDetroit series, we're bringing you our favorite festive photos from the city. Today's photo comes from instagram.com/metro.detroite….
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“Autumn leaves don't fall, they fly. They take their time and wander on this their only chance to soar.” -Delia Owens
Today's #BeautifulDetroit photograph comes from instagram.com/camera_jesus/
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Did you know? Superman ice cream is said to have originated in Detroit during Prohibition. The classic blue, red, and yellow coloring is intended to be blue moon, red pop, and vanilla flavored. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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Did you know? Superman ice cream is said to have originated in Detroit during Prohibition. The classic blue, red, and yellow coloring is intended to be blue moon, red pop, and vanilla flavored. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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#ChristmasInDetroit 🎅
This December, as a part of our #BeautifulDetroit series, we're bringing you our favorite festive photos from the city. Today's photo comes from instagram.com/3andathird/.
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Jon Kung, a TikTok star and aspiring restaurateur, who went from underground dinner club purveyor to streaming series star and author, makes our annual list of people who are making Motown a better place. @ChefJonKung hourdetroit.com/eats-food/20…
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Did you know? In 1946, Gus Guerra and Concetta “Connie” Piccinato used forged-steel pans from automotive plants to create Detroit-style pizza at Buddy’s Rendezvous Pizzeria. This marked the beginning of Buddy’s Pizza. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 The Paupered Chef
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Did you know? For many escaped slaves seeking freedom, Detroit served as a stop on the Underground Railroad. The city’s code name was “Midnight,” and it was often the final stop on the way into Canada. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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Check out the February issue of Hour Detroit magazine!
The surreal life of @GovWhitmer. A pandemic. An SNL parody. A kidnapping plot. And more.
Plus: 'Nobody is listening' — a restaurant giant's message to Lansing.
Full article here: hourdetroit.com/digital-edit…
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#ChristmasInDetroit 🎅
This December, as a part of our #BeautifulDetroit series, we're bringing you our favorite holiday photos from the city. Today's photo comes from instagram.com/3andathird/.
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#ChristmasInDetroit 🎅
This December, as a part of our #BeautifulDetroit series, we're bringing you our favorite festive photos from the city. Today's photo comes from instagram.com/metro.detroite….
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"Detroit is beautiful - though you probably have to be a child of the industrial Midwest, like me, to see it." - P. J. O'Rourke #LoveDetroit
Today's #BeautifulDetroit photograph comes from instagram.com/3andathird/.
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Did you know? Despite its name, the Detroit River is technically not a river, but rather, a strait because it’s a waterway that connects two larger bodies of water — Lake Huron and Lake Erie — and lacks curves. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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"Detroit is beautiful - though you probably have to be a child of the industrial Midwest, like me, to see it." -P. J. O'Rourke #LoveDetroit
Today's #BeautifulDetroit photograph comes from instagram.com/3andathird/
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Did you know? By number of seats, Detroit is home to the second-largest theatre district in the U.S. after New York City. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Stephanie Hume
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Did you know? The iconic clock at the Guardian Building’s main entrance was designed by stained-glass master Louis Comfort Tiffany. Only four clocks of this style exist in the world. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Vincent Arel
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Did you know? The Fisher Building is often called “Detroit’s largest art object.” The building was the project of the Fisher brothers. Originally carriage-makers, the brothers also popularized the closed body on automobiles. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Today's fact is from @DHSDetroit.
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Did you know? With over 325,000 square feet of exterior marble, the Fisher Building in Detroit is the largest marble-clad structure in the world. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Andre Carrotflower
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Did you know? To the Chippewa and Ottawa tribes, Belle Isle (pictured here) was known as Wah-na-be-zee, which translates to Swan Island. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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Did you know? Vernors was created in 1866 by Detroit pharmacist James Vernor (pictured here), and is one of the United States’ oldest soft drinks. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Detroit Public Library, Burton Historical Collection
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Did you know? Inaugurated in 1924, America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit is the second-oldest Thanksgiving parade in the United States. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 @ParadeCo
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Did you know? In 1879, Detroit became the first city to assign individual telephone numbers. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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The May issue of Hour Detroit is here! We've compiled a guide to the ultimate summer escape in beautiful Michigan wine country. Plus, read up on @DetroitCityFC, the Detroit soccer team that breaks the rules – and wins games.
