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Buhl Building ess St d 11 Jefferson entrance 535 Griswold Street d St The Detroit People Mover is a light rail system Millender Howar E Congr Renaissance The center tower is the tallest all-hotel skyscraper operating on an elevated loop in Detroit’s This building combines Romanesque and Gothic Bates St Center station Center station 1st St in the western hemisphere 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 Wayne County Building Cass Avenue 12 It was used extensively in the films Alex Cross Howa station rd 600 Randolph Street 14. Marquette 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 architecture 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 Lafayette Boulevard 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 Washington Boulevard te Detroit 1-8-7, and Food Wars. a The tree-lined side streets of downtown Detroit’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 Missouri 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. Detroit Opera House 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 Detroit River 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. First National Building 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 office 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 United states. Detroit 6. Cliff Bells Wintergarden entrance office hours: M–F, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. 12. 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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 Beverly Hills Cop (1984) Fisher Building 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 Grosse Pointe Blank (1997) This Must be the Place; Van Helsing; Detroit rock City (1999) Vamps: multiple locations ’61 (2000) Detroit Michigan Central Depot american Pie 2 (2001) 2001 15th Street 8 Mile (2002) of map A Transformers, Transformers 3, The Island Below (2002) nemo’s road to Perdition (2002) 1384 Michigan Avenue Four Brothers (2005) Real Steel: local sports bar 3 9 the island (2005) 15 upside of anger (2005) We’re ready for our close-up TAKE A TOUR Dreamgirls (2006) semi-Pro (2007) Detroit is Michigan’s largest city— art House tours transformers (2007) birthplace of the automobile and 313.832.2322, [email protected] Gran torino (2008) Motown, the city center is known Carver/Curtis Museum, 313.341.1513 Jumper (2008) Culinary escapes/true Downtown Dining for its incredible turn-of-the-century Capitalism: a Love story (2009) 248.331.7296, [email protected] architecture.