Detroit - Civic Center

Mariners' Church (1849), the oldest in the city, was moved to make room for the Civic Center with its extensive congress and conference facilities and exhibition halls. Among them is the Convention Arena which, with the Cobo Hall, forms one of the largest exhibition halls in the United States, with numerous conference rooms of all sizes. Immediately west of the Cobo Hall is the Joe Louis Arena; in front of it is a bronze statue of the Detroit-born boxer whose name it bears. Between the Renaissance Center and the Civic Center is Hart Plaza, designed by the Japanese sculptor Isamu Noguchi, which is a popular meeting place in spring and summer (concerts and other performances, including part of the Montreux-Detroit Jazz Festival in May)