(DN_36201_6) Ethnic Communities, Irish, Neighborhoods, Corktown, 1960

A view of a vacant Victorian era duplex from the interior of a neighboring home.

Part of a series of photographs taken to document the abandoned buildings around Trumbell, Porter, Abbott and nearby streets. According to a Detroit News article from April 26, 1960, the demolition was part of a larger slum clearance that moved 450 families out of the area before razing their historic neighborhood to make way for "light industry and trucking stations." According to the reporter, Russell Harris, the windows in the area were recently broken by neighborhood children having a bit of fun. The schools and churches, however, were spared from the vandalism.