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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.
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
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
Feb 27, 2017 · In the early 1950s, in one of the most controversial episodes of mass gentrification in Detroit history, the virtually all-white city government bulldozed Black Bottom, the beloved ancestral home...
- Detroit Free Press Staff
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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.
