View of three-story brick Italianate building located at 1487-1491 Monroe, parcel 501, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Monroe/Macomb. Building is on the corner of Monroe and Riopelle; group of men stand next to taxicab in street. Sign on taxi: "City Cab Co." Sign in corner business: " ... Bar." Handwritten on front: "Par. 501, 1487-91 Monroe, 9-1-49."
MS/Detroit. Corporation Counsel. Real Estate Div., Box 19
Note (Content):
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.
This photograph corresponds to blueprint bh001531
Rights:
Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.
