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Grand Boulevard is a thoroughfare in Detroit, Michigan, running east to west in some places and north to south in other places and is approximately 11 miles in length. It once constituted the city limits of Detroit. Grand Boulevard is named the "Berry Gordy, Jr. Boulevard" in the area where the Motown Historical Museum is located and the "General Motors Boulevard" in the area of Detroit's "New Center" where the Fisher Building and Cadillac Place (formerly the General Motors Building) are located. Grand Boulevard is commonly referred to by residents of the city simply as "the Boulevard". == History == As early as 1876, Bela Hubbard and other Detroiters were cognizant of the efforts of Baron Georges-Eugène Haussmann to make Paris into a beautiful city by designing parks, broad streets, and grand boulevards. 〔(East Grand Boulevard Historic District ) from Detroit1701.org〕 These citizens proposed adopting Haussmann's concepts by surrounding Detroit with its own "Grand Boulevard." When Belle Isle was transferred from the state to the city of Detroit, Michigan legislator James Randall included a rider calling for the construction of this Grand Boulevard.〔 However, the city government refused to begin work on the road right away, although a few people built homes along the Boulevard's proposed route.〔 Finally, in 1891, Detroit mayor Hazen S. Pingree supported the idea and broke ground on the construction of Grand Boulevard, a ring road that wrapped around the city of Detroit.〔Richard Bak, ''Detroit Across Three Centuries,'' Sleeping Bear Press, 2001, ISBN 1-58536-001-5, p. 60.]〕 The Boulevard ran for , curving from the Detroit River on the west and returning to the river on the east, crossing Woodward Avenue at a point approximately north of the downtown area.〔 The Boulevard was originally thought to represent the absolute limit of the city's expansion, although tremendous growth at the beginning of the 20th century quickly pushed the city limits far beyond Grand Boulevard to its north, its east, and its west.〔 By 1913, Grand Boulevard was completed, encircling the city.〔(East Grand Boulevard Historic District ) from the city of Detroit〕 It was generally recognized as a major attraction of the city; the entire length was decorated with trees, shrubbery, and flowerbeds. Many years ago, the streetcar route which traveled upon Grand Boulevard was formally called the Grand Belt line because of Grand Boulevard's belt-like configuration around the most central part of Detroit. The subsequent bus route which traveled on some, but not all, of Grand Boulevard retained the "Grand Belt" name until a service cut in 2009 eliminated that public transit coverage entirely. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grand Boulevard (Detroit)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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