Detroit Riverfront Promenade Improvement Project

The Detroit Civic Center Riverfront Promenade opens a key portion of the Detroit riverfront to residents and visitors. The promenade runs along the waterfront from the General Motors Global Headquarters on the east to the Riverfront Apartments on the west. It creates a distinctive and beautiful riverfront accessible to all pedestrians and linked to the waterfront enhancements and promenade being developed by General Motors Corporation on the east.

The project connects and enhances the value and marketability of major public and private facilities along the waterfront, such as Ford Auditorium, Cobo Center, and Joe Louis Arena. The project encompasses approximately 3,500 feet of riverfront property and was completed in time for the Detroit 300 celebration in 2001. It was funded by $6.2 Million in grants from the Waterfront Reclamation Grant Program of the Clean Michigan Initiative and matching funds from the City of Detroit, General Motors and the Downtown Development Authority

Renderings courtesy of Albert Kahn Associates, Inc. Photos by Todd Marsee.

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