Apartment building at 1215-1217 Porter
Grab
Description
View of four-story brick apartment building with balconies located at 1215-1217 Porter, parcel 111, in Corktown. Top portion of building is not visible. Men and women lean over balconies; cars parked in street; "Vacancy" signs on building. Handwritten on front: "Par. 111, 1215-17 Porter St., 9-13-56."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003879
- Subject:
- Apartment houses--Michigan--Detroit
- Automobiles--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1956-09-13
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 23
- 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.