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1st St 1. GM 7. 13. ess St d 11 Jefferson entrance 535 d St The Detroit People Mover is a light rail system Millender Howar E Congr Renaissance The center tower is the tallest all-hotel operating on an elevated loop in Detroit’s This building combines Romanesque and Gothic Bates St Center station Center station 1st St in the and is Detroit’s skyline central business district. The 13 stations provide features and has been a hub of the downtown W Lafayette Blv W eet landmark. It served as the NY Panoramic Center connections between government buildings, financial district for decades. The beautiful Shelby St oodwa ed Str in Real Steel. sports arenas, exhibition centers, major hotels, arched ceiling lobby and exterior alley can be rn St and commercial, banking and retail districts. seen in A Very Harold Kumar Christmas. rd W Fort St E La 1 2. Old Cass Avenue 12 It was used extensively in the films Alex Cross Howa station rd 600 Randolph Street 14. Building Av and The Giant Mechanical Man. 13 Completed in 1902, this building is a fantastic 243 West Congress Street Cass e d 14 Larned example of Roman baroque with 8. Capitol Park, Griswold Street This historic 10-story high-rise in downtown Av Street station a blend of Beaux-Arts and neoclassical style. This historic site is home to the remains of Detroit was saved from demolition in 1979. 1st St e With a beautiful courtyard and grand staircases, Michigan’s first governor. In October 2010, the It’s the loading dock for Bailey’s Gym in Wa W Lafayette Blv 10 Hollywood can’t build a better movie location. park’s scheduled improvements were delayed to Real Steel. ess St shington Blvd LOL, Transformers 3, and Conviction filmed here. stage an alien crash site for Transformers 3. 2nd Blv W Congr 15 18 15. Detroit Fire Dept. Headquarters 85 e 3. Greektown Av 9. Lafayette and 250 West Larned Street Randolph St ter S wa t This popular neighborhood has numerous American Coney Island Completed in 1929, this building was used 3r d ferson At d St restaurants that serve authentic Greek cuisine, as 118 West for multiple locations in the film Real Steel, W Jef well as one of the city’s three casinos, Greektown including Bailey’s Boxing Gym, an exterior ic Ce A long time local rivalry for Coney bragging iv nt St Casino. Greektown served as the New Orleans C ter rights—visit these classic diners and enjoy warehouse street and the gym rooftop. Interiors e twa 17 r A exterior in the film American Virgin. 10 are not accessible to the public. D authentic Detroit Coney. These landmark 16 r 4. Harmonie Park restaurants have been in multiple films and 16. Cobo Arena W 311 East Grand River Avenue television programs, including LOL, Whip It, r 1 Boulevard te Detroit 1-8-7, and Food Wars. a The tree-lined side streets of ’s The 12,191-seat indoor arena was home to the tw 500 ft A oit River cozy Harmonie Park doubled as a Paris park in 10. Compuware Building Detroit Pistons from 1961–1978. The arena 200 m Detr The Double. A popular nearby bar, the Rhino, 1 Campus Martius was used as the Municipal Center in was used in Judd Apatow’s film The Five-Year Completed in 2002 with a modern, flexible Real Steel. Currently undergoing renovations Engagement. and cost-effective design, the corporation’s —interior is not accessible to the public. Visit the Detroit page on Called Motown, the Motor City, Visitor Center 5. headquarters encompasses 1.1 million square 17. Detroit Princess Riverboat michigan.org and discover Rock City, Hockeytown or just simply Contact Information 1526 Broadway Detroit feet. The interior and exterior were used as the 1 Atwater Street, docked along places to stay, things to do, Aqua Building in the film Alex Cross, starring “The D,” Detroit has a long and phone: 800.DETROIT (338.7648) Opened in 1922, the Detroit Opera House is the events and more! decorated in the Italian Renaissance style with Tyler Perry. varied history. email: [email protected] Originally named Players Riverboat Casino II, lavish crystal chandeliers, frescoes and marble 11. the Detroit Princess Riverboat was originally DETROIT PEOPLE MOVER It’s the birthplace of techno, the stairways. This beautiful theater was used for the 660 Woodward Avenue built for use as a gambling boat. It’s 222 feet long www.thepeoplemover.com “Neil Patrick Harris Christmas Special” scene in The executive hair salon in the lobby can be and can accommodate up to 1,500 passengers. sports capital of the Midwest, was A Very Harold and Kumar Christmas. Tours of Detroit Metro Convention seen in The Ides of March, starring George Detroit 1-8-7 (episode 102 “Local Hero/Last the first city to pave a concrete the actual stage and building must be set up in & Visitors Bureau Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Paul Giamatti, Marisa Dance”) and Kid Rock filmed here. road and has the only floating post advance. Please call 313.961.3500. The Michigan Film was created 211 Fort Street, Suite 1000, Detroit Tomei and Philip Seymour Hoffman. 18. GM Renaissance Center in 1979 to assist and attract incoming office in the . Detroit 6. Cliff Bells Wintergarden entrance office hours: M–F, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 12. Congress and Griswold streets production companies and to promote perfected the Coney Dog, was the 2030 Park Avenue phone: 313.202.1800 This area doubled as for the The Renaissance Center is the tallest building film industry growth. first place to have individual phone The 1930s charm of the lavish interior in Michigan and features a breathtaking view www.visitDetroit.com has been utilized for various films. The bar is a films Vamps and A Very Harold and Kumar numbers and it invented the three- Christmas. from the rooftop restaurant. The film Real popular hang out for visiting actors looking for Steel, starring , filmed here. color traffic light. You’re welcome. jazz entertainment and local Detroit nightlife. Sparkle and Vamps filmed here. 2213-110719 OTHER NOTABLE For more than 30 years, the Michigan Film Office has been supporting Michigan LOCATIONS media industries and positioning Michigan as a worldwide production destination. Belle Isle Since 2008, we’ve wrapped more than 160 Belle Isle projects, including large blockbuster studio Real Steel: Shaefer Zoo features, award winning independent films, and a network television series. However, 3044 West Grand Boulevard Michigan’s history of filmmaking goes back Transformers 3: ticker tape parade much further. In 1936, MGM shot Speed, Detroit Institute of Arts starring James Stewart, at the Chrysler 5200 Woodward Avenue Corporation testing grounds. Marquette, in Hung, Detroit 1-8-7 1 7 the Upper Peninsula, provided the setting 13 for Anatomy of a Murder, filmed in 1956. In One Riverbank Road, Belle Isle 1979, another classic, Somewhere in Time, Whip It: int/ext beauty pageant, swimming pool filmed at the beautiful Grand Hotel on Eastern Market Mackinac Island. Michigan has been on the 2934 Russell Street Whip It: Razor’s apartment complex silver screen for decades. Exterior Bar Memorable movies filmed in Michigan 30 Clifford Street The Evil Dead (1982) Transformers 3 (1984) Midnight Run (1987) 3011 West Grand Boulevard Beverly Hills Cop II (1987) Transformers 3: Russian hallway Action Jackson (1988)

2 Majestic Theater 8 Presumed Innocent (1989) 14 4120 Woodward Avenue Roger and Me (1989) locations

This Must be the Place: main stage Hoffa (1992)

Masonic Temple

True Romance (1993) film

500 Temple Avenue Blank (1997)

This Must be the Place; Van Helsing; Detroit Rock City (1999)

Vamps: multiple locations ’61 (2000) Detroit

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