Corner of Lafayette and Fifth Street
Grab
Description
View of corner at Lafayette and 5th St., parcel 7, in Corktown. Mobil gas station with gas pumps visible at left; station wagon parked on corner. Sign in background at the end of street: "Deluxe Parking." Handwritten on front: "Par. 7, looking N. along 5th from W. Lafayette, 8-29-56."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003579
- Subject:
- Streets--Michigan--Detroit
- Automobiles--Michigan--Detroit
- Service stations--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1956-08-29
- 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.