Townhouses at 910 and 914 E. Congress
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Description
View at an angle of row of two three-story brick townhouses at 910-914 E. Congress, parcel 78, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Larned/Congress, site 3-S-1. Decorative brickwork and trim at roofline and windows; high stoops at entrances. Posters on side wall. Walker & Co. billboard on corner lot reads "Salad Bowl dressing. So creamy good--why pay more?" Cars parked on street and van parked by building. Handwritten on front: "Par. 78, 910 E. Congress, 9-29-51."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003563
- Subject:
- Brick houses--Michigan--Detroit
- Row houses--Michigan--Detroit
- Billboards--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1951-09-29
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 21
- 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.