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Did you know? Hart Plaza (pictured here) is located on the approximate site where Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac landed in 1701. He founded Fort Pontchartrain du Détroit, the settlement that would become the city of Detroit. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? The central tower of the GM Renaissance Center has an architectural twin in Atlanta called the Westin Peachtree Plaza Hotel. Both towers shared the same principal architect, John Portman, who passed away in 2017 at the age of 93. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? The Ally Detroit Center is Michigan’s tallest office building, and the second tallest building overall. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? Created by James Vernor in his Detroit pharmacy in 1866, Vernor’s is the oldest continuously produced soda pop in the U.S. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? Detroit’s first public display of electric light is reported to have occurred at Most Holy Trinity Church. Father Aloysius Bleyenburg, an early developer of electric lighting, displayed an arc lamp over the altar on Christmas Day in 1875. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? In the early 1900s, women workers played an integral role at the Ford Piquette Plant. They were among the first women to be employed in the auto industry and were known as "Magneto Girls" after the parts they were responsible for. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? The waterfall inside Detroit's One Campus Martius building is the tallest functional indoor waterfall in the United States. The colorful glass kites were designed by the same firm that created the fountains outside the Bellagio in Las Vegas. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? The "R" in John R. Williams doesn't stand for anything, and that he adopted it to distinguish himself from other John Williams in town? #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? The "R" in John R. Williams doesn't stand for anything, and that he adopted it to distinguish himself from other John Williams in town? #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? John R. Williams, for which John R road is named, was the first elected mayor of Detroit. Prior to him, the city’s mayors were appointed, not elected. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? When it first opened, Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center was the tallest hotel in the world. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? During Prohibition, the Stroh Brewery Company was forced to stop making alcoholic beverages and began producing mixers and Superman ice cream. Their ice cream is the only non-beer product from that period that remains in production. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? The William Livingstone Memorial Light on Belle Isle is the only all-marble lighthouse in the world. It was designed by legendary Detroit architect Albert Kahn. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? The Russell Alger Memorial Fountain in Detroit was a collaboration between Daniel Chester French and Henry Bacon. Bacon is best known for designing the Lincoln Memorial, while French sculpted the iconic Abraham Lincoln statue inside. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? Decades ago, the clock at Michigan Central Station was stolen. In 2018, when word of the station’s restoration became prominent, the thief anonymously contacted Ford to arrange a drop off point near Corktown where the clock could be reclaimed. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? The Merrill Fountain in Detroit’s Palmer Park once sat in front of the old Detroit Opera House. It was designed by John Carrere and Thomas Hastings, who also designed the New York Public Library. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit, originally known as the Book-Cadillac Hotel, opened 100 years ago in 1924. At the time, it was the tallest hotel in the world. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? Early architectural models of Detroit’s Renaissance Center included eight additional towers. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? At the time it was constructed, the Ambassador Bridge was the largest suspension bridge in the world. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? The cornerstone of the Detroit Masonic Temple was laid on September 18, 1922. The trowel used in the ceremony was the same one George Washington used to lay the cornerstone of the U.S. Capitol building. #DidYouKnowDetroit
Did you know? The Whitney Mansion was completed in 1894. It was built by David Whitney Jr., a successful lumber baron who, at the time, was the wealthiest man in Detroit. #DidYouKnowDetroit 📸 Detroit Publishing Company
