Vacant lot between 1511 and 1523 Porter
Grab
Description
View of empty lot located between 1511 and 1523 Porter, parcel 266, in Corktown. Young boy stands in foreground; automobiles parked in lot. Handwritten on front: "Par. 266, v. lot bet. 1511 & 1523 Porter, 10-23-56."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh002179
- Subject:
- Vacant lands--Michigan--Detroit
- African American boys--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1956-10-23
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 24
- 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.