Vacant lot and parking garage on E. Congress and Hastings
Grab
Description
Vacant lot with billboard at corner of E. Congress and Hastings, parcel 79, with parking garage on Hastings, parcel 80, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Larned/Congress, site 3-S-1. Walker & Co. billboard on corner lot reads "Salad Bowl dressing. So creamy good--why pay more?" Cars parked in lot and van parked by building. Handwritten on front: "Par. 79 and 80, vac. lot and D.S.R. Garage, city owned, 9-29-51."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003565
- Subject:
- Vacant lands--Michigan--Detroit
- Billboards--Michigan--Detroit
- Parking garages--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1951-09-29
- Format:
- 1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 21
- 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.