Joe's Market at 1555 Porter and Steve's Bar at 1557-1559 Porter
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Description
View of one-story brick building with storefronts located at 1555-1559 Porter, parcel 261, in Corktown. Signs on building: "Joe's, market, beer wine" and "Steve's, fine liquor, television, entrance to bar." Man stands in doorway to bar with cases of beer. Truck in street: "E & B Brewing Co. Inc." Cars parked in street. Handwritten on front: "Par. 261, 1555-57 Porter, 10-8-56." 1956 City Directory lists Steve's Bar at 1557-1559 Porter and Joe's Market at 1555 Porter.
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh002162
- Subject:
- Grocery trade--Michigan--Detroit
- Bars (Drinking establishments)--Michigan--Detroit
- Automobiles--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1956-10-08
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 24
- Content Note:
- 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.
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.