Illus Gd Souvenir Of Detroit

Author : Alvord And Co
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484417907
Total Pages : 78 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Souvenir of Detroit written by Alvord And Co and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-12-22 with total page 78 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Souvenir of Detroit: Fully Illustrated, Containing a Sketch of Detroit's History, Resources and Points of Interest to Visitors A word in relation to the city's public improvements will be best appreciated at this point in our narrative. The city has Belle Isle park, of over 700 acres, located in the middle of the river within the Elf-mile circle from the city hall, being the finest natural city park on the continent. This park is connected with the mainland by a superb iron bridge, free to all, and from this bridge extends a grand boulevard, twelve miles in length and from 200 to 300 feet wide, which passes entirely around the city. In addition to Belle Isle park, the city has the Clark park at the extreme west side of the city. Clark park contains several hundred acres. And finally, there is the Campus Martius - the site of the city hall - the Grand Circus, a semi-circular park, a quarter of a mile up Woodward avenue, Cass park, and eight other small parks, located at various points throughout the city. Thus it will be seen that the city is wondrously Well provided with lungs. In this same category, however, must be placed about fifteen miles of asphalt pav ing and hundreds of miles of block pavement, along broad and sumptuously shaded avenues, which transform the entire city into a veritable park. In the line of public buildings, there is a very fine city hall, a large public library, the Detroit museum of art, the municipal courts building, the central market building, fifteen or twenty large and very handsome fire engine houses, a dozen, well built and serviceable police stations, the house of correction, forty-nine public school buildings, and a water works establish ment most extensive and elaborate, a fit vehicle for the distribution of the most perfect supply of water for all purposes controlled by any city. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.