Playground at the southwest corner of Brooklyn and Abbott
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Description
View of lot surrounded by tall chain link fence located at the southwest corner of Brooklyn and Abbott, parcel 70, in Corktown. Sign on fence: "City of Detroit, Dept. of Parks and Recreation, children's playground." Pedestrians cross street. Handwritten on front: "Par. 70, S.-W. cor. Brooklyn & Abbott, 9-6-56."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003773
- Subject:
- Playgrounds--Michigan--Detroit
- Streets--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1956-09-06
- 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.