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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.
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 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
The streetscape, here and right, shows Macomb street in the early 1950s before the Black Bottom neighborhood was demolished. These images from the Detroit Public Library were in an exhibition about the neighborhood and can be viewed via the Black Bottom digital archive.
Slum Village is an American hip hop group from Detroit, Michigan. The group was formerly composed of the rappers Baatin (1974–2009), T3, and rapper / producer J Dilla (1974–2006). J Dilla left in 2001 to pursue a solo career with MCA Records .
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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.
