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Description: The Detroit Public Library is the second largest library system in the U.S. state of Michigan by volumes held and is the 21st largest library system in the United States. It is composed of the Main Library on Woodward Avenue, which houses the library's administration offices, and 23 branch locations across the city. The Main Library is part of Detroit's Cultural Center Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places adjacent to Wayne State University campus and across from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Designed by Cass Gilbert, the Detroit Public Library was constructed with Vermont marble and serpentine Italian marble trim in an Italian Renaissance style. His son, Cass Gilbert, Jr. was a partner with Francis J. Keally in the design of the library's additional wings added in 1963. Among his other buildings, Cass Gilbert designed the United States Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC, the Minnesota State Capitol and the Woolworth Building in New York City.
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DETROIT PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Detroit Public Library is the second largest library system in the U.S. state of Michigan by volumes held (after the University of Michigan Library) and is the 21st largest library system (and the fourth-largest public library system) in the United States. It is composed of the Main Library on Woodward Avenue, which houses the library's administration offices, and 23 branch locations across the city. The Main Library is part of Detroit's Cultural Center Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places adjacent to Wayne State University campus and across from the Detroit Institute of Arts.
DETROIT TRAVEL GUIDE (Motor City)
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Belle Isle Island
Detroit Institute of Art
Comerica Park
Detroit Historical Museum
Detroit Public Library
GM Renaissance Center
Historic Fort Wayne
Masonic Temple of Detroit
Motown Museum
The Henry Ford Museum
and manyyyyyyyy more
5 Best Things to Do in Detroit, Michigan | US Travel Guide
5 Best Things to Do in Detroit (Michigan), United States.
The city of Detroit may not be on top of everyone’s “to see” lists in the United States, in fact many citizens of the States will think you crazy if you confide in them your plans to visit the city. Detroit is certainly going through a tough time, with a high number of abandoned homes and an equally high crime rate.
However if it is a lively city with energy that you crave, Detroit is the place to go. The city is on the mend thanks to young entrepreneurs and artists determined to turn the abandoned buildings into cafes, museums and other exciting ventures.
The people that made Detroit great in the first place also deserve credit, there are still a large number of museums, art galleries and parks that have been around for years and are just as good as ever. Don’t let skeptics put you off visiting Detroit, it may not be Disneyland, but not everyone wants to visit Disneyland, do they? If you are still in doubt of whether to visit the city, here is our list of the best things to do in Detroit, USA to whet your appetite:
1. Visit the Belle Isle Island
2. See the Detroit Temple
3. Be a bookworm in the Detroit Public Library
4. Immerse yourself in the history of Fort Wayne
5. Get clued up on the city of Detroit
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The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), originally named the Detroit Museum of Art, has one of the largest, most significant art collections in the United States. In 2003, the DIA ranked as the second largest municipally-owned museum in the United States with an art collection valued at more than one billion dollars.[1] With over 100 galleries, it now covers 677,000 square feet (62,893 m²), a major renovation and expansion project completed in 2007 added 77,000 sq. ft. (7,153 m²).[2] The museum building itself is highly regarded by architects.[3] Its original building, designed by Paul Cret, is flanked by north and south wings covered with a white marble exterior. It is part of the city's Cultural Center Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
The Detroit Public Library (DPL) is the largest library system in Michigan. It is composed of a Main Library on Woodward Avenue, which houses DPL administration offices, and twenty-three branch locations across the city. The Main Library is part of Detroit's Cultural Center Historic District listed in the National Register of Historic Places adjacent to Wayne State University campus and across the street from the Detroit Institute of Arts.
Designed by Cass Gilbert, the Detroit Public Library (1921) was constructed with Vermont marble and serpentine Italian marble trim in an Italianate architecture style. His son, Cass Gilbert, Jr. was a partner with Francis J. Keally in the design of the library's additional wings added in 1963. Among his other buildings, Cass Gilbert designed the United States Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C.
Old photos of Detroit (1890-1910)
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Abandoned Detroit Highschool
Join us as we explore what was once one of Detroit's most prominent schools, in its current state of decay. Known for its programs in business oriented technical skills and internship opportunities, it opened in 1916 then closed in 2012.
Hastings Street Now And Then With William Armstrong Pt-6...Detroit, Michigan
Black Bottom Hasting Street Paradise Valley... Detroit, Michigan
Black Bottom, Detroit
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Black Bottom was a predominantly black neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan, that was demolished and replaced with Lafayette Park in the 1960s. The Black Bottom–Paradise Valley area on the city's east side became known for its significant contribution to American music including Blues, Big Band, and Jazz from the 1930s to the 1950s. It was located on Detroit's near East Side bounded by Gratiot Avenue, Brush Street, Vernor Highway, and the Grand Trunk railroad tracks.
