Midtown-New Center
Midtown is the cultural center of Detroit. It is home to several museums and galleries, such as the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest
Highlights include Detroit station and Detroit Historical Museum.
Detroit station
Railway station
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Detroit station is an intermodal transit station in Detroit, Michigan. Located in New Center, the facility currently serves Amtrak and QLine streetcars.
Detroit Historical Museum
Museum
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The Detroit Historical Museum is located at 5401 Woodward Avenue in the city's Cultural Center Historic District in Midtown Detroit. It chronicles the history of the Detroit area from cobblestone streets, 19th century stores, the auto assembly line, toy trains, fur trading from the 18th century, and much more.
Ford Piquette Avenue Plant
Museum
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The Ford Piquette Avenue Plant is a former car factory located within the Milwaukee Junction area of Detroit, Michigan, United States. Built in 1904, it was the second center of automobile production for the Ford Motor Company, after the Ford Mack Avenue Plant.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include New Center and Milwaukee Junction.
New Center
Suburb
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New Center is a commercial and residential district located in Detroit, Michigan, adjacent to Midtown, one mile north of the Cultural Center, and approximately three miles north of Downtown.
Milwaukee Junction
Neighborhood
Milwaukee Junction is an area in Detroit, Michigan, east of New Center. Located near the railroad junction of the Grand Trunk Western Railroad's predecessors Detroit, Grand Haven and Milwaukee Railway and the Chicago, Detroit and Canada Grand Trunk Junction, the area encompasses the streets of East Grand Boulevard to the north, St.
Ford–Lodge interchange
Locality
The Ford–Lodge interchange is a freeway interchange in Detroit, Michigan. It forms the junction of Interstate 94, with M-10. The interchange was completed in 1955, and is the first full freeway-to-freeway interchange in the United States.
Midtown-New Center
- Type: neighborhood
- Also known as: “Detroit/Midtown-New Center”
- Location: Detroit, City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude
42.364° or 42° 21′ 50″ northLongitude
-83.066° or 83° 3′ 58″ westOpen location code
86JR9W7M+JHWikidata ID
Q14213423
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In Other Languages
“Midtown-New Center” goes by many names.
- Italian: “Midtown-New Center”
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