Building at 1006-1008 Dubois and 2203-2209 E. Lafayette
Grab
Description
View of two-story brick building with storefront located at 1006-1008 Dubois and 2203-2209 E. Lafayette, parcel 33, in the area bounded by Dequindre/Chene/Lafayette/Monroe, site 2-S-4. Building has corner turrets; signs in windows advertise food products and prices. Sign on storefront awning: "Mahfet Bros. Groceries & Meats." Handwritten on front: "Par. 33, 1006-08 Dubois, 2203 to 09 E. Laf., 4-28-50."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh001819
- Subject:
- Grocery trade--Michigan--Detroit
- Storefronts--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1950-04-28
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 19
- 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.