Woodward Avenue (M-1) - Automotive Heritage Trail
Grand Circus Park Historic District, MI

The Grand Circus Historic Park District, encompasses a significant collection of forty nineteenth and twentieth century commercial buildings by noted architects including: Albert Kahn, Daniel Burnham, George W. Post, Gordon W. Lloyd and Smith, Hinchman and Grylls. This location became the social center of Detroit for a period of time, largely due to the appearance of eight elegant theaters and ornate hotels around 1928. Judge Woodward's plan for the area to become the hub of Detroit failed since land developers preferred the grid system to the hexagonal plan. The buildings in the district vary from two to 18 stories and exhibit a variety of styles.