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Feb 27, 2019 · In the late summer of 1949, three little boys sat on the curb outside 1231 Riopelle St., in Detroit’s now-vanished Black Bottom neighborhood, taking in what must have been an unusual sight: A city employee was heading slowly down the street, methodically photographing each address.
Jan 28, 2019 · “Black Bottom Street View is a project to visualize Detroit’s historic Black Bottom neighborhood.” The Black Bottom area was acquired by the City of Detroit under eminent domain and razed due to the slum conditions, although Mayor Cobo was well known for his racist sentiments.
Many of the addresses no longer exist, but Google maps will still generate an approximate address. Using those addresses, Detroit Free Press photography intern Elaine Cromie photographed the...
Feb 6, 2020 · The Sojourner Truth Homes were later nicknamed, “Slum Village.” A Detroit hip-hop group by the same name featuring producer J Dilla would become internationally famous. Open in Google Maps
Feb 4, 2015 · Map: Slums, Industrial, and Low Cost Housing in Detroit 1941. This map from the 1941 Annual Report of the Detroit Housing Commission was an omen of things to come. Detroit’s black population was forced (racism, segregation, and redlining) to live in areas deemed “slums.”.
Nov 10, 2020 · The Vanishing Houses of Detroit: A Street View Story. How one Detroit resident is using Google Maps to chronicle the accelerating disappearance of some of that city’s neighborhoods.
Jul 17, 2021 · Cobo inherited the Detroit Plan, which he had helped develop, and moved to raze a neighborhood. The city described the district as a slum. Residents called it Black Bottom.