The French gave the Black Bottom area its name because of its fertile, dark topsoil. The name is not a reference to black people.
The area's main commercial avenues were Hastings and St. Antoine streets. An adjacent north-bordering area known as Paradise Valley contained night clubs where famous Blues, Big Band, and Jazz artists such as Duke Ellington, Billy Eckstine, Pearl Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald, and Count Basie regularly performed. In 1941, the city's Orchestra Hall was named Paradise Theatre. Aretha Franklin's father, the Reverend C. L. Franklin, first opened his New Bethel Baptist Church on Hastings Street. Hastings Street, which ran north-south through Black Bottom, had been an area populated by immigrants before World War I. With ethnic succession, by the 1950s it became an African-American community of black-owned business, social institutions, and night clubs. Historically, this area was the source of the River Savoyard, which was buried as a sewer in 1836. Its rich soils are the source of the name Black Bottom. Detroit's Broadway Avenue Historic District contains a sub-district sometimes called the Harmonie Park District which has taken on the renowned legacy of Detroit's music from the 1930s through the 1950s and into the present.
Black Bottom endured the Great Depression, with many of its residents working in factories. Following World War II, the physical structures of Black Bottom were in need of replacement. In the early 1960s, the City of Detroit demolished the Black Bottom district as part of an urban renewal project. The area was replaced by the Chrysler Freeway (Interstate 75 and Interstate 375) and Lafayette Park, a residential development designed by Mies van der Rohe and intended as a model neighborhood. It combined residential townhouses, apartments and high-rises with commercial areas. Many of the residents relocated to large public housing projects such as the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects Homes and Jeffries Homes.
Historically, its primary business district was in an area bounded by Vernor, John R., Madison, and Hastings. Gratiot Avenue passed through that business district. The business district included hotels, restaurants, music stores, bowling alleys, shops, policy offices, and grocery stores. There were 17 nightclubs in that business district.
(Notable residents)
Della Reese
Joe Louis
(Notable Businesses)
606 Horseshoe Lounge
Club Plantation
Club 666
Portal icon Metro Detroit portal
Portal icon African American portal
History of the African-Americans in Metro Detroit
(Footnotes)
1.^ Jump up to: a b Baulch, Vivian (August 7, 1996). Paradise Valley and Black Bottom. The Detroit News. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
2.Jump up ^ Binelli, p. 20. The name was not as racist as it sounds: the area was originally named by the French for its dark, fertile topsoil.
3.^ Jump up to: a b Woodford, p. 170. [...]i became the predominately black residential section known as Black Bottom, so named for the rich, dark soil on which early settlers farmed.
4.Jump up ^ Woodford, pp. 170-171. John R. on the west, and with Gratiot cutting through it, was the area's business district. It contained shops, music stores, grocery stores, bowling alleys, hotels, restaurants, policy offices, and seventeen nightclubs.
(Works cited)
Binelli, Mark (2012). Detroit City is the Place to Be (1st ed.). New York: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-8050-9229-5.
Woodford, Arthur M (2001). This is Detroit, 1701-2001. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 9780814329146.
(External links)
Lafayette Park/Mies van der Rohe Historic District
Paradise Valley Marker
Walter P. Reuther Library
When Detroit paved over paradise: The story of I-375
Categories: African-American history in Detroit, Michigan
Ethnic enclaves in Michigan
Music of Detroit, Michigan
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OPEN CARRY & PATROL'N THE STREETS OF DETROIT WALKING THOUGH THE COMMUNITY: DETROIT STREET WATCHERS
THE COMMUNITY FEEL THE PASSION FOR A MAN WHO'S WATCHING THE ROUGHEST COMMUNITIES TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE BY STANDING UP. THE DETROIT STREET WATCHERS ORGANIZATION
Hastings Street Now And Then With William Armstrong Pt-5...Detroit, Michigan
Black Bottom Hasting Street Paradise Valley... Detroit, Michigan
Black Bottom, Detroit
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Black Bottom was a predominantly black neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan, that was demolished and replaced with Lafayette Park in the 1960s. The Black Bottom–Paradise Valley area on the city's east side became known for its significant contribution to American music including Blues, Big Band, and Jazz from the 1930s to the 1950s. It was located on Detroit's near East Side bounded by Gratiot Avenue, Brush Street, Vernor Highway, and the Grand Trunk railroad tracks.
