Michigan
Wayne County
City of Detroit

Town Apartments

Town Residences, formerly the Town Apartments, is a high-rise apartment building located at 1511 First Street in , . Originally designed by Wirt C.
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  • Type: Apartment building
  • Description: historic building in Detroit, Michigan, United States
  • Also known as: “Pontchartrain Club (unfinished)”
  • Address: 1511 1st Street, Detroit, MI 48226

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rosa Parks Transit Center and Comerica Park.

Bus station
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The is the main local bus station in serving as the central hub for the Detroit Department of Transportation bus system. The station was built on the site of Times Square in the west end of . is situated 640 feet east of Town Apartments.

Stadium
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is an outdoor baseball stadium in , United States. It has been the home of the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball since its opening in 2000. is situated 2,900 feet northeast of Town Apartments.

Public building
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The is a class-A skyscraper located at 477 Michigan Avenue in , , designed by the Detroit architectural firm of Smith, Hinchman and Grylls. is situated 790 feet southeast of Town Apartments.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Detroit and Detroit.

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is the central business district of , bordered by the Lodge Freeway to the west, the Fisher Freeway to the north, Interstate 375 to the east, and the Detroit River to the south.

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is a major metropolis in the US state of that has had a profound impact on the world. From the advent of the automotive assembly line to the Motown sound, modern techno and rock music, continues to shape both American and global culture.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood located east of . It contains a residential area of some 4,900 people and covers 0.37 sq mi. The northern section, planned and partially built in the 1950s by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places; it was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2015.

Town Apartments

Latitude
42.33273° or 42° 19′ 58″ north
Longitude
-83.05523° or 83° 3′ 19″ west
Inception
1940
Levels
12
Open location code
86JR8WMV+3W
Open­Street­Map ID
way 112892797
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­apartments
Wiki­data ID
Q7829899
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Town Apartments”. Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 4.0.