Detroit/Hamtramck-Highland Park

Hamtramck is known for being home to a large Polish community. This is evidenced in many ways, such as the celebration of Pączki (pronounced: poonchki) Day. In 1970, 91% of the residents were Polish. However, today its only about 22% because many Poles have moved to other parts of the area, and because of a large immigration of people from the Middle East and South Asia.
Highland Park is home to several architecturally significant buildings. It is also home to the Highland Park Ford Plant, the first plant in the world to use the assembly line.

Hamtramck

• Hamtramck Disneyland

Landmarks

• St. Florian Church

  address: 2626 Poland St
  Built in 1928, this church is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Ralph Adams Cram designed the church in Late Gothic Revival and Bungalow/Craftsman styles.

Museums and galleries

• Hamtramck Historical Museum

  phone: +1 313 893-5027
  address: 9525 Jos. Campau

• Pr1mary Space

  address: on Yemans just west of Jos. Campau
  Pr1mary Space displays a new show almost once a month. The gallery specializes in illustrative art of the post-pop era, basically graffiti art.

Highland Park

Landmarks

• First United Methodist Church

  address: 16300 Woodward Ave
  Built in 1916, the First United Methodist Church is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The church is an Arts and Crafts influenced, Gothic-style structure, constructed from red brick and trimmed with limestone.

• Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church

  address: 12375 Woodward Ave
  Built in 1929, Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The church is a small, random ashlar, limestone, Neo-Gothic-style building.

• Highland Park Ford Plant

  address: 91 Manchester Ave
  Designed by Albert Kahn and completed in 1910, the Highland Park Ford Plant was a production plant for Ford Motor Company. In 1913, the Highland Park Ford Plant became the first automobile production facility in the world to implement the assembly line. It is now used by Ford Motor Company to store documents and the Henry Ford Museum for artifact storage.

• Highland Park General Hospital

  address: 357 Glendale Ave
  Built in 1918, this hospital is listed on the U.S. Register of Historic Places. The hospital was one of the first two institutions established when Highland Park incorporated as a city in 1916. The Highland Park Hospital closed in 1976.

• Highland Park Presbyterian Church

  address: 14 Cortland
  This church, built in 1910, is listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. It was constructed in a Tudor Gothic style from red brick with limestone trim and red terra cotta roof tiles.

• Trinity United Methodist Church

  address: 13100 Woodward Ave
  Built in 1922, this church was designed in the Neo-Gothic architecutral style, and was built from gray limestone.

Historic neighborhoods

• Highland Heights-Stevens' Subdivision

  address: on Farrand Park, McLean Street, Colorado Street, Rhode Island Street, and Massachusetts Street, between Woodward Avenue on the west and Oakland Avenue on the east
  This historic district composed of 422 homes, two apartment buildings, five commercial buildings, and a library was founded in the early 20th century. Most of the homes were designed by Albert Kahn in Century Revivals and Bungalow/Craftsman architectural styles.

• Medbury's-Grove Lawn Subdivisions

  address: on Eason Street, Moss Street, and Putitan Street, from Hamilton Avenue on the west to Woodward Avenue on the east
  This historic district is composed of 272 homes, most of which are designed in the Colonial Revival, Bungalow/Craftsman, and Tudor Revival architectural styles.

• Palmer Park Boulevard Apartments

  address: on 1981, 2003 and 2025 W McNichols Rd
  This historic district is composed of 3 apartment buildings designed in the Century Revival and Classical Revival architectural styles. All three were built in the 1920s and were designed by Richard H. Marr.

• Hamtramck BlowoutAnnual local music festival held in March.

• Hamtramck Labor Day Weekend Festival Celebration of the Polish cultural heritage including ethnic foods and music and a parade.

• Pączki DayCelebration of this sweet confection on the day before Lent begins.

• Record Graveyard

  phone: +1 313 870-9647
  address: 2926 Caniff St
  Used records.

• Polish Art Center

  phone: +1 313 874 2242
  address: 9539 Joseph Campau
  It was founded in 1958, by Polish immigrant Joseph Kalenkiewicz. This small Polish import shop was later sold in 1973 to Raymond and Joan Bittner.

• Aladdin Sweets & Cafe

  phone: +1 313 891-8050
  address: 11945 Conant St

• Polish Village Cafe

  phone: +1 313 874-5726
  address: 2990 Yemans St
  Polish Village is a great place for authentic Polish food, in a historic old cafe in the basement of this Hatramck home. Try the dill pickle soup and a huge beer.

• La Dolce Vita

  phone: +1 313 865-0331
  address: 17546 Woodward Ave
  Italian cuisine.

• Whiskey in the Jar

  phone: +1 313 873-4154
  address: 2741 Yemans St, Hamtramck
  This eclectic bar was a speak-easy in a house during the Prohibition Era.

• Suzy's

  phone: +1 313 872-9016
  address: 2942 Evaline St, Hamtramck

Highland Park is not highly regarded as a safe city. Visitors should not visit Highland Park at all after dark. The city of Highland Park became financially insolvent in 2002 and it was largely placed under the control of the county government.
Hamtramck is home to numerous bars and entertainment venues which stay open 7 days a week until 2AM. Exercising excessive caution is not necessary when visiting since most of the neighborhoods are safe. Applying common sense as one would when visiting any city is all that is necessary.