The French gave the Black Bottom area its name because of its fertile, dark topsoil. The name is not a reference to black people.
The area's main commercial avenues were Hastings and St. Antoine streets. An adjacent north-bordering area known as Paradise Valley contained night clubs where famous Blues, Big Band, and Jazz artists such as Duke Ellington, Billy Eckstine, Pearl Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald, and Count Basie regularly performed. In 1941, the city's Orchestra Hall was named Paradise Theatre. Aretha Franklin's father, the Reverend C. L. Franklin, first opened his New Bethel Baptist Church on Hastings Street. Hastings Street, which ran north-south through Black Bottom, had been an area populated by immigrants before World War I. With ethnic succession, by the 1950s it became an African-American community of black-owned business, social institutions, and night clubs. Historically, this area was the source of the River Savoyard, which was buried as a sewer in 1836. Its rich soils are the source of the name Black Bottom. Detroit's Broadway Avenue Historic District contains a sub-district sometimes called the Harmonie Park District which has taken on the renowned legacy of Detroit's music from the 1930s through the 1950s and into the present.
Black Bottom endured the Great Depression, with many of its residents working in factories. Following World War II, the physical structures of Black Bottom were in need of replacement. In the early 1960s, the City of Detroit demolished the Black Bottom district as part of an urban renewal project. The area was replaced by the Chrysler Freeway (Interstate 75 and Interstate 375) and Lafayette Park, a residential development designed by Mies van der Rohe and intended as a model neighborhood. It combined residential townhouses, apartments and high-rises with commercial areas. Many of the residents relocated to large public housing projects such as the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects Homes and Jeffries Homes.
Historically, its primary business district was in an area bounded by Vernor, John R., Madison, and Hastings. Gratiot Avenue passed through that business district. The business district included hotels, restaurants, music stores, bowling alleys, shops, policy offices, and grocery stores. There were 17 nightclubs in that business district.
(Notable residents)
Della Reese
Joe Louis
(Notable Businesses)
606 Horseshoe Lounge
Club Plantation
Club 666
Portal icon Metro Detroit portal
Portal icon African American portal
History of the African-Americans in Metro Detroit
(Footnotes)
1.^ Jump up to: a b Baulch, Vivian (August 7, 1996). Paradise Valley and Black Bottom. The Detroit News. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
2.Jump up ^ Binelli, p. 20. The name was not as racist as it sounds: the area was originally named by the French for its dark, fertile topsoil.
3.^ Jump up to: a b Woodford, p. 170. [...]i became the predominately black residential section known as Black Bottom, so named for the rich, dark soil on which early settlers farmed.
4.Jump up ^ Woodford, pp. 170-171. John R. on the west, and with Gratiot cutting through it, was the area's business district. It contained shops, music stores, grocery stores, bowling alleys, hotels, restaurants, policy offices, and seventeen nightclubs.
(Works cited)
Binelli, Mark (2012). Detroit City is the Place to Be (1st ed.). New York: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-8050-9229-5.
Woodford, Arthur M (2001). This is Detroit, 1701-2001. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 9780814329146.
(External links)
Lafayette Park/Mies van der Rohe Historic District
Paradise Valley Marker
Walter P. Reuther Library
When Detroit paved over paradise: The story of I-375
Categories: African-American history in Detroit, Michigan
Ethnic enclaves in Michigan
Music of Detroit, Michigan
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(This Courtesy Youtube Video Is For Entertainment, (History/Legacy) Educational And Memoir Purpose Only)
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Detroit Then and Now
This book is a fascinating document of history and change in one of the United States' most important cities. Sites include Woodward Avenue, Detroit Waterfront, Campus Martius, Jefferson Avenue, Cadillac Square, Capitol Park, J.L. Hudson Company, City Hall, Wayne County Building, Grand Circus Park, Michigan Theater, Capitol Theater, Fox Theatre, YMCA Building, Detroit Athletic Club, Eastern Mark, Elmwood Cemetery, Belle Isle Casino, Scott Fountain, Palmer Park, Hurlbut Memorial Gate, Cass Tech, Tiger Stadium, Wagner Baking Co., Michigan Central Railroad, Ambassador Bridge, Orchestra Hall, Piety Hill, Detroit Public Library, the General Motors Building, and much more. A map details the downtown sites featured in the photographs.