Get your free digital copy: hourdetroit.com/digital-edit…
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Did you know? On June 11, 1805, the city of Detroit caught fire and most structures were destroyed. After the fire, Augustus Woodward (for which Woodward Avenue is named) created a new street plan modeled after Washington, D.C. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Library of Congress
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Did you know? Marshall Fredericks not only waived his creative fee when he designed and sculpted the Spirit of Detroit statue, but its construction cost him money. He considered its creation to be a civic duty. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Historic Detroit
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Did you know? Aretha Franklin was the first woman ever inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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#ChristmasInDetroit 🎅
This December, as a part of our #BeautifulDetroit series, we're bringing you our favorite festive photos from the city. Today's photo comes from instagram.com/metro.detroite….
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Did you know? Faygo was created in 1907 when Russian immigrant bakers Ben and Perry Feigenson decided to transform frosting flavors into soda pop. Faygo is intended to be a shortened version of the brothers’ last name. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Feigenson Family Archives
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Did you know? Leo's Coney Island was created by Greek brothers Peter and Leo Stassinopoulos, who are the nephews of Bill and Constantine Keros, the founders of American Coney Island and Lafayette Coney Island in downtown Detroit. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Leo’s Coney Island
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Did you know? Detroit is home to the only floating post office in the country, the J.W. Westcott II (pictured here). #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Notorious4life
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Did you know? 99 years ago, the Detroit Institute of Arts became the first American museum to purchase a piece of art by Vincent van Gogh. The painting – pictured here – was valued at between $80 million and $150 million in 2014. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Detroit Institute of Arts
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Did you know? At over 475 feet tall, the Book Tower (pictured here) was the tallest building in Detroit until the completion of the Penobscot Building in 1928. Construction on the tower took 10 years to complete. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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Did you know? The Uniroyal Giant Tire was once a Ferris wheel, constructed for the 1964 New York World's Fair. It took 22 trucks to move the disassembled tire from New York to Michigan. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Gregory Varnum & World History Pics
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#ChristmasInDetroit 🎅
This December, as a part of our #BeautifulDetroit series, we're bringing you our favorite festive photos from the city. Today's photo comes from instagram.com/lumen8shun/.
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.@DetroitCityFC has staged a dizzying rise, against long odds. hourdetroit.com/sports-topic…
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Did you know? The central tower of the GM Renaissance Center has an architectural twin in Atlanta called the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel. Both towers shared the same principal architect, John Portman, who passed away in 2017 at the age of 93. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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Did you know? The Spirit of Detroit statue donned its first team jersey for the @DetroitRedWings' 1997 Stanley Cup championship. Teams are now required to pay $25,000 toward the statue's maintenance to have their jersey featured. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Great Lakes Gazette
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Happy Halloween, Detroit!
Today's #BeautifulDetroit photograph comes from instagram.com/3andathird/
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Did you know? For most of its life the Ambassador Bridge was painted gloss black. It wasn’t until its 1995-2000 refurbishment that it was stripped and repainted teal. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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Did you know? American Coney Island and Lafayette Coney Island were founded by brothers. Gust Keros opened American Coney Island in 1917 and brought his brother William on to help in 1924. When space opened up next door, William founded Lafayette. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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Did you know? Better Made has been a Detroit institution since 1930. They are the lone survivor of 20+ potato chip companies that appeared in and around Detroit in the early decades of the 1900s. They introduced their first flavored chip – barbecue – in 1973. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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"Detroit is big enough to matter in the world and small enough for you to matter in it." -Jeanette Pierce #LoveDetroit
Today's #BeautifulDetroit photograph comes from instagram.com/camera_jesus/.
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#ChristmasInDetroit 🎅
This December, as a part of our #BeautifulDetroit series, we're bringing you our favorite festive photos from the city. Today's photo comes from instagram.com/metro.detroite….
