Financial District station (Detroit)

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Financial District
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Financial District station
General information
Location133 W Larned Street
Detroit, Michigan 48226
United States
Coordinates 42°19′43″N83°02′48″W / 42.32863°N 83.04665°W / 42.32863; -83.04665
Owned byDetroit Transportation Corporation
Platforms1 side platform
Tracks1
ConnectionsAiga bus trans.svg DDOT 3, 5, 6, 9, 16, 40, 52, 67
Aiga bus trans.svg SMART FAST Gratiot, Michigan, Woodward
Aiga bus trans.svg SMART 255, 530, 620, 635, 805, 830, 851
Construction
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 31, 1987
Passengers
201475,819 [1]
Rank11 out of 13
Services
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One-way operation
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Financial District station (Detroit)

Financial District station is a Detroit People Mover station in downtown Detroit, Michigan. Located on Larned Street in the city's Financial District, the station is attached to 150 West Jefferson, with direct access from the platform to the building's lobby.

Contents

Financial District is the nearest People Mover station to the Guardian Building (which houses the People Mover's administrative offices), Hart Plaza, Spirit Plaza, One Woodward Avenue, and the Buhl, Ford, and Penobscot buildings. It is located roughly two blocks from the Congress Street QLine station, though this is rarely signed as an official transfer. [2]

Public art

The stairwell and platform walls feature "D" for Detroit, a tile mosaic painted by Joyce Kozloff. The mosaic spans roughly three stories, consisting of 1,200 industrial-grade porcelain tiles, one square foot each, painted and fired at a Kohler plumbing factory in Wisconsin. [3] [4]

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References

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  2. Station Guide. Detroit People Mover. 2024-04-25.
  3. Conn, Pamela; Marx, Sue (1988). "Art in the Stations: Detroit People Mover" (Video) via YouTube.
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