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By the time Cass died in 1866, a few of the blocks north of Martin Luther King Boulevard had just been platted. Cass's children continued to plat the area after his death. [2] The Jones/Crane Farm was located between what is now Third Avenue and the alley east of Fourth Street. [2] De Garmo Jones, onetime mayor of Detroit, received the property ...
Lafayette Park is a neighborhood located east of Downtown Detroit.It contains a residential area of some 4,900 people and covers 0.37 sq mi. The northern section, planned and partially built in the 1950s by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places; [1] it was designated a National Historic Landmark District in 2015.
Augustus Woodward's plan for the city following 1805 fire. Detroit, settled in 1701, is one of the oldest cities in the Midwest. It experienced a disastrous fire in 1805 which nearly destroyed the city, leaving little present-day evidence of old Detroit save a few east-side streets named for early French settlers, their ancestors, and some pear trees which were believed to have been planted by ...
This district contains a mix of building styles. Upper-class Detroit citizens built single-family homes in the area in 1880–1895. During the same time, apartment living became more popular, and duplexes and small apartment buildings were constructed in the 1890s through the first part of the 20th century.
South of Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard, the area of Midtown around Cass Park is at a substantial distance from both the downtown core and the influence of Wayne State. The area around Cass Park proper is anchored by Cass Technical High School and the Detroit Masonic Temple , but the portion near Woodward Avenue and the once-fashionable Park ...
Money guru Martin Lewis has issued a warning to hundreds of thousands of workers to check their payslips after figures revealed many were underpaid.. Around 371,000 people on the national living ...
Jeremy Schmidt was given a gift at the Detroit Lions' win over the Chicago Bears on Sunday: four or five extra hours with his father, Wally Schmidt. How a Detroit Lions fan's life was saved and ...
Money Saving Expert Martin Lewis has urged everyone to make sure they have sorted their Power of Attorney - a legal service the financial guru says is “more important than a will”. Mr Lewis ...