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City of Ypsilanti
Historic Depot Town
Historic Depot Town
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Nickname: Ypsi, Ypsitucky
Motto: Pride. A nickname is a Name of an entity or thing that is not its Proper name. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Diversity. Heritage.
Coordinates: 42°14′34″N 83°37′6″W / 42.24278, -83.61833
Country United States
State Michigan
County Washtenaw
First settled 1823
Incorporated village 1832
Incorporated city 1858
Government
 - Mayor Paul Schreiber
 - City Manager Edward B. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The political units and divisions of the United States include The 50 states (four of these being officially styled as Commonwealths) which are typically Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. The boundaries of the 83 counties in the US state of Michigan have not changed substantially since 1897. Washtenaw County (ˈwɒʃtɨnɔː is a county in the US state of Michigan. Paul Frederick Schreiber (born October 8, 1902 in Jacksonville Florida, died January 28, 1982 in Sarasota Florida Koryzno, Jr.
Area
 - Total 4. Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 2 sq mi (11. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 7 km²)
 - Land 4. Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 4 sq mi (11. 4 km²)
 - Water 0. 1 sq mi (0. 3 km²)
Elevation 719 ft (219 m)
Population (2000)
 - Total 22,362
 - Density 5,081. The elevation of a Geographic location is its height above a fixed reference point often the mean sea level. A foot (plural feet or foot; symbol or abbreviation ft or sometimes &prime – the prime symbol) is a non-SI unit The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 5/sq mi (1,962. 0/km²)
Time zone Eastern Standard Time (UTC-5)
 - Summer (DST) Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)
ZIP Code 48197, 48198
Area code(s) 734
FIPS code 26-89140[1]
GNIS feature ID 1616910[2]
Website: http://cityofypsilanti.com/
"Ypsilanti" redirects here. The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight saving time ( DST The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during A telephone numbering plan is a plan for allocating Telephone number ranges to countries regions areas and exchanges and to non-fixed telephone networks Federal Information Processing Standards ( FIPS) are publicly announced standards developed by the United States Federal government for use by all non-military The Geographic Names Information System ( GNIS) is a database that contains name and locative information about more than two million physical and cultural features located throughout For other uses, see Ypsilanti (disambiguation).

Ypsilanti (pronounced /ˌɪpsɨˈlænti/ Ǐp'-sǐ-lǎn-tē, but often /ˌjɪpsɨˈlænti/ by outsiders) is a city in Washtenaw County in the U.S. state of Michigan. Washtenaw County (ˈwɒʃtɨnɔː is a county in the US state of Michigan. A US state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States of America that share Sovereignty with the federal government Michigan ( is a Midwestern state of the United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 22,362. The city is bounded to the north by the Charter Township of Superior and on the west, south, and east by the Charter Township of Ypsilanti. Superior Charter Township is a Charter township of Washtenaw County in the U Ypsilanti Charter Township is a Charter township of Washtenaw County in the U

The geographic grid center of Ypsilanti is the intersection of the Huron River and Michigan Avenue, the latter of which connects downtown Detroit, Michigan, with Battle Creek, Michigan, and is coextensive with U.S. Route 12. The Huron River is the name of three different rivers in the U US Route 12, or US 12, is an east-west United States highway running from Grays Harbor on the Pacific Ocean in the state of Washington to downtown

On July 23, 2007 Governor Jennifer Granholm announced that Ypsilanti, along with the cities of Caro and Clio, was chosen by the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) to take part in the Blueprints for Michigan's Downtowns program. Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (born February 5 1959 in Vancouver British Columbia) is a Canadian -born American Politician, former Attorney Caro is a village in the US state of Michigan. The population was 4145 at the 2000 census. Clio is a city in Genesee County in the US state of Michigan. The award provides for an economic development consultant to assist Ypsilanti in developing a growth and job creation strategy for the downtown area. [3] Scottville received a similar award to take part in the Cool Cities Michigan Main Street program. Scottville is a city in Mason County in the US state of Michigan.

