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  Detroit Festivals and Events
Held on the Detroit riverfront, the African World Festival is a family-oriented festival that gathers everyone to celebrate African music and art in Philip Hart Plaza.
Movement is a Memorial Day weekend opportunity to experiences the new and old-school grooves in techno, house, ambient, drum n bass on four distinct stages.
Each May country music takes over downtown Detroit’s Hart Plaza for a free festival.
www.detroit.com /festivals   (502 words)

  
  Philip Hart - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Philip Aloysius Hart (December 10, 1912–December 26, 1976) was a Democratic United States Senator from Michigan from 1959 until 1976.
Hart died of cancer in 1976, a few days before his term would have expired and he would have retired.
The third of the United States Senate Office Buildings, the Hart Senate Building, was officially dedicated and named for Senator Hart in 1987.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philip_A._Hart   (338 words)

  
 Hart Plaza - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Philip A. Hart Plaza is an open, mostly hard-surfaced park in downtown Detroit, Michigan, along the Detroit River.
The 14-acre plaza, which is named for the late U.S. Senator Philip Hart, opened in 1955 and has a capacity of 40,000 people.
At the center of the plaza is the Horace E. Dodge and Son Memorial Fountain, designed by Isamu Noguchi in 1979.
www.detroit.biz /project/wikipedia/index.php/Hart_Plaza   (199 words)

  
 Hart Plaza, Detroit, Michigan - Picture - MSN Encarta
Hart Plaza, a popular recreation site for both city residents and tourists, is located in downtown Detroit on the Detroit River.
In the summer the plaza hosts weekly ethnic festivals that draw large numbers of people.
The people shown here are enjoying a night on the plaza, with the buildings of the Renaissance Center in the background.
encarta.msn.com /media_461547188/Hart_Plaza_Detroit_Michigan.html   (66 words)

  
 360 Michigan....Spring Equinox VR Panoramas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Three of the panoramas were done in Hart Plaza in Detroit.
Hart Plaza is on the Detroit River and is the site of many of Detroit's cultural festivals.
Unfortunately with the weather being as miserable as it was, the plaza was deserted.
home.comcast.net /~mthphoto/page1.htm   (206 words)

  
 Starduskmoon Photography : CafePress.com
Hart Plaza is the center of most of the cities summer festivities.
Inner Void of Hart Plaza Organic Cotton Tee
Inner Void of Hart Plaza Ash Grey T-Shirt
www.cafepress.com /voidofhartplaza   (137 words)

  
 Ford Auditorium - UrbanPlanet.org
I think it would be very cool to have people living on Hart Plaza and could really give the area more foot traffic.
Hart Plaza will bring people the area when they bulldoze that montrosity and put some grass and trees in; something as simple as that is why Campus Martius succeeded where Kennedy Square failed
Hart Plaza will never be the great public space that Campus Martius is,it's just too isolated by what's basically an eight lane freeway.
www.urbanplanet.org /forums/index.php?showtopic=12052   (1732 words)

  
 Detroit International Jazz Festival - An Insider's Guide to Music, Dining, and Lodging | Vacation & Travel Guides ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Since the first Jazz Fest, the event has taken place at Hart Plaza, a large and open riverfront complex at the heart of downtown where the Woodward and Jefferson Avenues intersect.
The stage itself is elevated at the upper level of the area, with steep, amphitheater-style seating circling the interior of the theater.
Coming from Canada, Hart Plaza is left out of the Tunnel, or right of the Ambassador bridge.
www.craftytraveler.com /usa/michigan/detroit_international_jazz_festival_-_an_insiders_guide_to_music_dining_and_lodging   (1093 words)

  
 Echo Online :: Features :: Pistons party it up with Detroit fans at parade
By the time it reached the mid-point of the 1.1 mile route from Chene to Hart Plaza, thousands of fans surrounded the players cars, forcing police officers to literally ride on the cars to protect the players.
The organization of the parade left plenty to be desired, as the players immediately had to exit their cars and head to the rally at Hart Plaza, a set-up that led to incredible back-ups.
Kulczyk said he was not able to get into Hart Plaza due to the crowds in Jefferson, and did not even try to go to the Palace, but still enjoyed the parade.
www.easternecho.com /cgi-bin/print.cgi?4322   (702 words)

