American Detroit (Michigan) is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the United States. Today this city in America is similar to the exclusion zone (Chernobyl) in Ukraine. Detroit used to be called the automotive capital of the world. The largest production of motor vehicles on the planet was concentrated here. But life is so arranged that you have to pay for everything, and after the intoxicating glory, sooner or later an eclipse comes. This is what happened to this city: having experienced an extraordinary rise, today it is turning into ruins and becoming a hangout for drug addicts and bandits.
The great past of a fading city
Detroit, Michigan was founded July 24, 1701. Its founder was the French officer Antoine Lome de La Mothe Cadillac. The future metropolis is located on a trade route, thanks to which the village, where fur traders lived, turned into an industrial center in a matter of years. One now well-known American trademark has immortalized the name of the "parent" of Detroit in its name.
At the end of the 19th century, a plant for the production ofcars. And in 1903, its owner Henry Ford founded the Ford Motor Company brand, and from that moment a real boom in immigrants begins. After that, some more world leaders in the automotive industry opened their headquarters in the metropolis.
Detroit, Michigan quickly won the title of world automobile capital. At the state level, a program of public cars was implemented here. But since the 1970s, the decline of the auto center begins. Chrysler, General Motors and Ford are in a financial crisis. The auto magnates had to close their factories in Detroit and move them to those states where the labor force was several times cheaper. During the 1970s and 1980s, the number of jobs in the city was reduced by more than 200,000. Over the past half century, the population of the metropolis has halved.
But Detroit doesn't give up, attracting tourists every year for local sightseeing and car shows.
Fun Facts
The ghost town of Detroit (MI), despite its bankruptcy, still exists today. The business part of the metropolis works without interruption. Now it is a criminal center, but it was here that such famous personalities as Francis Ford Copola and Eminem were born. Techno and creme brulee were born here.
In Detroit, you can buy real estate for less than a hundred dollars. And not far from the center of the settlement are absolutely intact, but for a long timeabandoned neighborhoods. More than 20% of school-age children never complete secondary education.
The modern population of the city lives according to independently established laws.
Detroit's top attraction
Detroit (Michigan), the photo of which can be seen in our material, is an automobile city, so much is devoted to automotive technology here. One such attraction is the Henry Ford Museum. The complex is located in the suburbs of Detroit and is located on a vast territory. Henry Ford, the museum's founder, began building his collection in 1906.
The open-air museum receives about one and a half million visitors every year. The complex has several sections. The largest of them is called "America at the wheel." He talks about the development of the automotive industry in the US.
But the institution is dedicated not only to automotive topics. Here you can also learn about how America has become a technological superstate.
Downtown Attractions
Detroit (Michigan, USA) was once an amazing city, and now it is disappearing before our eyes. But still, it has a number of sights that are worth seeing before they are completely destroyed.
Renaissance Center is a complex of seven skyscrapers that deserves the attention of travelers. It is located on the banks of the Detroit River, in the center of downtown. Skyscraper towers are interconnected, and this architectural ensemble had a strong influence on the externalview of the metropolis.
Inside the skyscrapers there are many shops, four restaurants, offices of banks and various companies, a hotel for 1300 people, fitness centers and other establishments.
The height of the central tower reaches 221 meters and has 73 floors. This is the same hotel with 1300 beds.
Other attractions of the village
Detroit (Michigan), whose sights we are considering, is famous for the Detroit Riverfront. Its length is eight kilometers. This area is home to a myriad of boutiques, hotels, skyscrapers and restaurants. The aforementioned Renaissance Center is also here.
Travelers are interested in the suburbs, especially Ann Arbor. It is home to the Great Lakes Museum and the University of Michigan. The famous Greenfield Village Park can be found there.
It is impossible not to mention the skyscrapers of Detroit. In this city, they are simply amazing, many of them were built back in the 1920s. Ancient buildings such as the Fisher Building and the Penobscot Building are the epitome of sophisticated Art Deco style.