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History

Originally a trading post established in 1809 by Gabriel Godfroy, a French-Canadian fur trader from Montreal, a permanent settlement was established on the east side of the Huron River in 1823 by Major Thomas Woodruff. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec The Huron River is the name of three different rivers in the U It was incorporated into the Territory of Michigan as the village Woodruff's Grove. Michigan Territory was an Organized territory of the United States in the early 19th century between June 30, 1805 and January 26 A separate community a short distance away on the west side of the river was established in 1825 under the name "Ypsilanti", after Demetrius Ypsilanti, a hero in the Greek war for independence. Woodruff's Grove changed its name to Ypsilanti in 1829, and the two communities eventually merged.

A bust of Demetrius Ypsilanti stands between a Greek and a US flag at the base of the landmark Ypsilanti Water Tower, built in 1889 and winner of the Most Phallic Building contest. The Ypsilanti Water Tower is a historic Water tower in Ypsilanti Michigan, United States. The World's Most Phallic Building contest was a contest held in 2003 by Cabinet magazine to find the building which most resembled a Human Phallus.

Bust of Demetrius Ypsilanti at the Ypsilanti Water Tower
Bust of Demetrius Ypsilanti at the Ypsilanti Water Tower


Automotive history

Ypsilanti has played an important role in the automobile industry. From 1920-1922, Apex Motors produced the "ACE" car. It was in Ypsilanti that Preston Tucker (whose family owned the Ypsilanti Machine Tool Company) designed and built the prototypes for his Tucker Torpedo car. Preston Thomas Tucker ( September 21, 1903 &ndash December 26, 1956) was an American Automobile designer and entrepreneur The 1948 Tucker Sedan or Tucker '48 Sedan (also nicknamed the Tucker Torpedo) was an advanced Automobile conceived by Preston Tucker and briefly Tucker's story was related in the film Tucker: The Man and His Dream, directed by Francis Ford Coppola. Tucker The Man and His Dream is a 1988 film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and starring Jeff Bridges which tells the story of Preston Francis Ford "Frank" Coppola (born April 7, 1939) is a five-time Academy Award -winning American Film director,

In 1945, Henry J. Kaiser and Joseph W. Frazer bought Ypsilanti's Willow Run B-24 Liberator bomber plant and started to make Kaiser and Frazer model cars in 1947. Henry John Kaiser ( May 9, 1882 — August 24, 1967) was an American Industrialist who became known as the father of modern American Joseph Washington Frazer was an early-to-mid 20th Century American automobile company executive ( Chrysler, Willys-Overland, Graham-Paige, Kaiser-Frazer The Willow Run manufacturing plant located between Ypsilanti and Belleville Michigan, was constructed during World War II by Ford Motor Company The last Kaiser car made in Ypsilanti rolled off the assembly line in 1953, when the company merged with Willys-Overland and moved production to Toledo, Ohio. Willys was the brand name used by the United States Automobile company Willys-Overland Motors best known for its production of military and civilian This article is about the city in Ohio, USA. For Toledo Spain, see that article General Motors purchased the Kaiser Frazer plant, and converted it into its Hydramatic Division (now called its Powertrain division), beginning production in November 1953. General Motors Corporation ( GM) ( is a multinational automobile manufacturer founded in 1908 and headquartered in the United States. Roto Hydramatic (sometimes spelled Roto Hydra-Matic or Roto-Hydramatic was an Automatic transmission built by General Motors and used on some Oldsmobile

Ypsilanti is also the location of the last Hudson automobile dealership. The Hudson Motor Car Company made Hudson and other brand Automobiles in Detroit Michigan, from 1909 to 1954 Today, the former dealership is the site of the Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum. The Ypsilanti Automotive Heritage Museum is a unique automotive museum that is home to production cars from the Willow Run Plant and Hudson Motors. The museum is the home to an original Fabulous Hudson Hornet race car, which inspired the character "Doc Hudson" in the recent animated film Cars developed by Pixar. The Fabulous Hudson Hornet was a famous NASCAR Grand National (now Sprint Cup) and AAA stock car produced by the Hudson Motor Car Company. Cars is a 2006 animated Feature film produced by Pixar and directed by both John Lasseter and Joe Ranft. Pixar Animation Studios is a CGI animation production company based in Emeryville California.

Political history

In the early 1970s, along with neighboring city of Ann Arbor, the citizens reduced the penalty for simple possession of marijuana to $5 with the campaign slogan "5 is fine" (the Ypsilanti Marijuana Initiative; see also the Human Rights Party). Ann Arbor is a city in the US state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. Cannabis, also known as marijuana or marihuana, or ganja (from Hindi / Sanskrit: गांजा gānjā hemp) is a The Human Rights Party (HRP was a Left-wing political party that existed in Michigan during the early and mid-1970s This fine was raised in the early 1980s to $25 in both Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor.

