Although the township no longer exists as a civil entity, it is still used as a survey township for land use purposes.ĭemographics Historical populationĢ020 census Pontiac city, Michigan - Demographic Profile The township incorporated as the city of Auburn Hills in 1983. The former Pontiac Township included what are now the cities of Pontiac, Lake Angelus, and Auburn Hills. Pontiac is bounded by the city of Auburn Hills to the east and north, the city of Lake Angelus to the north, Waterford Township to the west, and Bloomfield Township to the south. It is now the site of an Amazon Fulfillment and Distribution facility.Īccording to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 20.29 square miles (52.55 km 2), of which 19.97 square miles (51.72 km 2) is land and 0.32 square miles (0.83 km 2) (1.58%) is water. After 2001, the stadium continued to be used for concerts and other events until it was demolished in 2018. Super Bowl XVI was played at the Silverdome in 1982. In 1975, the city built the Pontiac Silverdome, the stadium that hosted the Detroit Lions of the National Football League from 1975 to 2001, when the team returned to Downtown Detroit at Ford Field. The City of Pontiac also was home to Oakland Motor Car Company, which was acquired by General Motors in 1909. The Pontiac brand itself was discontinued in 2010 by General Motors. In the city's heyday, it was the site of the primary automobile assembly plant for the production of the famed Pontiac cars, a brand that was named after the city. Truck & Coach/Bus), which manufactured GMC products, and the Pontiac Motor Division. These included Fisher Body, Pontiac East Assembly (a.k.a. The city was best known for its General Motors automobile manufacturing plants of the 20th century, which were the basis of its economy and contributed to the wealth of the region. It was named after Pontiac, a war chief of the Ottawa Tribe, who occupied the area before the European settlers.
A northern suburb of Metro Detroit, Pontiac is about 20 miles (32.2 km) northwest of Detroit.įounded in 1818, Pontiac was the second European-American organized settlement in Michigan near Detroit, after Dearborn. As of the 2020 census, the city had a total population of 61,606.
Pontiac ( / ˈ p ɒ n( t) i æ k/ POHN-tee-ack) is a city in and the county seat of Oakland County in the U.S. According to the manager Tsvetomir Gergov, 12,000 people visit the store per day. The rent levels are one of the highest in Bulgaria, only competing with the neighbouring Vitosha Boulevard. Plovdiv businessman Georgi Gergov acquired TZUM on 19 October 2004.Īs of 2005, world brands like Laura Ashley, Timberland, Nautica, Fila, Fred Perry, Adidas, Mexx, Tommy Hilfiger, Swarovski, Miss Sixty, Nike, Bagatt, Altınbaş and Rossignol have stores in TZUM. TZUM was transformed to become a place for expensive boutiques rather than a store for the people, with the daily number of customers falling to 7,000. Regent then invested $10.2 million in 1999–2000 to redevelop the property into a mixed-use office and retail building. After the democratic changes in 1989, the store remained public property until sold to Hong Kong fund manager, Regent Pacific Group, for the price of DM 30 million (about €15 million). Two years later, 120,000 people daily went through the store, which sold 123,000 items a day. TZUM underwent major reconstruction in 1986 under the direction of architect Atanas Nikolov. It features a covered inner yard taking up the centre of five of the building's seven floors. The edifice was designed by architect Kosta Nikolov and has an area of 20,570 m². It was officially opened with a ceremony in 1957. The store's construction began in 1955 and ended in the end of 1956, when the first customers entered TZUM.
The Central Department Store ( Bulgarian: Централен универсален магазин, Tsentralen universalen magazin, abbreviated as TZUM) is an upmarket department store in the centre of Sofia, the capital of Bulgaria, officially opened in 1957 and situated in a monumental edifice (part of The Largo complex) on one of the city's main boulevards.
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