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the Motown Museum was the home of Motown Records’ which was founded by Berry Gordy, in 1959 in Detroit. The small flat where he lived and worked is now called Hitsville U.S.A., and is home to an extensive array of Motown artifacts, photographs and other memorabilia.

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The Motown Museum – Hitsville USA

2648 W Grand Blvd, Detroit, MI 48208

The Packard Plant- Detroit’s Epicenter for Rave Culture in the 90’s

The Packard Plant was designed by Albert Kahn. It was a automotive manufacturing center from 1903 to 1962. While the parties migrated week to week in the 90’s, the infamous Packard Plant, a long abandoned auto factory that in recent years became the primary party space monument to urban decay and the illegal underground party scene.

Detroit Techno

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The Packard Plant- Detroit’s Epicenter for Rave Culture in the 90’s

1580 E. Grand Blvd Detroit, Michigan 48211

Explore the building featuring labels, record stores and a museum where historic techno relics are showcased and the HQ of the collective Underground Resistance.

Detroit Techno

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Submerge Records and Exhibit 3000- A Monument to Detroit Techno Giants

Submerge Records the home of Underground Resistance

3000 East Grand Blvd Detroit, MI 48202-3134

The Music Institute was Detroit’s answer to such legendary house and garage clubs as New York’s Paradise Garage and Chicago’s Powerplant.

Detroit Techno

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Music Institute – The Prototype Club For The Detroit Techno Scene

The club that was an incubator for the Detroit Techno sound

1315 Broadway Detroit, Michigan

Archer Record Pressing Plant Cuts The Detroit Techno Hits

Archer Record Pressing, is one of 12 record pressing plants left in the US. It is the plant where most of the classic Detroit Techno vinyl records were pressed.

Detroit Techno

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Archer Record Pressing Plant Cuts The Detroit Techno Hits

7401 East Davison Street Detroit, MI 48212-1912

KMS Records Was Once on Techno Boulevard

Founded in 1987 by Kevin Saunderson, KMS Records is one of the most important Techno labels created in Detroit before 1990.

Detroit Techno

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KMS Records Was Once on Techno Boulevard

2211 Riopelle, Detroit Michigan

Metroplex and Transmat Records Were Once On Techno Boulevard

Metroplex, the brainchild of the Godfather of Techno, Juan Atkins was founded in 1985 and Transmat, founded by Derrick May in 1986, on an intersection they called Techno Boulevard.

Detroit Techno

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Metroplex and Transmat Records Were Once On Techno Boulevard

1492 Riopelle Street, Detroit Michigan

The Graystone Ballroom: Detroit’s Greatest Contribution To Jazz

The Graystone became Detroit’s “cradle of jazz,” and many greats including Glenn Miller, Duke Ellington, Billie Holiday, Ella Fitzgerald, Count Basie and Guy Lombardo took the stage here and became nationally renowned while playing at the Graystone

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