  
 Hart Plaza - Photos
The centerpiece of the plaza is the 1979 Isamu Noguchi designed Horace E. Dodge Fountain that pays tribute to one of the Dodge brothers (of auto manufacturing fame).
The plaza features several amphitheatres, an ice skating rink and other statuary such as that of the city's founder Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac, and the first International Memorial to the Underground Railroad.
Directly east of the Plaza is Old Mariners' Church of Detroit, organized in 1842 to serve the spiritual needs of Great Lakes' seamen and the oldest stone church in Michigan.
www.byways.org /browse/byways/13754/places/37194/photos.html?display_mode=detail   (287 words)

  
 Fireworks shooting prompts reform - 06/27/05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
But while authorities struggle to solve the June 23, 2004, shooting, they acknowledge the Hart Plaza case exposed communication gaps between prosecutors and police that they still are working to eliminate.
Meanwhile, solving the Hart Plaza case remains a priority, police say.
Detroit resident Ernestine Everette, whose daughter Evonne Everette, 21, was shot in the leg at Hart Plaza, had little to say about the way police handled the shooting.
www.detnews.com /2005/metro/0506/28/B01-229051.htm   (947 words)

  
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Daron Tyrese Caldwell, 32, of Detroit, shouted at the judge when she ruled that he would be bound over to trial on murder charges.
Evans has said that his client was not at Hart Plaza when the shootings took place on June 23 at 10:17 p.m.
Evans claims that Caldwell was seen by a clerk at the Shorecrest Motor Inn on Jefferson Avenue checking into the hotel with several friends a few hours before the shooting.
www.officer.com /news/IBS/wdiv/news-2355739.html   (306 words)

  
 Hart Plaza's first electronic music fest
Hart Plaza's first electronic music fest tests the genre's mainstream appeal
With its abundance of musical categories, unfamiliar artists and hipster cachet, the world of electronic music may appear daunting to a newcomer.
But one of the buzzwords in the world of electronic music is "universal." Most of these artists, despite a common distaste for capitalism and the music industry's old guard, will tell you they're looking to reach a global audience.
www.inmetrodetroit.com /music/detroit_techno/detroit_techno_freep2.htm   (1491 words)

  
 Take note: Fest extends beyond traditional jazz and Hart Plaza - 08/30/05   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Hart Plaza, the Woodward Avenue Corridor and Campus Martius in Detroit
This weekend's Detroit International Jazz Festival is expanding into Campus Martius Park, and, to judge from an unscientific lunchtime survey, the people in the park love the idea.
Actually, the 2005 edition of Detroit's free jazz extravaganza represents a double expansion -- up Woodward Avenue from its traditional base on Hart Plaza to Campus Martius, and beyond the conventional boundaries of jazz to embrace such Detroit roots idioms as blues, gospel, R&B and funk.
www.detnews.com /2005/events/0509/01/E01-296676.htm   (523 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Motown heats up   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Said to be the world's largest free music festival, it draws one million fans of techno, a musical genre born in Detroit, with local and international artists performing on several stages.
The fireworks are fired from barges in the Detroit River near downtown's Hart Plaza.
It's on Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit — take a stroll on the renovated RiverWalk along the Detroit River in between sets.
www.usatoday.com /travel/destinations/cityguides/spotlight/2004-04-30-detroit-summer_x.htm   (593 words)

  
 Campus Information Centers - Directions to Hart Plaza
Hart Plaza is the outdoor venue for many of Detroit's outdoor festivals and celebrations, including the Detroit-Windsor International Freedom Festival.
It is located at Jefferson and Woodward, about 50-60 miles from Ann Arbor.
Take the Lodge until the freeway ends and turns into Jefferson in downtown Detroit.
www.umich.edu /~info/tohart.html   (134 words)

