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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.
- Daniel Herriges
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.
Jun 6, 2014 · Eight neighborhoods in Detroit have been so ravaged by crime, foreclosures, fires and scrappers that more than a third of the homes and businesses are abandoned, according to recently released findings from an unprecedented survey of every Detroit parcel.
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 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.
Its boundaries, whose maps are included in the archive, are considered by many to be Gratiot Avenue and East Vernor Highway to the north; the Grand Trunk Railroad or Chene to the east; Congress or Lafayette to the south; and Brush Street to the west.