In 1979, Faz Husain was elected to the Ypsilanti city council, the first Muslim and the first native of India to win elected office in Michigan. Faizi Faz Husain ( January 21, 1952 - March 9, 2006) was a Pizza shop owner Muslim community leader and local politician A Muslim (مسلم pronounced Muslim, not Muzlim) is an adherent of the Religion

In the 1990s Ypsilanti became the first city in Michigan to pass a living wage ordinance. Living wage is a term used to describe the minimum hourly wage necessary for a person to achieve some specific standard of living

In the late 1990s, the city adopted an ordinance to ban discrimination in housing, employment and public accommodation on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity/transgender status, body weight (i. Sexual orientation is believed to refer to "an enduring pattern of emotional romantic and/or sexual attractions to men women or both sexes Gender identity (or core gender identity) is a person's own sense of Identification as Male or Female. Transgender (trænzˈdʒɛndɚ from ( Latin) derivatives e. , being obese or underweight). Obesity is a condition in which excess Body fat has accumulated to such an extent that health may be negatively affected The term underweight refers to a Human who is considered to be under a healthy Weight. Two ballot measures to repeal the ordinance were led and bankrolled by conservatives, including Tom Monaghan. Thomas Stephen "Tom" Monaghan (born March 25, 1937 in Ann Arbor Michigan) is an Entrepreneur and Catholic Philanthropist Both measures failed, the second by a larger percentage than the first.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 4. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census 5 sq mi (11. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 7 km²). Square Kilometre ( US spelling square kilometer) symbol km2, is a decimal multiple of the SI unit of 4. 4 sq mi (11. 4 km²) of it is land and 0. 1 sq mi (0. 3 km²) is water. The total area is 2. 45% water. The Huron River flows through both the City of Ypsilanti and the Charter Township of Ypsilanti. The Huron River is the name of three different rivers in the U

Ypsilanti is located at 42.24° N 83.62° W, in the western reaches of the Detroit/Windsor metropolitan area. Suburban development between Ypsilanti and Ann Arbor, via Washtenaw Avenue and Packard Road, has been unbroken since the late 1960s. Ann Arbor is a city in the US state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County.

Demographics

Historical populations
Census Pop.  %±
1930 10,143
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1940 12,121 19. 5%
1950 18,302 51. 0%
1960 20,957 14. 5%
1970 29,538 40. 9%
1980 24,031 -18. 6%
1990 24,818 3. 3%
2000 22,362 -9. 9%
Starkweather Chapel in Highland Cemetery
Starkweather Chapel in Highland Cemetery

As of the census[1] of 2000, there were 22,362 people, 8,551 households, and 3,377 families residing in the city. Richardsonian Romanesque is a style of American Architecture named after Architect Henry Hobson Richardson, whose masterpiece is Trinity A census is the procedure of acquiring information about every member of a given population The population density was 5,081. Population density (in agriculture standing stock and Standing crop) is a measurement of Population per unit area or unit volume 5 per square mile (1,962. 3/km²). There were 9,215 housing units at an average density of 2,094. 0/sq mi (808. 6/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 61. 40% White, 30. 58% African American, 0. 44% Native American, 3. 18% Asian, 0. 07% Pacific Islander, 1. 32% from other races, and 3. 01% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2. 47% of the population.

There were 8,551 households out of which 19. 2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 23. 0% were married couples living together, 13. NOTICE TO WOULD-BE ROMEOS ************** 2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 60. 5% were non-families. 40. 4% of all households were made up of individuals and 6. 2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2. 15 and the average family size was 2. 96.

In the city the population was spread out with 15. 9% under the age of 18, 38. 2% from 18 to 24, 26. 4% from 25 to 44, 12. 4% from 45 to 64, and 7. 0% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 24 years. For every 100 females there were 89. 8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86. 2 males.