  
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www.dhartasso.com /portfolio-hotel-websites.php   (1795 words)

  
 03-20-2001 - Levin and Stabenow Announce HUD Grant for Detroit River Promenade : Senator Carl Levin: News Release   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
"Hart Plaza beats with a vitality that only a city like Detroit can offer," said Levin.
"Hart Plaza has brought so much excitement to downtown Detroit and has become one of the city's most important cultural and entertainment venues," Stabenow said.
The City of Detroit is developing a pedestrian friendly promenade along the Detroit River as the key part of a comprehensive greenways system.
www.senate.gov /member/mi/levin/general/newsroom/release.cfm?id=209181   (364 words)

  
 Homeless people count (Metro Times Detroit)
In 1990 I said ‘fuck the census’, because I thought they would be too nosy," says a homeless man at Hart Plaza, who calls himself John Doe.
Costner refers to Hart Plaza as Paul’s Plaza, where census workers counted homeless people on Wednesday, March 29.
According to Hupp, "There is a lot of mistrust in the government, especially among this population." At Hart Plaza most people that come for Shapiro’s breakfast fill out a form.
www.metrotimes.com /20/27/Features/newHomeless.htm   (1028 words)

  
 Build Detroit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Portable toilets are available along the parade route and at Hart Plaza.
No one is allowed access around any downtown statues or monuments, including the Spirit of Detroit, the Joe Louis Memorial, the Dodge Fountain at Hart Plaza, and the Labor Legacy monument.
Under no circumstances will fans be allowed to cross parade barriers along the parade route or at Hart Plaza, and no pedestrians will be allowed in the street during the parade procession.
www.builddetroit.org /listings12985.asp   (671 words)

  
 Hotels Near Hart Plaza - Area Hotels.Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Hart Plaza Area Hotels - DETROIT, MI US Welcome to DETROIT, MI US to the home of Hart Plaza.
Our goal is to help you find the most conveniently located hotel or motel at a price you can afford.
Below you can enter your dates of travel and click the go button to display a list of hotels within 3 miles of Hart Plaza.
www.area-hotels.net /tourist_attraction_hotels/hart_plaza_detroit   (91 words)

  
 Fuzzytek Photography, LLC - powered by smugmug
Hart Plaza at night and day, Music Logical tent and a lot of breakdanc...
Photos in this gallery are yet to be color adjusted & cropped.
Wednesday 5pm meeting of the volunteers for FUSE-IN at Hart Plaza.
fuzzytek.smugmug.com /Dance/81289   (215 words)

  
 TrekEarth | Detroit skyline from Hart Plaza Photo
I took this picture while visiting Detroit and it shows the skyline of some of the buildings in downtown Detroit as taken from the Hart Plaza.
When you mentioned you had a photo from Hart Plaza I was thinking another position.
You formed it very well so that the lamp posts really are a great pattern to draw the eye into the skyline in the back.
www.trekearth.com /gallery/North_America/United_States/photo232253.htm   (756 words)

  
 ClickOnDetroit.com - Pistons - Pistons Bring Championship To 'Hart' Of Detroit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Thousands of Pistons fans gathered in Hart Plaza in downtown Detroit for a rally following the 1.3-mile parade on Jefferson Avenue Thursday afternoon.
Pistons play-by-play announcer George Blaha hosted the ceremony in which all members of Detroit's 2004 NBA championship team were given keys to the city.
The parade started at the corner of Jefferson and Chene and headed west to Hart Plaza for a rally from 1-2 p.m.
www.clickondetroit.com /pistons/3428409/detail.html   (1519 words)

