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(30692) Urban Renewal, Lafayette Park, Detroit, 1963

An exterior view of one of the one-story town houses in Detroit’s Lafayette Park. Designed by Mies Van Der Rohe, Lafayette Park, located in Detroit’s lower east side just north of downtown, was the first urban renewal ...

Image - eclemens - 11/11/2013 - 15:32 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2346) Buildings, Union Depot Railroad Station, Transportation, Trains, Detroit, 1971

A view of the Union Depot Train Station on the corner of Third and Fort Street, ten days after the last train left and the station was closed, Detroit, Michigan. The Romanesque Revival structure was built of red sandstone between 1891 and 1893 by James ...

Image - eclemens - 07/15/2010 - 14:46 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(26924) 1968 Olympics, Olympic Bid, Johnson, Detroit, 1963

Mayor Jerome Cavanagh with Vice President Lyndon Johnson with a signed resolution from the American Municipal Congress supporting Detroit as the location for the 1968 Olympic Games. Date:  1963 Physdesc:  Photograph ...

Image - eclemens - 02/12/2018 - 18:40 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(24844) NAACP, Demonstrations, F.W. Woolworth, Detroit, 1960

Members and supporters of the NAACP picket the downtown F.W. Woolworth store in an effort to force the store to allow integrated lunch counters, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1960-03 Photographer:  J. Edward Bailey III ...

Image - eclemens - 01/03/2012 - 11:09 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2357) Buildings, Stroh Brewing Company, Detroit, 1985

A view of the Stroh Brewing Plant shortly before its closure, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  1985 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina (Architecture, Detroit (Mich.), Tony Spina - Gene ...

Image - eclemens - 07/15/2010 - 15:50 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(2461) Buildings, Department Stores, Crowley's, Detroit,1977

Demolition begins on the Crowley Department store, formerly located on Gratiot Avenue at Farmer Street, Detroit, Michigan. Date:  December 7, 1977 Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  Tony Spina ...

Image - eclemens - 07/20/2010 - 11:43 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(24878) NAACP, Martin Luther King, Jr., Funeral, Detroit, 1968

Members of the Detroit NAACP wait at the corner of Woodward Avenue and E. Philadelphia Street to board chartered buses that will take them to the funeral of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Note: A sign announcing the branch is draped in black mourning ...

Image - eclemens - 05/11/2011 - 14:46 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

(31281) John Elliot at a Detroit Federation of Teachers Rally

John Elliot stands with other picketers at a Detroit Federation of Teachers Rally in Detroit, MI Date:  circa 1970s Physdesc:  Photograph Photographer:  unknown (American Federation of Teach ...

Image - jhelpap - 02/11/2016 - 11:17 - 0 comments - 3 attachments

Detroit Economic Development Corporation Records

‹ previous 380 of 1805 next › Accession Number:  UR001107 Extent:  6 linear feet (12 MB) Date:  1970-1972 Subjects include: land purchases; bond sales; tenant nego ...

Abstracts - drice - 12/22/2010 - 15:26 - 0 comments - 1 attachment

(32349) Labor Day, Parades, Firestone, Young, Detroit, 1989

... Frank Garrison and Detroit Mayor Coleman Young march in Detroit’s annual Labor Day Parade. Firestone was the parade’s Grand ...

Image - eclemens - 09/04/2014 - 14:58 - 0 comments - 3 attachments