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Did you know? The Fisher Building's lobby features 40 different kinds of marble and a hand-painted barrel-vaulted ceiling. The lobby was designed by Hungarian artist Géza Maróti. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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Did you know? With over 325,000 square feet of exterior marble, the Fisher Building in Detroit is the largest marble-clad structure in the world. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Andre Carrotflower
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🎅#ChristmasInDetroit
This December we're bringing you daily photographs of Christmas in Detroit as a part of our #BeautifulDetroit series. This photograph comes from Instagram user metro.detroiter.
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Did you know? Motown boasts the highest hit ratio for its released singles of any record company in history. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Motown Records
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"Detroit has an unmistakable soul - nobody can duplicate the soul we bring to the game." - Big Sean #LoveDetroit
Today's #BeautifulDetroit photograph comes from instagram.com/3andathird/
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Did you know? The Guardian Building (pictured here) served as an annex of the Pentagon during World War II. Few knew it at the time, but manufacturers got their marching orders to build tanks, planes, and munitions from the Guardian Building. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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Did you know? The Detroit Zoo was the first zoo in America to feature cageless exhibits, instead using barriers such as moats and ditches to separate animals from visitors.
📷 Detroit Zoo
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Did you know? Fearing the elimination of Greektown, the community came together to host Detroit’s first Greek Festival in 1965. The event secured the district’s spot in the city. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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"Anyone who thinks fallen leaves are dead has never watched them dancing on a windy day." -Shira Tamir
Today's #BeautifulDetroit photograph comes from instagram.com/3andathird/
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Did you know? Eastern Market is the largest open-air market in the United States. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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Did you know? Belle Isle is the largest city-owned island park in the U.S. — housing a nature center, aquarium, and more. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 IIP Photo Archive
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Did you know? The Detroit Institute of Arts' received its first painting in 1883. Today, with a collection of over 65,000 works, it has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the United States. #DidYouKnowDetroit @DIADetroit
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Hour Detroit's first issue of 2023 is here! We scoured the region to find the people making the Motor City what it is — and what it’s becoming – for this year’s Hour Detroiters.
🔗 hourdetroit.com/digital-edit…
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Did you know? The Ford Rotunda was built for the 1934 World’s Fair and was the fifth most visited site in the U.S. before burning to the ground in 1962. In its prime, it attracted more tourists than the Statue of Liberty. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Ford Motor Co.
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Did you know? The James Scott Memorial Fountain was dedicated on Belle Isle in 1925 as a monument to James Scott, a wealthy Detroiter who died in 1910 and left the bulk of his fortune to the city. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Today's fact was provided by the @DHSDetroit.
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#ChristmasInDetroit 🎅
This December, as a part of our #BeautifulDetroit series, we're bringing you our favorite festive photos from the city. Today's photo comes from instagram.com/metro.detroite….
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Did you know? The GM Renaissance Center is so large it has its own ZIP code, 48243.#DidYouKnowDetroit
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Did you know? Sports Illustrated magazine commissioned Robert Graham to create The Fist monument (pictured here) in 1986. The monument was partly inspired by Joe Louis’ efforts to fight Jim Crow laws and was intended as a statement against racism. #DidYouKnowDetroit
@SInow
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Did you know? Much of the MotorCity Casino Hotel complex is built around the structure that once housed the Wagner Baking Company, the maker of Wonder Bread. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library and NORR Architects And Engineers
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Did you know? Three weeks before his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. visited Grosse Pointe High School to deliver his “The Other America” speech in the school’s gymnasium. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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Our #BeautifulDetroit series highlights stunning city photographs taken by locals. This photo comes from instagram.com/3andathird/. Leave your tag below to volunteer your work.
