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- Hotel Pontchartrain, Detroit, Michigan - The Hotel Pontchartrain opened in 1907 on Campus Martius in Detroit, Michigan. It boasted nearly 300 rooms -- more than half with private bathrooms -- and its bar became a popular place for automotive industry leaders to network. Despite a five-story addition in 1909, "the Pontch" was soon eclipsed by larger, more luxurious hotels. It closed in 1920 and was torn down.
- 1908
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Hotel Pontchartrain, Detroit, Michigan
The Hotel Pontchartrain opened in 1907 on Campus Martius in Detroit, Michigan. It boasted nearly 300 rooms -- more than half with private bathrooms -- and its bar became a popular place for automotive industry leaders to network. Despite a five-story addition in 1909, "the Pontch" was soon eclipsed by larger, more luxurious hotels. It closed in 1920 and was torn down.
- Woodward and Jefferson Avenues, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1905 - In turn-of-the-century downtown Detroit, pedestrians shared the streets with electric streetcars and automobiles.
- circa 1905
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Woodward and Jefferson Avenues, Detroit, Michigan, circa 1905
In turn-of-the-century downtown Detroit, pedestrians shared the streets with electric streetcars and automobiles.