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Facts about the host city Detroit

Detroit... • is home to the Motown sound founded by Berry Gordy Jr. in 1957
• installed the first mile of paved concrete road, just north of the Model T plant, on Woodward Avenue between McNichols and 7 Mile Roads in 1909
• installed the country’s first traffic light in 1915 in downtown Detroit
• built the nation’s first urban freeway, the Davison, in 1942
• is home to the oldest state fair in the nation, first held in 1849
• is the potato chip capital of the world, based on consumption
• features the nation’s oldest freshwater aquarium, located on Belle Isle Park
• has country’s largest island park within a city – Belle Isle Park
• is home to the world’s only floating post office, the J.W. Westcott II, can be found on the Detroit River
• is north of Canada
• is home to the largest flower-bedding market in the world – Eastern Market
• is second in the nation in fishing rod sales
• shares the world’s first auto traffic tunnel between two nations – the Detroit/Windsor Tunnel
• is home to the second tallest hotel in North America – the Detroit Marriott Renaissance Center, at 73 stories
• is the true home of the “Boston Cooler”
• is also home to Vernors ginger ale, Sanders hot fudge, Better Made Potato Chips, Faygo soda pop, Stroh’s Ice Cream
• receives freighters from over 100 world ports on the Detroit River
• has the most registered bowlers in the United States
• was the first city in the nation to assign individual telephone numbers in 1879
• founded the world’s first convention bureau in 1896
• has more theater seats than any other city, east of the Mississippi River, outside New York City

[scott7278]

• is also home to Vernors ginger ale, Sanders hot fudge, Better Made Potato Chips, Faygo soda pop, Stroh’s Ice Cream

Look at what I found in Post #8!

[rightwingintelligentsia]

Hello everyone, and thanks for the ping!

Another trivia question, this time about Detroit. This week, Jerome Bettis was given a key to the city by Mayer Kwame Kilpatrick. Who was the last person to receive this key?

[Clemenza]

Only went to Detroit once in my life. The best thing about the town were the "Coney Island" hot dog places that served the best hot dogs that were, ironically, nothing like the hot dogs on Coney Island in New York. I also LOVED Greenfield Village, Henry Ford's History Museaum, in nearby Dearborn. Had some great middle eastern food in the latter town as well.

If I make it back, I'd love to check out a game at Ford Field. I know that the city is largely a sh-thole and makes the Bronx look like Beverly Hills, but I'm sure there are other interesting things to see in the area.

[Dan from Michigan]

is the true home of the “Boston Cooler”

A post and run, but I could sure use one of those right now.