Huron Towers

Huron Towers is a pair of residential towers in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on a bluff overlooking the Huron River. The towers opened in 1960 as the first high-rise apartment development in the city in decades, and were designed to emphasize their novel lift-slab construction technique.

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Type: Residential area
Description: pair of apartment buildings in Michigan, US
Also known as: “Huron Towers Apartments”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Mitchell Field and Detroit Observatory.

Mitchell Field

Park

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Mitchell Field is a park.

Detroit Observatory

Observatory

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The Detroit Observatory is a historic observatory on the campus of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The Detroit Observatory is located on the corner of Ann Street and its namesake Observatory Street, on a hill overlooking the Huron River valley. Detroit Observatory is situated 4,200 feet west of Huron Towers.

Lurie Biomedical Engineering Center

University building

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The Ann and Robert H. Lurie Biomedical Engineering Building officially opened in August 2006. It was part of an expansion of the University of Michigan Biomedical Engineering Department. Lurie Biomedical Engineering Center is situated 1,500 feet northeast of Huron Towers.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Dixboro and Barton Hills.

Dixboro

Hamlet

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Dixboro is a hamlet, which is situated 3½ miles northeast of Huron Towers.

Barton Hills

Village

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Barton Hills is a village in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 316 at the 2020 census. The village is located within Ann Arbor Charter Township just northwest of the city of Ann Arbor. Barton Hills is situated 3½ miles northwest of Huron Towers.

Charter Township of Pittsfield

Town

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Pittsfield Charter Township is a charter township of Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 39,147 at the 2020 census. Charter Township of Pittsfield is situated 5 miles south of Huron Towers.

Huron Towers

Categories: twin towers and residential tower
Location: Ann Arbor, Washtenaw County, Southeast Michigan, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

42.28549° or 42° 17′ 8″ north

Longitude

-83.71696° or 83° 43′ 1″ west

Open location code

86JR77PM+56

OpenStreetMap ID

way 423689287

OpenStreetMap feature

landuse=residential

Wikidata ID

Q5946937

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