Vacant lot on southwest corner of Brooklyn and Porter
Grab
Description
View of empty lot located on the southwest corner of Brooklyn and Porter, parcel 120, in Corktown. Automobile roof in foreground; houses in background. Handwritten on front: "Par. 120, vac. lot S.W. cor. Brooklyn & Porter, 9-10-56."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003899
- Subject:
- Vacant lands--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1956-09-10
- 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.