Building demolition on riverfront for new civic center
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Description
View of building demolition on the riverfront in preparation for the new civic center site. Cars are parked in foreground; passenger ferries docked at riverfront in background. Stamped on back: "Detroit City Plan Commission. Photograph by Harold Raymond." Handwritten on back: "Civic Center. Demolition of buildings on riverfront, south of Veteran's Memorial Bldg. Site of Civic Center Park, March 5, 1951."
Details
- Creator:
- Raymond, Harold
- Resource ID:
- bh020129
- Subject:
- Lost architecture--Michigan--Detroit
- Wrecking--Michigan--Detroit
- Automobiles--Michigan--Detroit
- Ferries--Michigan--Detroit
- Detroit Housing Commission--Archives
- Photographic prints
- Date:
- 1951-03-05
- Format:
- 1 photographic print : col. ; 8 x 10 in.
- Department:
- Burton Historical Collection
- Location:
- MS/Detroit Archives. Housing Commission. Civic Center. 60:20
- Copyright:
- Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.