House at 1361 Porter and building at 1369 Porter
Grab
Description
View from across intersection of two-story wooden-frame house located at 1361 Porter and two-story Italianate brick building with storefront located at 1369 Porter, parcel 131, in Corktown. Windows of house at 1361 Porter are covered with boards; boards are nailed across front door. One storefront window of building at 1369 Porter is covered with boards; faded "Salada tea" sign painted over windows. Automobiles parked in street. Handwritten on front: "Par. 131, 1361 Porter, 1365 [should be 1369] Porter, 9-10-56."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003929
- Subject:
- Wooden-frame houses--Michigan--Detroit
- Abandoned houses--Michigan--Detroit
- Commercial buildings--Michigan--Detroit
- Abandoned buildings--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1956-09-10
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 23
- 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.