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Red Wings all won tles. Detroit
boxing great Joe Louis captured
the Heavyweight tle and held it
for 11 years. And Eddie Tolan, a
black student from Cass Technical
High School, won two gold med-
als at the 1932 Olympics.
More recently, the Detroit Red
Wings (1997-98) and Detroit
Pistons (1989-90) each celebrated
back-to-back victories, and came
back to win championship tles
again in 2002 and 2004 respec-
vely. The Red Wings also brough
Stanley home in 2008. In wom-
ens sports, the Detroit Shock of
the WNBA won the championship
in 2003, 2006 and 2008.
We
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toDetroit
DetroitDetroit is a dynamic, div
with an intriguing history
place of people and place
and events, world-changi
venons and groundbrea
sic. Long known as the aubile capital of the world, D
is also famous for its dis
Motown music sound fro
1960s.
Detroit is home to a rich
people from various ethn
grounds, including cizen
ian, English, German, Poli
Mexican, Middle Eastern,
and Greek descent. Today
is composed primarily of
Americans, Hispanics andAmericans. That racial div
reected in areas such as
town, Mexicantown and A
Village.
Facts About DetroitNickname(s): The Motor City,
Motown, The Renaissance
City, The D, Hockeytown
Moo: Speramus Meliora;
Resurget Cineribus (We
Hope For Beer Things; It
Shall Rise From the Ashes)
Founded: 1701
Mayor: Dave Bing
Populaton:912,062
Universites: Wayne State,
University of Detroit
Professional Sports Teams:
Baseball: Tigers
Football: Lions
Hockey: Red Wings
Basketball: Pistons
Come check us out
www.visitdetroit.com
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Detroit played a key role in
the industrializaon of America
throughout the 20th century,
and is ready to transform itself
as technologies develop into the
21st century.
The Motor CityAs the automove capital of
the world and home to General
Motors, the Ford Motor Company
and Chrysler Group LLC, Detroit is
a city built by cars. From the stun-
ning mansions of auto barons and
brilliant downtown architecture
to the sprawling automove fa-
cilies and manufacturing plants
to the expressways that crisscross
throughout the region, the auto-
mobile has le its mark on this
city and its people.
Detroiters love cars. New cars,
classic cars, muscle cars, tricked-
out cars, any cars. And they ock
to see them. Events like the North
American Internaonal Auto
Show, the Grand Prix and the
Woodward Dream Cruise aract
record crowds. Sll more head to
the racing excitement of Michigan
Internaonal Speedway for NAS-
CAR acon.
Given this passion, its no won-
der Detroit remains the world
leader in automove engineer-
ing. Its here that brilliant think-ers develop the next
generaon
of vehicles that will mobilize the
world. And its only here that you
can experience the power and ex-
citement of automove history...
where it began, how it evolved
and most importantly where it
will take us tomorrow.
Culture
As a city vibrant, lost and now inrecovery, its a place both raw
and
rened, with griy street art and
edgy theater, as well as remark-
able museums and architecture.
Yet, like many other things about
the city, the culture here is subtle
and discreet -- it requires seeking
out -- but its impact is and always
has been signicant.
During Detroits prime, re-
nowned architects like Albert
Kahn, C. Howard Crane and Mies
van der Rohe rened their cra
here, creang remarkable homes,
theaters and oce buildings. Art-
ists like Mary Chase Straon of
Pewabic Poery, Diego Rivera and
Carl Milles, created engrossing art
inuenced and supported by the
power of this industrial capital.
Today, in our post-industrial
world, Detroit is struggling to
overcome challenging urban
problems. Yet this environment
has fostered another culture that
is just as enriching. Arsts like
Tyree Guyton of the Heidelberg
Project, as well as underg
arsts like the DDD Projec
Turtle, draw aenon to u
decay, as do many edgy t
projects like Planet Ant an
Matrix Theater. These gra
eorts, combined with th
tradional outlets, makes
an important cultural cen
oen intense and challen
overwhelmingly real.
SportsDetroit is a sports town
city with passionate fans
markable teams. Its also
that resounds with the ch
countless victories. Thats
Detroit is the City of Cha
and for sports fans, a grea
to be.
Detroit earned its chamnickname in the 1930s. D
this decade, the Tigers, Li
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