Woodward on a Friday Night by Retta Billy
The city of Detroit was founded on Sunday July 24, 1701 by Antoine de la Mothe, Sieur de Cadillac. Throughout the history of the city, Detroit’s industry has been a driving engine of Michigan and the nation, reaching its zenith with the auto industry. To my mind, there’s few things that capture the indomitable spirit of the city like Woodward Avenue. I particularly love that this photo features the new Hudson’s building as a backdrop with one of the auto industry’s more out of the box experiments and a partly people powered pedal pub from Handlebar Detroit.
Enjoy this selection of nighttime scenes of the city from Michigan photographer Coretta Billy that capture that spirit. For sure follow her on Facebook and view her portrait & event photography on her website.
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I wonder what they will do for the 325th birthday, a big milestone and yes, celebrating the same year as the U.S. celebrates its 250th!
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Hopefully something cool!
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Yes. Did you see the Tall Ships Sail Detroit 2025 Festival is coming soon? I’ll put the link in another comment. Since you’re right downtown you could get some fun pics. I saw a tall ship, “The Christian Radich” in 1976 docked downtown, probably at Hart Plaza and saw the same ship a few weeks later in Toronto. It was a beautiful ship – we went on a tour.
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Here’s the scoop on this Sail Detroit Fest for you Andrew:
https://visitdetroit.com/events/sail-detroit-2025-festival-with-tall-ships/
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Very cool I will have to check it out!
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Yes, I hope you get some good pics – even from a tall building if you’re not able to get tickets.
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