enue, 120 ft. wide, dividing the present city, as
it did the old town, into nearly equal parts. Parallel with the river is
Jefferson Avenue, also 120 ft. wide. The first of these avenues is the
principal retail street along its lower portion, and is a residence
avenue for 4 m. beyond this. Jefferson is the principal wholesale street
at the lower end, and a fine residence avenue E. of this. Many of the
other residence streets are 80 ft. wide. The setting of shade trees was
early encouraged, and large elms and maples abound. The intersections of
the diagonal streets left a number of small, triangular parks, which, as
well as the larger ones, are well shaded. The streets are paved mostly
with asphalt and brick, though cedar and stone have been much used, and
kreodone block to some extent. In few, if any, other American cities of
equal size are the streets and avenues kept so clean. The Grand
Boulevard, 150 ft. to 200 ft. in width and 12 m. in length, has been
constructed around the city except along the river front. A very large
proportion of the inhabitants of Detroit own their homes: there are no
large congested tenement-house districts; and many streets in various
parts of the city are faced with rows of low and humble cottages often
having a garden plot in front.

Of the public buildings the city hall (erected 1868-1871), overlooking
the Campus Martius, is in Renaissance style, in three storeys; the
flagstaff from the top of the tower reaches a height of 200 ft. On the
four corners above the first section of the tower are four figures, each
14 ft. in height, to represent Justice, Industry, Art and Commerce, and
on the same level with these is a clock weighing 7670 lb--one of the
largest in the world. In front of the building stands the Soldiers' and
Sailors' monument, 60 ft. high, designed by Randolph Rogers (1825-1892)
and unveiled in 1872. At each of the four corners in each of three
sections rising one above the other are bronze eagles and figures
representing the United States Infantry, Marine, Cavalry and Artillery,
also Victory, Union, Emancipation and History; the figure by which the
monument is surmounted was designed to symbolize Michigan. A larger and
more massive and stately building than the city hall is the county
court house, facing Cadillac Square, with a lofty tower surmounted by a
gilded dome. The Federal building is a massive granite structure, finely
decorated in the interior. Among the churches of gr