Midtown, Detroit
| Midtown Detroit | |
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| Cultural center and neighborhoods | |
Old Main at Wayne State University in Midtown
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 Location of Midtown in relation to Downtown |
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| Coordinates: 42°21′2″N 83°3′34″W / 42.35056°N 83.05944°WCoordinates: 42°21′2″N 83°3′34″W / 42.35056°N 83.05944°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Wayne |
| City | Detroit |
| Area | |
| • Total | 2.09 sq mi (5.4 km2) |
| • Land | 2.09 sq mi (5.4 km2) |
| • Water | 0.00 sq mi (0.0 km2) |
| Population (2010) | |
| • Total | 14,550 |
| • Density | 6,961.28/sq mi (2,687.77/km2) |
| Time zone | Eastern Standard Time (North America) (UTC-5) |
| • Summer (DST) | Eastern Daylight Time (North America) (UTC-4) |
Midtown Detroit is a mixed-use area consisting of a business district, cultural center, a major research university, and several residential neighborhoods, located along the east and west side of Woodward Avenue, north of Downtown Detroit, and south of the New Center area. The community area of neighborhoods is bounded by the Chrysler Freeway (I-75) on the east, the Lodge Freeway (M-10) on the west, the Edsel Ford Freeway (I-94) on the north, and the Fisher Freeway (I-75) on the south. The area includes several historic districts, the Detroit Medical Center, and Wayne State University.
The Midtown area is a general mixed-use community area of neighborhoods containing successive waves of development that have transformed the area multiple times since it was first platted. The neighborhoods are dominated by the thoroughfare of Woodward Avenue, which runs north and south through the heart of Midtown.
Woodward Avenue, running north and south through the center of the neighborhood, is primarily inhabited by commercial businesses, public-oriented/cultural institutions, and religious buildings. The heart of the cultural center (the Detroit Public Library and the Detroit Institute of Arts) is located directly on Woodward in the northern part of Midtown.
The north part of Midtown west of Woodward Avenue is dominated by Wayne State University, whose campus subsumes nearly the entire northwest portion of Midtown north of Warren Avenue and West of Woodward. Wayne State University's campus covers 203 acres (0.82 km2) in the northwestern section of Midtown. Wayne's campus is irregular, and parts extend south of Warren (notably Old Main) and north of I-94, out of Midtown and into the New Center neighborhood. Wayne is one of Michigan's three research institutions and serves over 32,000 students.
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