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United Sound Systems

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

United Sound Systems
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The place

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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What is there

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.

  1. 01
    Wayne 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
  2. 02
    Ford 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
  3. 03
    Detroit 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
  4. 04
    Little 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
  5. 05
    Fisher 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
  6. 06
    Detroit 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
  7. 07
    Tiger 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
  8. 08
    Cathedral 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
  9. 09
    Book 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
  10. 10
    St. 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

Airports
Windsor (YQG), 14 km · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County (DTW), 28 km · Cleveland Hopkins (CLE), 146 km
  • Hamilton → United Sound Systems
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  • Toronto → United Sound Systems
    334 km · quickest by air, 4h 47m · C$150–230
  • Ottawa → United Sound Systems
    681 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.