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Detroit

Detroit

About Detroit

639,111 in city
5,327,764 in metro
359 km² (139 mi²)
182.88 m
Detroit was founded in 1701 and incorporated as a city in 1815. The city consists of 140 square miles on the Detroit River just north of Windsor, Canada. Home of the famous "Motown Sound," Detroit is also the center of the American automobile manufacturing industry. The Detroit skyline is diverse, dominated near the river by the futuristic towers of the General Motors Renaissance Center while much of the rest of the downtown and New Center skylines are among the best collections of 1920s and 30s skyscrapers around.

Zones

Bricktown (2), Brush Park (3), Campus Martius (16), Capitol Park (8), Cass Farms (5), Cass Park (2), Foxtown (16), Greektown (7), Harmonie Park (6), Lower Woodward (34), New Center (16)

Boroughs

Belle Isle (20), Boynton (1), Central (21), Chene (8), Cody-Rouge (1), Downtown (283), Durfee (1), Evergreen (1), Finney (3), Greenfield (1), Jeffries (16), Kettering-Butzel (5), Mack (1), Pembroke (4), Rosa Parks (10), St. Jean (2), State Fair-Nolan (1), University (72), Vernor (4),

Metro Cities

Allen Park, Ann Arbor, Auburn Hills, Belleville, Berkley, Beverly Hills, Bingham Farms, Birmingham, Bloomfield Hills, Burton, Center Line, Chelsea, Clinton, Davison, Dearborn, Dearborn Heights, Detroit, Farmington Hills, Ferndale, Flint, Garden City, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Pointe Park, Grosse Pointe Shores, Hamtramck, Harper Woods, Harrison Township, Hazel Park, Highland Park, Howell, Inkster, Lapeer, Lathrup Village, Lincoln Park, Livonia, Lyndon Township, Madison Heights, Marine City, Melvindale, Monroe, Mount Clemens, Northville, Novi, Oak Park, Orchard Lake Village, Oxford, Plymouth, Pontiac, Port Huron, Redford Township, Riverview, Rochester, Rochester Hills, Romulus, Roseville, Royal Oak, Saint Clair Shores, Southfield, Southgate, Sterling Heights, Superior Township, Taylor, Trenton, Troy, Utica, Walled Lake, Warren, Wayne, West Bloomfield, Westland, Wixom, Wyandotte, Ypsilanti

No. of Buildings

No. Current status
1,463 All Buildings
1,173
existing
32
under construction
56
planned
44
unbuilt
158
demolished

Tallest Buildings

# Building Height Year
1 Detroit Marriott at the Renaissance Center 727 ft 1977
2 Ally Detroit Center 619 ft 1993
3 Penobscot Building 565 ft 1928
4 Renaissance Center 100 Tower 522 ft 1977
5 Renaissance Center 400 Tower 522 ft 1977

Building types

No. Type
787 low-rise building
249 high-rise building
91 church
74 open-air structure
49 mast (pole)
40 house
37 monument
34 skyscraper
25 sculpture
15 mast (framework)
10 stadium
9 fountain
8 bridge
8 silo
4 reactor building
3 subterranean building
3 lighthouse
3 hall
2 clock/bell tower
2 monumental hall
2 tunnel
2 outdoor theater
1 industrial framework
1 water tower
1 airport tower
1 mosque
1 amusement ride
1 mast (wired)

Other buildings

No. Type
14 Famous buildings
60 Buildings with construction images