Tour: Visit Our Byway: Birthplace of the Auto Industry & Music and More Guide
Suggested Itineraries
Birthplace of Auto Industry Itinerary* /
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No other place in the world can tell the story of the automobile like Woodward Avenue: first urban freeway, first electric traffic light, first mile of concrete highway, and much more.
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Music and More Itinerary / Click here for a PDF
Woodward Avenue is the Byway of rhythm – from the resonance of automated assembly to the sounds generated by passionate artists and musicians. The Byway gave the world music genres like Motown and techno, and exported world- class musicians to other types of music like jazz, blues, gospel, rock and hip hop. Woodward Avenue is not just the birthplace of the automobile, but also the sounds and beats that revolutionized the world.