Capitol Park: Historic Heart of Detroit

Capitol Park: Historic Heart of Detroit
ISBN-10
1625848676
ISBN-13
9781625848673
Category
Business & Economics
Pages
179
Language
English
Published
2014-03-25
Publisher
Arcadia Publishing
Author
Jack Dempsey

Description

Capitol Park is the only city park in America where a state's first governor is buried. It's the birthplace of democracy in Michigan. Underground Railroad site. Streetcar and transit hub. Urban canyon. A block north of Detroit's iconic Coney Island restaurants. A symbol of the city's late twentieth-century decay, now a key part of its revitalization in a new millennium. Jack Dempsey, award-winning author of "Michigan and the Civil War" and president of the Michigan Historical Commission, uncovers tales of a uniquely inspirational public space that epitomizes the ups and downs of Detroit's three centuries.

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