A Milano, per favore!
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Owner:
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Unlikely Family
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Released:
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Saturday, April 28, 2012
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Origin:
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Michigan, United States
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I am a travel bug who would love to visit as many cities/towns/villages/places named Milan as possible. There are quite a few states with cities of the same name and of course, Milan, Italy. Show me the sites, post pics of city signs and return me to Milan, Michigan after I have seen at least 10 of these great cities.
By popular demand, here are some of the "Milan" cities or neighborhoods we found with Google:
Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, (Neighborhood named Milan in New Orleans) Lousiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, (Milano) Texas, Washington, Wisconsin
How many can you help me see? :-)
We live in Milan, Michigan and will be heading for Milan, Ohio. We will leave this TB there to begin its mission of seeing as many places named Milan as possible. We would love for it to make its way home after it has seen at least 10 such places. We really welcome pictures of the journey!
Here's some information on our home base of Milan from Wikipedia (Share facts of your Milan too!):
Milan is a city in Monroe and Washtenaw counties in the U.S. State of Michigan. The population was 5,836 at the 2010 Census. About 60% of the city's area and 75% of its residents are located on the Washtenaw County side adjacent to York Township in Washtenaw County; while 40% percent of the city's area and 25% of its residents are located on the Monroe County side adjacent to Milan Township.
The city was founded in 1831 by John Marvin, who named it Tolanville after his son-in-law. Both Marvin and Tolan still have streets named for them, but the town was later renamed after the famous city of Milan in Italy. Milan was a village until 1967, when it was incorporated as a city.
About one-quarter of the homes in Milan were built before World War II, and 21 percent built between 1940 and 1959. A symbol of the architecture is Community House, a two-story grist mill Henry Ford purchased in 1935. Ford used the area now known as WIlson Park to run a coil manufacturing plant, and soybean-to-paint operation for the Model T autos. Area residents can utilize the Community House for small gatherings and it now houses the City Recreation Department dance studio.
Despite the increase in development, Milan is still equated with country living. It's not unusual to find a home with a barn and a kennel sitting on a couple of acres outside the city limits, and a hand-built wooden organ factory is housed in a relocated barn tucked along the Saline River. The small town began to develop its industrial base in the 1960s. Currently, a great deal of its tax base is from the Visteon facility. Downtown Milan boasts a place on the National Register of Historic Places with fine examples of Italianate, International, Art Modern, and other architectural styles. One corner features a fully restored Fire Barn once used as a library, jail and as city hall over the years. It now houses the Visitors Center and Chamber of Commerce offices.
Part of its present City Hall is the former Ford Power Plant used for the Village industries of the 1930s. It was rarely used for its hydraulic power despite the damming and creation of a man-made lake called Ford Lake. Instead, oil usually powered the enterprise.
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