Vacant lot between railroad and 1922 Monroe
Grab
Description
View of empty lot house located between railroad embankment and 1922 Monroe, parcels 101 and 102, in the area bounded by Dequindre/Chene/Lafayette/Monroe, site 2-S-4. View of railroad tracks below embankment; chain link fence with metal rails along sidewalk; houses in background. Handwritten on front: "Par. 101-102, vac. lot bet. RR & 1022 [should be 1922] Monroe, 4-26-50."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh001906
- Subject:
- Vacant lands--Michigan--Detroit
- Embankments--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:
- 1950-04-26
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4.75 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.