The median income for a household in the city was $28,610, and the median income for a family was $40,793. Males had a median income of $30,328 versus $26,745 for females. The per capita income for the city was $16,692. Per capita income means how much each individual receives in monetary terms of the yearly income generated in the country About 16. 9% of families and 25. 8% of the population were below the poverty line, including 30. The poverty threshold, or poverty line, is the minimum level of Income deemed necessary to achieve an adequate Standard of living in a given country 1% of those under age 18 and 15. 3% of those age 65 or over.

Education

K-12 education

The Ypsilanti area is served by four public school districts: Ypsilanti Public Schools, Lincoln Consolidated Schools,Van Buren Public Schools and Willow Run Community Schools. School districts are a form of Special-purpose district which serves to operate the local public primary and secondary schools The Ypsilanti Public School District is a public school district in Ypsilanti, Michigan.

Ypsilanti Schools draws students from the city proper, western Ypsilanti Township east of Golfside Road, northern Ypsilanti Township east of Prospect, and small parts of the township south of I-94. Ypsilanti Charter Township is a Charter township of Washtenaw County in the U Willow Run Schools, named after the famous Willow Run bomber plant and airport east of the city, draws students primarily from eastern Ypsilanti Township north of I-94. Lincoln Schools draws students from the township south of I-94. Ypsilanti Charter Township is a Charter township of Washtenaw County in the U

Higher education

University Park on EMU campus.
University Park on EMU campus.

A college town, Ypsilanti is home to Eastern Michigan University, founded in 1849 as Michigan State Normal School. Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive co-educational Public university located in Ypsilanti Michigan. Today, EMU has 22,000+ undergraduate and over 4800 graduate students. [4] The college is vital to the commercial landscape of the city and keeps the median age in Ypsilanti relatively low.

Culture

The Ypsilanti Water Tower and statue of Demetrius Ypsilanti.
The Ypsilanti Water Tower and statue of Demetrius Ypsilanti. The Ypsilanti Water Tower is a historic Water tower in Ypsilanti Michigan, United States.

Comparable to the gentrification causing many artists, poets, musicians, and hipsters to flee the Lower East Side of Manhattan in New York City to areas like Bushwick, nearby Ann Arbor has experienced massive increases in land value and taxes over the last several decades. In the late 1990s the 1940s slang term hipster began being used to describe young urban Middle class and Upper class adults with interests in non-mainstream fashion The Lower East Side is a Neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan. Manhattan Island, in New York Harbor, is much the largest part of the Borough of Manhattan, one of the Five Boroughs which form the City of New York The City of New York Bushwick is a neighborhood in the northeastern part of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Ann Arbor is a city in the US state of Michigan and the county seat of Washtenaw County. Despite Ann Arbor's reputation in the region as a bohemian cultural center, many creative people have been driven out of the city to Ypsilanti due to these changes. The term bohemian, of French origin was first used in the English language in the nineteenth century to describe the untraditional lifestyles of marginalized and impoverished Artists A vibrant, underground arts scene has begun to emerge as a result. [5]

Since 1979, the city has become known for summer festivals in the part of the city called "Depot Town," which is adjacent to Riverside Park and Frog Island Park. Depot Town is a commercial area in Ypsilanti, Michigan 's historic district Festivals include the annual Heritage Festival, the Elvis Festival, the Orphan Car Festival, the Michigan Brewers Guild Summer Beer Festival, and a Latino festival. The Michigan Brewers Guild is a Non-profit corporation dedicated to increasing sales of Michigan brewed beer through promotions marketing public awareness and consumer education

Overlooking Riverside Park is the non-profit Riverside Arts Center. Established in 1994 through the efforts of the Ypsilanti Downtown Development Authority and several public spirited citizens, the Riverside boasts a 115 seat black box theater, a sizeable art gallery and some meeting rooms and offices. The black box theater is a relatively recent innovation consisting of a simple somewhat unadorned Performance space usually a large square room with black walls and a flat In 2006 the adjacent DTE building was renovated with "Cool Cities" money and is in the process of being incorporated into the center's activities.

Fay Kleinman, the internationally recognized painter, moved to Ypsilanti in the late 1980's with her husband, the pianist Emanuel Levenson. Fay Kleinman (born 1912 is an internationally recognized American painter They wanted to be near Kleinman's children in nearby Ann Arbor. Since then, Kleinman has had many exhibits in Southeast Michigan, while continuing to exhibit in larger U. S. cities and abroad. The Ypsilanti District Library purchased one of her paintings, which hangs near the entrance to the children's reading room. The East Ann Arbor Health and Geriatrics Center, which serves Ypsilanti, purchased another of her paintings for its lobby.

