Building at 1340 8th Street
Grab
Description
View at an angle of front and side of two-story building with tar paper siding located at 1340 8th St., parcel 131, in Corktown. Lower windows of building are covered with boards; second level windows are broken. Automobiles parked in street. Handwritten on front: "Par. 131, rear of 1340-50 8th St. & rear of store at 1369 Porter St., 9-11-56."
Details
- Resource ID:
- bh003931
- Subject:
- Commercial buildings--Michigan--Detroit
- Abandoned buildings--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate
- City planning--Michigan--Detroit
- Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1956-09-11
- 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.