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What is the most iconic symbol of Detroit?

By YPB Team

Assembly lines and Motown, a giant bronze fist and a square pizza with burnt edges. Motor City is famous for far more than motors.

  1. Motown — ranked #11
    Motown
    Berry Gordy's record label, run from the Hitsville U.S.A. house on West Grand Boulevard.
    1000pts
  2. Ambassador Bridge — ranked #22
    Ambassador Bridge
    The 1929 suspension bridge to Windsor, the busiest crossing on the US–Canada border.
    1000pts
  3. Michigan Central Station — ranked #33
    Michigan Central Station
    The Beaux-Arts station that stood empty for decades before Ford restored it.
    945pts
  4. Spirit of Detroit — ranked #44
    Spirit of Detroit
    Marshall Fredericks' 1958 bronze giant outside the city-county building.
    862pts
  5. Hockeytown — ranked #55
    Hockeytown
    The Red Wings' nickname for a city that has won eleven Stanley Cups.
    764pts
  6. Fox Theatre — ranked #66
    Fox Theatre
    The 1928 movie palace on Woodward Avenue, one of the largest of its era.
    764pts
  7. Detroit Industry Murals — ranked #77
    Detroit Industry Murals
    Diego Rivera's 27 fresco panels of the Ford River Rouge plant at the Detroit Institute of Arts.
    647pts
  8. Detroit-Style Pizza — ranked #88
    Detroit-Style Pizza
    Square, deep pan pizza with caramelised cheese edges, born at Buddy's in 1946.
    647pts
  9. Vernors — ranked #99
    Vernors
    The barrel-aged ginger ale sold in Detroit since 1866.
    647pts
  10. Joe Louis Fist — ranked #1010
    Joe Louis Fist
    Robert Graham's 24-foot bronze arm honouring the heavyweight champion.
    503pts
  11. Coney Island Hot Dog — ranked #1111
    Coney Island Hot Dog
    A natural-casing dog with chili, onions and mustard, fought over by Lafayette and American Coney Island.
    503pts
  12. Heidelberg Project — ranked #1212
    Heidelberg Project
    Tyree Guyton's outdoor art installation built from salvaged objects on the East Side.
    503pts
  13. Ford Model T — ranked #1313
    Ford Model T
    The car Henry Ford mass-produced on the moving assembly line, starting in 1913.
    0pts
  14. Renaissance Center — ranked #1414
    Renaissance Center
    GM's seven-tower riverfront headquarters, the city's tallest skyline landmark.
    0pts
  15. Belle Isle — ranked #1515
    Belle Isle
    The island park in the Detroit River, home of the James Scott Memorial Fountain.
    0pts
  16. Guardian Building — ranked #1616
    Guardian Building
    The 1929 Art Deco 'Cathedral of Finance' in orange brick and tile.
    0pts
  17. Cadillac — ranked #1717
    Cadillac
    The luxury brand founded in Detroit in 1902 and named after the city's founder.
    0pts

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