Vacant lot beside railroad tracks under E. Congress

Description:

Vacant lot between railroad cut and brick building, parcel 38, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Larned/Congress, site 3-S-1. Metal pipe fence along lot; metal lamps project from two-story brick building over billboard. Handwritten on front: "Par. 38, vac. lot W. of R.R. strip on Congress, 9-27-51."

Details

Resource ID:

bh003509

Subject:

Vacant lands--Michigan--Detroit

Railroad tracks--Michigan--Detroit

Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate

City planning--Michigan--Detroit

Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit

Photographic prints

Date Issued:

1951-09-27

Format:

1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.

Member of:

Burton Historical Collection

Filing Location:

MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 21

Note (Content):

Part of a collection that contains condemnation files, photographs, blueprints and descriptions of slum clearance housing parcels for the City of Detroit. Of particular note are areas which included the neighborhoods known as Paradise Valley, Black Bottom, Corktown and the Jeffries Housing Project.

Rights:

Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.