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Detroit-New Center - Fully furnished large
upper 1 bedroom condo for lease. Close to Schools and downtown. Separate dining
room. Balcony overlooks gardens and lovely courtyard. Includes everything a
renter could need other than personal items.
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About New Center
The New Center is a commercial district located approximately three miles
(4.8 km) north of the city's downtown, and one mile (1.6 km) north of the
Cultural Center, around the intersection of Woodward Avenue and Grand Boulevard
(which is sometimes referred to as The Boulevard). Developed in the 1920s, it
was designed to create a business hub that would offer convenient access to both
downtown resources and outlying factories. Some historians believe that the New
Center may be the original edge city - a sub-center remote from but related to
an urban core. From 1923 to 1996, General Motors maintained its world
headquarters in the New Center (in what is now Cadillac Place) before relocating
downtown to the Renaissance Center. Cadillac Place is now occupied by State of
Michigan government offices. The descriptor "New Center" derived its name from
the New Center News, an automotive-focused free newspaper begun in 1933 that
continues to operate under the name Detroit Auto Scene.
The Tastefest, a five-day street festival held around Independence Day, takes
place on the streets of New Center. The Fisher Building, considered an Art Deco
masterpiece, sits in the New Center.