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From historic marker on the site of Brewster Homes. Between 1910 and 1940 Detroit, Michigan's African American population increased dramatically. In 1935, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt broke ground for the Brewster Homes, the nation’s first federally funded public housing development for African Americans. The homes opened in 1938 with 701 units.
The plan was for 40,000 properties to be taken down to allow for property values to rise and have land for new homes and office space to be built in the city. Poverty and crime continue to impact the city, and the demolition program was created in hopes to improve conditions for the people living in the urban areas of Detroit.
Detroit is edging dangerously close to bankruptcy, and the most obvious sign of its dramatic financial downfall lies in the ramshackle, abandoned homes that dot its neighborhoods. Michigan Gov ...
One was the old 13-story Hotel Eddystone, the other was the 13-story Park Avenue Hotel. The hotels dated to 1924 and 1925, respectively, and each were on the National Register of Historic Places.
Guests enjoy their food during the Detroit Free Press/Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers Top 10 Takeover at Prime + Proper in downtown Detroit on Aug. 7, 2018. A few of Poris McIntosh Architects' higher ...
The 1300 Lafayette East Cooperative is a large, 336 unit luxury housing cooperative in the Lafayette Park neighborhood of the near-east side of Detroit, Michigan.The building is notable for its address "1300" displayed in giant numerals on the North and South sides of the roof which are visible for miles in Detroit and Windsor.
The demolition of 24 homes in Highland Park was being paid for by a $13.8-million grant through the federal Neighborhood Stabilization Program, with three-quarters of the money being used to level ...