Vacant lot on northwest corner of Lafayette and Orleans

Description:

View from intersection of empty lot located on the northwest corner of Lafayette and Orleans, parcel 403, in the area bounded by Hastings/Dequindre/Lafayette/Monroe. Automobile parked in street; houses in background. Handwritten on front: "Par. 403, vacant lot N.-W. cor. Lafayette & Orleans, 7-26-49."

Details

Resource ID:

bh001678

Subject:

Vacant lands--Michigan--Detroit

Detroit (Mich.). Corporation Counsel. Bureau of Real Estate

City planning--Michigan--Detroit

Eminent domain--Michigan--Detroit

Photographic prints

Date Issued:

1949-07-26

Format:

1 photographic print ; 4 x 5 in.

Member of:

Burton Historical Collection

Filing Location:

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 bh002664

Rights:

Physical rights are retained by DPL. Copyright is retained in accordance with U.S. copyright laws.