Vacant lot on northwest corner of Rivard and Lafayette
Grab
Description
View of empty lot located on the northwest corner of Rivard and Lafayette, parcel 363, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Lafayette/Monroe. Row of dilapidated automobiles parked in lot. Advertisement on building in background: "Cool, comfortable Loop Theater." Handwritten on front: "Par. 363, N.W. cor. Rivard & Lafayette, vacant lot, 7-22-49."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh001621
- Subject:
- Vacant lands--Michigan--Detroit
- Automobile graveyards--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1949-07-22
- 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.
- This photograph corresponds to blueprint bh002621
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.