Campus Martius Park
Campus Martius Park | |
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Cadillac Center Detroit People Mover station and QLine streetcar. |
Cadillac Square Park | |
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City of Detroit) | |
Location | Detroit |
Coordinates | 42°19′53″N 83°2′41″W / 42.33139°N 83.04472°W |
Created | 2007 |
Open | All year |
Campus Martius Park (
Description
The park is located at the intersection of
The park is also where the point of origin of
The new Campus Martius Park was dedicated November 19, 2004 and includes two performance stages,
Cadillac Square Park
Cadillac Square Park is another re-established park in the area. It lies immediately to the east of Campus Martius Park. Until 2001, the area where the park is located was occupied by a bus transfer station constructed in the 1960s.[6] From 1841 until 1891, Cadillac Square was the site of the Detroit Farmer's Market.[7] The new park is site of the relocated Bagley Memorial Fountain which previously occupied a spot on Campus Martius.
In January 2008, the city of Detroit announced plans for a new Cadillac Centre, a $150 million mixed-use residential entertainment-retail complex attached to the Cadillac Tower. Designed by architect Anthony Caradonna and patterned after the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the contemporary steel and glass 24-story skyscraper complex to be located on Campus Martius Park, was planned to begin construction in the fall of 2009,[8] but was indefinitely postponed by the city in October of that year when the developers failed to meet key agreements with the city.[9]
The French sport of pétanque is played at Cadillac Square each workday from noon to 1 p.m. The similar Italian sport of bocce is also played there.
Gallery
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Grand Circus
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Cadillac Tower, looking up from Cadillac Square
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Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument in December 2015
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Detroit Financial District from Campus Martius
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View from Campus Martius Park ice rink
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View from Campus Martius Park ice rink
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Campus Martius Park skating rink
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Campus Martius Park skating rink
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Campus Martius at night
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Looking north up Woodward Avenue
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Hard Rock Cafe in Compuware World Headquarters
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Woodward Fountain
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Cadillac Square in 1899, City Hall is on the left and the Majestic Building is to the right
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Same view of Cadillac Square in 2007; One Kennedy Square stands on the site of the old City Hall and 1001 Woodward has replaced the Majestic Building
See also
- Cadillac Center Detroit People Mover station
- Detroit International Riverfront
- Grand Circus Park Historic District
References
- ^
"Are you pronouncing Michigan city names correctly? Now you can check". Click on Detroit. Graham Media Group. 2017-01-12. Retrieved 2022-01-25.
Campus Martius Park (KÂMP-əs MÄR-shəs PÄRK)
- ISSN 0026-2196. Archived from the original(PDF) on December 20, 2006.
- ISBN 978-0-7222-0097-1.
- ^ "Campus Martius Park - Point of Origin medallion". campusmartiuspark.org. Retrieved 2013-12-28.
- ^ "Campus Martius Park site plan". campusmartiuspark.org. Retrieved 2013-12-28.
- ^ Louis Aguilar (February 28, 2007). "Detroit Bus Station Work Set to Start". The Detroit News. detnews.com. Retrieved January 6, 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Deeb, Ed. "Market History". Eastern Market Detroit. Archived from the original on 2013-12-01. Retrieved 2013-12-28.
- ^ "Detroit Gets New Era in Downtown Living With Iconic $150 Million Cadillac Centre on Campus Martius Park". Reuters (Press release). Northern Group, Inc. 6 January 2008. Archived from the original on 30 December 2013. Retrieved 28 December 2013.
- ^ Gallagher, John (3 October 2008). "Cadillac Centre project in trouble". Detroit Free Press. freep.com. Archived from the original on 2013-12-27. Retrieved 2013-12-28.
Further reading
- Hill, Eric J. and John Gallagher (2002). AIA Detroit: The American Institute of Architects Guide to Detroit Architecture. Wayne State University Press. ISBN 0-8143-3120-3.
- Sobocinski, Melanie Grunow (2005). Detroit and Rome: building on the past. Regents of the University of Michigan. ISBN 0-933691-09-2.