Willis Avenue Station
The Willis Avenue Station is a steam production plant used in Detroit's district steam heating system. The plant is located at 50 West Willis Street, near Woodward Avenue, in the center of the city's Midtown Detroit neighborhood.Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Majestic Theatre and Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.
Majestic Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Majestic Theatre is a theatre located at 4126-4140 Woodward Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. Majestic Theatre is situated 540 feet east of Willis Avenue Station.
Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit
Museum
The Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit is a non-collecting contemporary art museum located in Detroit. MOCAD is housed in a 22,000-square-foot building, a converted former auto dealership designed by Albert Kahn. Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit is situated 830 feet north of Willis Avenue Station.
Garden Bowl
Bowling alley
Photo: Andrew Jameson, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Garden Bowl is a 16-lane Brunswick bowling alley located at 4104–4120 Woodward Avenue in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. It is the oldest continuously operating bowling alley in the country. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2008. Garden Bowl is situated 600 feet east of Willis Avenue Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Midtown-New Center and Ford–Lodge interchange.
Midtown-New Center
Photo: Ken Lund, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
North Corktown
Neighborhood
North Corktown is a neighborhood located in Detroit, Michigan, bounded roughly by I-75 on the south, Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard on the north, I-96 on the west, and the John C.
Willis Avenue Station
- Type: Power station
- Address: 50 West Willis Street, Detroit, MI 48201
- Categories: coal-fired power station and industry
- Location: City of Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
42.35146° or 42° 21′ 5″ northLongitude
-83.06212° or 83° 3′ 44″ westOperator
DTE Electric CompanyOpen location code
86JR9W2Q+H5OpenStreetMap ID
way 636628832OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q8022021
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In Other Languages
“Willis Avenue Station” goes by many names.
- Spanish: “Willis Avenue Station”
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