  
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Players rode in Corvette convertibles and in the beds of Ford trucks, but they and their fans seemed to be walking on air.
The closer to Hart Plaza, the higher the prices of souvenir T-shirts: Shirts that were going for $7 on Fort Street and $10 the next block were selling for $20 in Hart Plaza.
After the Hart Plaza rally, the team hurried to The Palace of Auburn Hills, where another 22,000 screaming fans awaited them, and thousands of others were turned away.
www.wzzm13.com /printfullstory.aspx?storyid=28021   (1437 words)

  
 CROWNE PLAZA TO OFFER ‘BALANCED BREAKS’ TO MEETING ATTENDEES - Hotel Motel
Crowne Plaza Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, "The Place To Meet,' is the ideal upscale hotel choice for small- to medium-sized business meetings.
Crowne Plaza provides personalized service and one point of contact for hassle-free, successful meetings.
With more than 200 hotels and 60,000 guest rooms in 49 countries, Crowne Plaza hotels are located in major urban centers, gateway cities and resort destinations worldwide.
www.hotelmotel.com /hotelmotel/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=124156   (450 words)

  
 American Repubic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
American Steamship Company's 635-foot motor vessel American Republic lay alongside the seawall at Hart Plaza in the predawn darkness, awaiting the arrival of the Olympic Flame and the crowds that would follow it.
Bolted to the No. 4 Hatch cover was a special dual-burner propane Olympic Cauldron, which would be ignited by runner Kenneth Whippel, who would carry the flame up the gangplank from the Hart Plaza Ceremony.
As the ceremony concluded in Hart Plaza, the single runner brought the torch aboard the American Republic.
continuouswave.com /boats/americanRepublic   (442 words)

  
 SOHH.com Global Forum - detroit techno festival this weekend   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Movement replaces Hart Plaza's Detroit Electronic Music Festival (DEMF), which grew into one of the city's touchstone cultural events after its 2000 launch.
In a 15-page package presented to Councilwoman Sharon McPhail, Marvin alleged that by granting Hart Plaza to May's group, the mayor ignored an existing permit that gave Marvin rights to Memorial Day weekend on the plaza through 2005.
Marvin believes that people need to be aware that it was the mayor's self-interest that created whatever happens this Memorial Day weekend at Hart Plaza and that my client had nothing to do with that event," wrote Marvin's attorney, Anthony DeLuca.
forums.sohh.com /showthread.php?t=315960   (1185 words)

  
 DETROIT AFTER DARK
A more affordable option close to Hart Plaza.
This huge 73-story tower offers 1,300 rooms and 52 suites, many overlooking Hart Plaza, site of the DEMF.
Located across the street from Hart Plaza, this is as close as you can stay near the action.
remixmag.com /mag/remix_detroit_dark   (406 words)

  
 Diamond Jack's River Tours / Detroit Hart Plaza Dock Directions
Please be sure to check with the coordinator of your event for directions to the correct dock.
Our dock is at the foot of Bates at Atwater, between the Renaissance Center / GM Headquarters and Hart Plaza.
The closest parking lot is at the Miller Parking Garage at Bates and Atwater.
www.diamondjack.com /hartplaza.html   (197 words)

  
 ClickOnDetroit.com - News - Hart Plaza Shooting Suspect Is Free Man
DETROIT -- The Wayne County Prosecutor announced Monday that the charges against the man suspected of shooting nine people at Hart Plaza were dropped.
September 1, 2004: Hart Plaza Shooting Suspect: 'It's All A Lie'
August 3, 2004: Hart Plaza Shooting Victim's Death Ruled Homicide
www.clickondetroit.com /news/3780796/detail.html   (1004 words)

  
 99.5 WYCD, Detroit's Best Country!   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Three of country's hottest new stars hit the Hart Plaza stage as the lineup for the 23rd annual Downtown Hoedown is announced.
Saturday boasts one of the strongest lineups of any Downtown Hoedown as Gary Allan returns to the Hart Plaza stage.
Tracy Lawrence wraps up a run as the opening act on last year's Toby Keith tour and hits the Hart Plaza stage on Saturday night.
www.wycd.com /listingsEntry.asp?ID=317534&PT=Concerts   (515 words)

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