Lafayette Park | |
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 Lafayette Towers in Lafayette Park | |
  Location within the city of Detroit  Lafayette Park, Detroit (Michigan) | |
| Coordinates: 42°20′22″N 83°01′55″W / 42.33944°N 83.03194°W | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Michigan |
| County | Wayne County |
| City | Detroit |
Lafayette Park is a neighborhood located east of Downtown Detroit. It contains a residential area of some 4,900 people and covers 0.37 sq mi.
The northern section, planned and partially built in the 1950s by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places;[1] it was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2015. Lafayette Park is located on the city's lower east side directly south of the Eastern Market Historic District.
- ^ Vitullo-Martin, Julio, with photo by Mike Russell (December 22, 2007).The Biggest Mies Collection: His Lafayette Park residential development thrives in Detroit.The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved on January 1, 2009.