Millender Center station

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Millender Center
Millender Center Station - Detroit People Mover (Platform).jpg
General information
Location333 E Jefferson Avenue, Floor 5
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Coordinates 42°19′49″N83°02′31″W / 42.33026°N 83.04191°W / 42.33026; -83.04191
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 805, 830, 851
Construction
Structure typeElevated
AccessibleYes
History
OpenedJuly 31, 1987
Passengers
201496,255 [1]
Rank8 out of 13
Services
Preceding station Detroit People Mover Icon.svg Detroit People MoverFollowing station
Financial District
One-way operation
Detroit People Mover Renaissance Center
Next counter-clockwise

Millender Center station is a Detroit People Mover station in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It is located inside of the Millender Center, on the building's fifth floor, with elevators and escalators inside the building connecting the station to street level.

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Millender Center is the nearest People Mover station to the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center, Mariners' Church, the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel, the Wayne County Building, and Cadillac Square. A skybridge connects the Millender Center to an employees-only entrance to the Municipal Center; public access is only available from the street. A second skybridge connects to the Renaissance Center, which also has its own People Mover station.

Public art

Detroit New Morning, a tile mosaic created by Detroit-based painter Alvin Loving, Jr., spans the station lobby and the fifth floor of the Millender Center's atrium. Created at Pewabic Pottery, the work is composed of 5,000 tiles, and was painted with brooms. [2]

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References

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  2. Walt, Irene (2004). Art in the Stations: The Detroit People Mover. Art in the Stations Committee. ISBN   0-9745392-0-1.