View of four-story brick and stone building located at 1375 E. Lafayette, parcel 375, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Lafayette/Monroe. Hotel has rounded arch windows on second and third floor; car parked in street. Painted on side of building: "LeGrande Hotel, hot & cold water in every room, steam heat, rooms by day or week." Man stands on porch of adjacent residence at 1361 E. Lafayette. Typed on front: "Parcel 375, 1375 East Lafayette, July 22nd, 1949."
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 bh002633
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