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Did you know? Hart Plaza (pictured here) is located on the approximate site where Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac landed in 1701. He founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, the settlement that would become the city of Detroit. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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Did you know? Detroit was the capital of Michigan from 1805-1847. The capitol building (pictured) was located in downtown Detroit, and was originally built to be the territorial courthouse. It would later be converted into a school. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Archives of Michigan
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Did you know? “Detroit” is French for “strait.” The French called the Detroit River “le détroit du Lac Érié," meaning “the strait of Lake Erie.”
(You may recall from a previous #DidYouKnowDetroit that, despite its name, the Detroit River is not a river, but a strait.)
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Happy Birthday, Michigan! On this day in 1837, Michigan was officially admitted into the Union.
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Happy #313Day, Detroit! We caught up with 4-time Stanley Cup champion and former @DetroitRedWings player Darren McCarty and @MikeSullivan of Metro Detroit Golfers at @EasternMarket to ask them why they love Detroit.
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Josien van Gogh, the great grandniece of world-renowned painter Vincent van Gogh, spoke with Hour Detroit at this "once in a generation" exhibit of 74 original pieces from the artist. The exhibit opens to the public in October. hourdetroit.com/art-topics/n…
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Did you know? The Detroit Public Library opened in 1865 with 5,000 books. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Burton Collection
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"Autumn carries more gold in its pocket than all the other seasons." -Jim Bishop
Today's #BeautifulDetroit photograph comes from instagram.com/rickapeterson/
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Did you know? On May 1, 1918, Detroit was the first city in the nation to prohibit alcohol. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Pictured here: Alcohol found by Prohibition agents during a raid on an illegal distillery runs out of a storefront window.
📸 Walter P. Reuther Library, WSU
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Did you know? The sphere in the Spirit of Detroit statue's left hand symbolizes divinity, while the family in its right hand symbolizes human relationships. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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Did you know? Fox Theatre was built as part of the theater empire of film mogul William Fox. While he owned hundreds of movie houses nationwide — many named “Fox” — the Detroit location was particularly lavish. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Courtesy of @DHSDetroit
📸 Stephanie Hume
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Did you know? Henry Ford built his first car – the Quadricycle, on a buggy frame and 4 bicycle wheels – at this coal shed on Bagley Street, Detroit in 1896. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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#ChristmasInDetroit 🎅
This December, as a part of our #BeautifulDetroit series, we're bringing you our favorite festive photos from the city. Today's photo comes from instagram.com/metro.detroite….
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This December, as a part of our #BeautifulDetroit series, we're bringing you our favorite festive photos from the city. Today's photo comes from instagram.com/3andathird/.
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Did you know? Albert Kahn is sometimes called “the man who built Detroit.” He designed over 400 buildings in metro Detroit alone, including the Edsel & Eleanor Ford House, the Belle Isle Conservatory, and the Fisher Building. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Albert Kahn Associates
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Did you know? The legal speed limit on Southfield Freeway is 55 miles per hour. #DidYouKnowDetroit
(Bonus fact: Going 55 will probably get you honked at.)
📸 Ken Lund
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Did you know? The Spirit of Detroit statue was created by sculptor Marshall M. Fredericks, who taught at Cranbrook Academy of Art in the 1930s and ’40s and later lived in Birmingham with his wife. He started working on the statue in the late 1950s. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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Michigan will become the 14th state to mandate personal finance education: hourdetroit.com/in-case-you-…
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Did you know? The first Detroit Zoo opened in 1883. When a circus came into town and went bankrupt, a Detroit citizen named Luther Beecher financed the purchase of the circus animals and bought a building to display them. #DidYouKnowDetroit
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Did you know? Fans once rushed to Olympia Stadium to see the Detroit Red Wings, the Detroit Pistons, and even boxing legend Joe Louis. The final official game played at Olympia took place in December 1979. #DidYouKnowDetroit
📸 Library of Congress
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#ChristmasInDetroit 🎅
This December, as a part of our #BeautifulDetroit series, we're bringing you our favorite festive photos from the city. Today's photo comes from instagram.com/metro.detroite….
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Clarkston resident Cristy Lee's newest gig has her rubbing elbows with A-List celebs in need of an automotive overhaul. @cristylee09 hourdetroit.com/film-tv/cele…
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