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Woodward Scenic Tours
Day Tour 4: Birmingham to Pontiac
Tour Overview
Traveling along the northern
stretch of Woodward
Avenue
brings you to the more upscale communities of Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills. Explore Birmingham's picture-perfect neighborhoods and downtown
shopping district full of unique shops and restaurants. Its exclusive neighbor up the road,
Bloomfield Hills, serves as the picturesque backdrop for Cranbrook, a world-renowned cultural institution and National
Historic Landmark.
Your Woodward scenic tour
concludes in the city of Pontiac,
an historical city at the forefront of the automotive industry for many
years.
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Birmingham
Bounded by Woodward, 14
Mile, Southfield, and Quarton
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 Birmingham is home to higher-end galleries, salons, and
boutiques and has successfully maintained the feel of a small town while
providing the benefits of an affluent urban setting. The City draws not only residents from the
Metro Detroit area but celebrities and sports figures that are frequently
housed in the 5-star Townsend
Hotel located in the center of town. Time permitting, take a drive or walk
through some of the neighborhoods just south of Brown street near downtown or
south of Maple Road just west of downtown to see beautiful residential areas
comprised of new contemporary and restored Tudor homes.
 Cranbrook
39221 Woodward Avenue, Bloomfield Hills
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Cranbrook is an internationally acclaimed
center of education, art, and science founded in 1904 by Detroit philanthropists George and Ellen
Booth and was named a National Historic Monument in 1989. Wolf Von Eckhardt, former architecture
critic for the Washington Post, once called Cranbrook the "most enchanted and
enchanting setting in America." The 319-acre campus is comprised of a graduate Academy of Art, Contemporary Art Museum, historic
house, expansive gardens, Natural History Museum, Institute of Science, and pre-K
through 12 independent college preparatory schools. The Art Museum houses the work of world-renowned architects
and sculptors and the Insitute of Science features eleven permanent galleries,
a state-of-the-art planetarium and observatory, and an outdoor science garden
with nature trails. A highly
inspirational and scenic destination!
Pontiac
 Bounded by
Brown, Telegraph, South Boulevard, and I-75
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Check out Pontiac and discover a city that rode a wave of industrial
prosperity, particularly in the early to mid-20th century with the
success General Motors. The city also
experienced the other end of the economic spectrum as GM's troubles in the
1970s and 1980s left Pontiac a shell of its former self. Like Detroit, its neighbor at the opposite end of Woodward, Pontiac is in revival mode.
Downtown Pontiac maintains a lively presence as a hip entertainment
destination and host of major summer festivals. There are also a number of historic sites
and attractions in and around the Pontiac area. The
city was founded in 1818 and was named after the famous Indian Chief who made
his headquarters here a few years earlier.
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Number of Destinations: 3
Overall Tour Time: 1 day
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Click on the links below for
more information on other excellent attractions close to Woodward Avenue:
Bloomfield Hills, Cranbrook, and the
Village of Franklin
Lakes
Area
Shopping
Malls Tour
Specialty & Boutique Shopping Tour
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