Huntington Place station

Detroit People Mover station

Huntington Place

General information
Location| 1 Washington Boulevard, Floor 3
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Coordinates| 42°19′42″N 83°03′00″W﻿ / ﻿42.32820°N 83.04989°W﻿ / 42.32820; -83.04989
Owned by| Detroit Transportation Corporation
Platforms| 1 side platform
Tracks| 1
Construction
Structure type| Elevated
Accessible| Yes
History
Opened| November 14, 1988
Previous names| Cobo Hall (1988-1989)
Cobo Center (1989-2019)
Convention Center (2019-2022)
Passengers
2014| 258,026[1]
Rank| 3 out of 13
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Huntington Place station (formerly Cobo Center) is a Detroit People Mover station in downtown Detroit, Michigan. It is located inside the Huntington Place convention center, on the third floor near Congress Street, with elevators and escalators inside the building connecting the station to street level.

## History[edit]

The track was originally built out in the open, and later enclosed by Cobo Center's late-1980s expansion. The station opened as an infill station on November 14, 1988,[2] as the last of the system's thirteen stations to open. The track passes above the main convention hall, so passing trains can be heard from portions of the convention floor.

Originally known as Cobo Hall briefly before becoming Cobo Center in 1989, the station was renamed Convention Center in August 2019, when Cobo Center itself was renamed TCF Center.[3] The station operated as Convention Center for less than a year before the People Mover shut down temporarily on March 30, 2020, due to decreased ridership amid the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] In November 2021, while the People Mover was shut down, the convention center adopted its current name; and when the system reopened on May 20, 2022, the station was renamed Huntington Place.[5][6]

## Public art[edit]

Cavalcade of Cars

A Venetian glass mosaic, Cavalcade of Cars, is displayed on the wall opposite the platform. Created by Linda Cianciolo Scarlett and Larry Ebel, Cavalcade of Cars features seven automobiles, of various makes and models from the 1930s to the 1950s: two Chrysler, two Ford, one Buick, one Chevrolet, and one Cord. The mosaic celebrates Detroit's automotive industry, and references the North American International Auto Show, the most prominent event hosted at Huntington Place.[7][8]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Lawrence, Eric D (2015-06-24). "People Mover's Grand Circus Station back in service". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2015-08-27.
2. ^ "People Mover to swing through new Cobo stop". Detroit Free Press. Knight Ridder. 1988-11-14. pp. 3A - via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ Noble, Breana (August 27, 2019). "It's official: Cobo's new name is TCF Center". The Detroit News. Archived from the original on August 27, 2019. Retrieved August 27, 2019.
4. ^ Rahal, Sarah (2022-05-19). "Detroit People Mover resumes service with free rides for 90 days". The Detroit News. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
5. ^ Witsil, Frank (2022-05-20). "Detroit People Mover reopens with limited service, free rides after 2-year closure". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
6. ^ "Service Update June 2: Restart Information". Detroit People Mover. 2022-06-02. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
7. ^ Walt, Irene (2004). Art in the Stations: The Detroit People Mover. Art in the Stations Committee. ISBN 0-9745392-0-1.
8. ^ Art in the Stations. Detroit Transportation Corporation. 2006.

## External links[edit]

* DPM station overview

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Urban rail transit stations in Detroit

People Mover|

* Michigan Avenue
* Fort/Cass
* Huntington Place
* West Riverfront
* Financial District
* Millender Center
* Renaissance Center
* Bricktown
* Greektown
* Cadillac Center
* Broadway
* Grand Circus Park
* Times Square

QLine|

* Grand Boulevard
* Baltimore Street
* Amsterdam Street
* Ferry Street
* Warren Avenue
* Canfield Street
* Martin Luther King Boulevard/Mack Avenue
* Sproat Street/Adelaide Street
* Montcalm Street
* Grand Circus Park
* Campus Martius
* Congress Street

Downtown Trolley|

* Grand Circus Park
* Washington Boulevard trolley stops
* Cobo Center trolley stops
* Jefferson Avenue/Hart Plaza trolley stops
* Renaissance Center

Italics denote closed stations

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Downtown Detroit

Areas|

* Broadway Avenue Historic District
* Capitol Park Historic District
* Detroit Financial District
* Detroit International Riverfront
* Grand Circus Park Historic District
* Greektown
* Lower Woodward Avenue Historic District
* Mexicantown
* Monroe Avenue Commercial Buildings
* Park Avenue Historic District
* Randolph Street Commercial Buildings Historic District
* Washington Boulevard Historic District

Education|

| Primary and
secondary schools|

* Detroit Public Schools

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Other education|

* Detroit Public Library Skillman Branch
* Wayne County Community College
* University of Detroit Mercy School of Law

Skyscrapers
and complexes|

* 150 West Jefferson
* Ally Detroit Center
* Book Tower
* Broderick Tower
* Buhl Building
* Cadillac Place
* Cadillac Square Building (demolished)
* Cadillac Tower
* Chrysler House
* David Whitney Building
* Detroit Life Building
* Executive Plaza Building
* Federal Reserve Building
* First National Building
* Fisher Building
* Ford Building
* Fort Pontchartrain Hotel
* Francis Palms Building
* Guardian Building
* Hudson's Detroit (under construction)
* Industrial Building
* Lafayette Building (demolished)
* Michigan Central Station
* Millender Center
* One Campus Martius
* One Griswold Street
* One Kennedy Square
* One Woodward Avenue
* Penobscot Building
* Renaissance Center
* Riverfront Condominiums Detroit
* David Stott Building
* Westin Book Cadillac Hotel
* Meridian Health Plan Headquarters (proposed)
* Detroit Statler Hotel (demolished)
* Water Board Building
* Wurlitzer Building, a former Wurlitzer office building

Parks|

* Belle Isle
* Campus Martius Park
* Water Works Park (closed)

Public art|

* Bagley Memorial Fountain
* Scott Fountain
* Russell Alger Memorial Fountain
* General Alexander Macomb
* Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument
* The Spirit of Detroit
* Stevens T. Mason
* General Thaddeus Kosciuszko

Other landmarks|

* Comerica Park
* Detroit Athletic Club
* Detroit Building
* Detroit City Hall (demolished)
* Detroit Opera House
* Detroit Public Safety Headquarters
* Detroit Club (defunct, but building still there)
* Elwood Bar
* Farwell Building
* The Fillmore Detroit
* Ford Auditorium (demolished)
* Ford Field
* Fort Shelby Hotel
* Fort Street Presbyterian Church
* Fox Theatre
* Frank Murphy Hall of Justice
* Gem Theatre
* Griswold Building Senior Apartments
* Hollywood Casino
* Huntington Place
* Joe Louis Arena (demolished)
* Kennedy Fountain, a/k/a Kennedy Square (demolished)
* MGM Grand Detroit
* Park Avenue House
* Town Apartments
* Veterans' Memorial Building (demolished)
* Wayne County Building
* William Livingstone Memorial Light, only marble lighthouse in the United States, located on Belle Isle
* Women's City Club
* Coleman A. Young Municipal Center
* University Club
* Yondotega Club

Detroit People Mover
stations|

* Broadway
* Bricktown
* Cadillac Center
* Financial District
* Fort/Cass
* Grand Circus Park
* Greektown
* Huntington Place
* Michigan Avenue
* Millender Center
* Renaissance Center
* Times Square
* West Riverfront

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