Domino's Pizza was founded in Ypsilanti in 1960, delivering to students at Eastern Michigan University, although the corporate offices are now located nearby in Ann Arbor Township. Domino's Pizza Inc ( is an international Fast food Pizza delivery corporation headquartered just outside Ann Arbor Michigan, United States Eastern Michigan University is a comprehensive co-educational Public university located in Ypsilanti Michigan.

In music

Sites of interest

The new addition to the historic building which houses the Michigan Firehouse Museum was completed in the summer of 2002.
The new addition to the historic building which houses the Michigan Firehouse Museum was completed in the summer of 2002. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar.

Ypsilanti has the second largest contiguous historic district in the state of Michigan, behind only the much larger city of Grand Rapids. The historic district includes both downtown Ypsilanti, along Michigan Avenue, and the Depot Town area adjacent to Frog Island Park and Riverside Park, which features many specialty shops, bars and grills, and a farmers' market. Farmers' markets, sometimes called greenmarkets, are Markets usually held out-of-doors in public spaces where Farmers can sell produce

The Ypsilanti Water Tower, adjacent to the campus of Eastern Michigan University, holds the unique distinction of being the winner of the Most Phallic Building contest. The World's Most Phallic Building contest was a contest held in 2003 by Cabinet magazine to find the building which most resembled a Human Phallus.

Other sites of interest include:

Local media

Ypsilanti is served by daily newspapers from Ann Arbor (the Ypsilanti Press, formerly run in Ypsilanti) and Detroit. The Yankee Air Museum, presently housed in Hangar 2 on the southwest side of Willow Run Airport in Ypsilanti Michigan, is currently accepting visitors for guided Belleville is a city in Wayne County in the US state of Michigan. The Ypsilanti Water Tower is a historic Water tower in Ypsilanti Michigan, United States. Willow Run Airport is an airport located in Van Buren Charter Township near Ypsilanti, Michigan, that serves Freight, corporate and general Wayne County is a county in the US state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the population was 2061162 with an estimated population of A weekly newspaper, the Ypsilanti Courier, is published every Thursday by Heritage Newspapers from their Belleville, MI offices. Belleville is a city in Wayne County in the US state of Michigan.

Local radio stations located in the area include:

Ypsilanti is also served by radio and TV stations from Ann Arbor and Detroit. Broadcasts from the Lansing, Toledo and Windsor, Ontario areas also reach parts of the area. This article is about the city in Ohio, USA. For Toledo Spain, see that article Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor.

Transportation

Interstate highways

US highways

Michigan highways

Nicknames

Ypsilanti is often shortened to "Ypsi" in spoken conversation.

Because a large number of residents have migrated from Appalachia, certain neighborhoods (particularly on the east side, near the Willow Run auto plant), are sometimes called "Ypsitucky. Appalachia is a term used to describe a region in the eastern United States that stretches from southern New York state to northern Alabama, " Some locals find this label a term of disparagement, while others take pride in their Kentucky heritage. Harriet Arnow's book The Dollmaker, which was made into a film starring Jane Fonda, focused on the lives of these "Ypsituckians. Harriette Arnow ( July 7 1908 – March 22 1986) was a American Novelist, claimed by both Kentucky and The Dollmaker is an American made for TV movie, starring Jane Fonda. Jane Fonda (born December 21 1937 is an American Academy Award winning Actress, Writer, political activist, former Fashion "

See also

References

Notes

  1. ^ a b American FactFinder. United States Census Bureau. The United States Census Bureau (officially Bureau of the Census as defined in Title) is the government agency that is responsible for the United States Census Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  2. ^ US Board on Geographic Names. United States Geological Survey (2007-10-25). The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1147 - The Portuguese, under Afonso I, and Crusaders from England and Flanders conquer Lisbon after a Retrieved on 2008-01-31. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Events 1504 - France cedes Naples to Aragon. 1606 - Gunpowder Plot: Guy Fawkes
  3. ^ Governor Granholm Announces Michigan Main Street and Blueprints for Michigan's Downtowns Winners
  4. ^ Eastern Michigan University Website - Fast Facts
  5. ^ Hipsilanti

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