Riverfront Towers is an apartment and condominium complex of three

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skyscrapers along the International Riverfront in

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. Each Riverfront Tower creates an ascending tier of three towers.

Buildings

The three buildings are examples of

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. Towers one and two are apartments, Tower three contains condominiums. * Riverfront Tower 100 is a 275 unit high rise at 100 Riverfront Drive, built in 1991 and finished in 1992. * Riverfront Tower 200 is a 280 unit high rise at 200 Riverfront Drive, built in 1982 and finished in 1983. * Riverfront Tower 300 is a 295 unit high rise at 300 Riverfront Drive, built in 1982 and finished in 1983.Duggan, Daniel (July 23, 2007)
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Amenities

The towers include a large pool and a fitness center.

Education

The Riverfront Towers properties are zoned for school attendance in the

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, the Owen Academy at Pelham (K–8), and King High School.

Health and safety concerns

On January 8, 2018, a pipe burst on the 6th floor of Riverfront Towers at Building 100. The alarms went off at 6 a.m. On September 10, 2018, at around 8:00 PM, power to building 200 was lost. The building was evacuated under emergency conditions. The fire department arrived to verify why the fire alarm went off and determined it was due to loss of power to the building. For the next few days, building 200 did not have running water. The Riverfront management worked to get a temporary generator unit in to have basic power supplied to building 200. On February 8, 2019, there was a pipe burst that flooded 22 apartments in building 200 of Riverfront towers. According to the ''

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'', there was "no expect completion date for repairs and renovations to the apartment."Flooding forces Detroit Riverfront Towers tenants to switch apartments
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Notable residents

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, singer, lived in the apartments at the time of her death in 2018. *

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activist, lived in the towers from 1994 until her death in 2005. * Coleman A. Young, mayor of Detroit from 1974 to 1994. *

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, figure skater, lived in the apartments during her infamous 1994 assault. * Christoper Paul Curtis, Newbery Medal Award-winning author of ''

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Gallery

File:RiverfrontTowers123fromwindsor.jpg, Riverfront Apartments & Condominiums, which have parkland between each building. File:Detroit Skyline 2005.JPG, Riverfront Towers (left).

Notes

References

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External links

Riverfront Towers Apartments
– official Website

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