United Sound Systems
United Sound Systems is a recording studio and locally designated historic district in Detroit, Michigan, United States.

United Sound Systems is a recording studio and locally designated historic district in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Many popular music artists over the last seventy years have recorded at the facility, including blues musicians like John Lee Hooker, and funk bands like Parliament-Funkadelic. The studio was also the site of the first recording for Berry Gordy's Tamla label in 1959, starting what would become Motown Records. The building is threatened by a planned highway service drive expansion by the Michigan Department of Transportation. The studio ownership changed in 2009 and eventually reopened in 2014. It was designated a local historic district by the City of Detroit in 2015.
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Worth seeing in and around United Sound Systems
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Wayne State University
Wayne State University is a public research university in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1868, Wayne State consists of 13 schools and colleges offering approximately 375 programs.
600 m · American public research university located in Detroit, Michigan · Wikipedia - 02Ford Field
Ford Field is an indoor stadium in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. It primarily serves as the home of the Detroit Lions of the National Football League, the Mid-American Conference championship game, the annual state championship football games for the MHSAA, the MHSAA State Wrestling Championships, and the MCBA Marching Band State Finals, among other events. It was also the home of the Michigan Panthers of the United Football League from 2023 to 2025.
3.3 km · stadium in Detroit, Michigan · Wikipedia - 03Detroit Institute of Arts
The Detroit Institute of Arts is an art museum in midtown Detroit, Michigan, United States. It has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the U.S. With over 100 galleries, it covers 658,000 square feet with a major renovation and expansion project completed in 2007 that added 58,000 square feet.
700 m · art museum in Detroit, Michigan · Wikipedia - 04Little Caesars Arena
Little Caesars Arena is a multi-purpose arena in Midtown Detroit. Opening in September 2017, the arena, which cost $862.9 million to construct, replaced Joe Louis Arena and the Palace of Auburn Hills as the home of the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League and the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association, respectively.
2.8 km · indoor arena in Detroit, Michigan, USA · Wikipedia - 05Fisher Building
The Fisher Building is a landmark office tower located at 3011 West Grand Boulevard in the heart of the New Center area of Detroit, Michigan. The ornate 30-story building, completed in 1928, is one of the major works of architect Albert Kahn, and is designed in an Art Deco style, faced with limestone, granite, and several types of marble.
900 m · skyscraper in Detroit, Michigan, United States, including the Fisher Theater · Wikipedia - 06Detroit Masonic Temple
The Detroit Masonic Temple is the world's largest Masonic Temple. Located in the Cass Corridor neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan, at 500 Temple Street, the building serves as a home to various masonic organizations including the York Rite Sovereign College of North America.
2.5 km · masonic building in Detroit, Michigan · Wikipedia - 07Tiger Stadium
Tiger Stadium, previously known as Navin Field and Briggs Stadium, was a multi-use stadium located in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan, United States. The stadium was nicknamed "The Corner" for its location at the intersection of Michigan and Trumbull Avenues.
3.4 km · baseball stadium located in Detroit, Michigan · Wikipedia - 08Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament
The Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament is a Neo-Gothic style Roman Catholic cathedral of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit. The cathedral is located at 9844 Woodward Avenue in Detroit, Michigan, in the United States, adjacent to the Boston-Edison Historic District.
3.1 km · church in Michigan, United States · Wikipedia - 09Book Tower
Book Tower is a 38-story mixed-use building in downtown Detroit, Michigan, United States, within the Washington Boulevard Historic District. Designed by Louis Kamper in the Italian Renaissance style, it was constructed between 1925 and 1926, as an addition to the original Book Building.
3.6 km · skyscraper in Detroit, Michigan, United States · Wikipedia - 10St. Joseph Shrine, Detroit
St. Joseph Shrine (formerly St.
3.6 km · church building in Detroit, United States of America · Wikipedia
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Getting to United Sound Systems
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- Windsor (YQG), 14 km · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW), 28 km · Cleveland Hopkins (CLE), 146 km
- Hamilton → United Sound SystemsTrain, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side
- Toronto → United Sound Systems334 km · quickest by air, 4h 47m · C$150–230
- Ottawa → United Sound Systems681 km · quickest by air, 6h 36m · C$170–270
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Next door to United Sound Systems
United Sound Systems is 4 km from Detroit, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
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