Vacant lot between 944 and 962 E. Congress
Grab
Description
Fenced vacant lot beside Brooker Electric Co. at 962 E. Congress, parcel 70, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Larned/Congress, site 3-S-1. Boxes and pallets stacked in lot. Signs on neighboring buildings read "Brooker Electric Co." and "Overhead Conveyor Company, structural and misc. iron." Cars parked on street. Handwritten on front: "Par. 70, vac. lot city owned, 9-21-51."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003554
- Subject:
- Vacant lands--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1951-09-21
- 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.