Hindu God Statue in USA - Detroit Institute of Art Museum -
Vishnu, 10th century
sandstone
This sculpture is an exceptional example of the Rajasthani school of Hindu sculpture in northwestern India. It is related to the sculptures from the important Lakshman Hindu temple at Khajuraho in north central India. The four-armed Vishnu, the preserver of the universe and protector of all living creatures, appears in a classic frontal stance atop a lotus base supported by a tortoise. He is surrounded by kneeling devotees at his feet, Brahma the Creator on the pillar to his right, and Shiva the Destroyer to his left. Above his head are ten of his avatars or manifestations: the fish, the tortoise, the boar, the half-man/half-lion, the dwarf, Rama with an axe, Rama, Krishna, the Buddha, and Kalki. The sculpture was made to be placed on the external wall of a temple.
Detroit Institute of Art Museum
The Detroit Institute of Arts (DIA), located in Midtown Detroit, Michigan, has one of the largest and most significant art collections in the United States. With over 100 galleries, it covers 658,000 square feet (61,100 m2) with a major renovation and expansion project completed in 2007 that added 58,000 square feet (5,400 m2). The DIA collection is regarded as among the top six museums in the United States with an encyclopedic collection which spans the globe from ancient Egyptian and European works to contemporary art. Its art collection is valued in billions of dollars, up to $8.1 billion according to a 2014 appraisal. The DIA campus is located in Detroit's Cultural Center Historic District, about two miles (3 km) north of the downtown area, across from the Detroit Public Library near Wayne State University.
1943 Vs 1967 Riot With Cops Vs Civilians Where Are We Now In History? Detroit, Michigan...
1943 Vs 1967 Riot With Cops Vs Civilians Where Are We Now In History? Detroit, Michigan...
Black Bottom Hasting Street Paradise Valley... Detroit, Michigan
Black Bottom, Detroit
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Black Bottom was a predominantly black neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan, that was demolished and replaced with Lafayette Park in the 1960s. The Black Bottom–Paradise Valley area on the city's east side became known for its significant contribution to American music including Blues, Big Band, and Jazz from the 1930s to the 1950s. It was located on Detroit's near East Side bounded by Gratiot Avenue, Brush Street, Vernor Highway, and the Grand Trunk railroad tracks.
The French gave the Black Bottom area its name because of its fertile, dark topsoil. The name is not a reference to black people.
The area's main commercial avenues were Hastings and St. Antoine streets. An adjacent north-bordering area known as Paradise Valley contained night clubs where famous Blues, Big Band, and Jazz artists such as Duke Ellington, Billy Eckstine, Pearl Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald, and Count Basie regularly performed. In 1941, the city's Orchestra Hall was named Paradise Theatre. Aretha Franklin's father, the Reverend C. L. Franklin, first opened his New Bethel Baptist Church on Hastings Street. Hastings Street, which ran north-south through Black Bottom, had been an area populated by immigrants before World War I. With ethnic succession, by the 1950s it became an African-American community of black-owned business, social institutions, and night clubs. Historically, this area was the source of the River Savoyard, which was buried as a sewer in 1836. Its rich soils are the source of the name Black Bottom. Detroit's Broadway Avenue Historic District contains a sub-district sometimes called the Harmonie Park District which has taken on the renowned legacy of Detroit's music from the 1930s through the 1950s and into the present.
Black Bottom endured the Great Depression, with many of its residents working in factories. Following World War II, the physical structures of Black Bottom were in need of replacement. In the early 1960s, the City of Detroit demolished the Black Bottom district as part of an urban renewal project. The area was replaced by the Chrysler Freeway (Interstate 75 and Interstate 375) and Lafayette Park, a residential development designed by Mies van der Rohe and intended as a model neighborhood. It combined residential townhouses, apartments and high-rises with commercial areas. Many of the residents relocated to large public housing projects such as the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects Homes and Jeffries Homes.
Historically, its primary business district was in an area bounded by Vernor, John R., Madison, and Hastings. Gratiot Avenue passed through that business district. The business district included hotels, restaurants, music stores, bowling alleys, shops, policy offices, and grocery stores. There were 17 nightclubs in that business district.
(Notable residents)
Della Reese
Joe Louis
(Notable Businesses)
606 Horseshoe Lounge
Club Plantation
Club 666
Portal icon Metro Detroit portal
Portal icon African American portal
History of the African-Americans in Metro Detroit
(Footnotes)
1.^ Jump up to: a b Baulch, Vivian (August 7, 1996). Paradise Valley and Black Bottom. The Detroit News. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
2.Jump up ^ Binelli, p. 20. The name was not as racist as it sounds: the area was originally named by the French for its dark, fertile topsoil.
3.^ Jump up to: a b Woodford, p. 170. [...]i became the predominately black residential section known as Black Bottom, so named for the rich, dark soil on which early settlers farmed.
4.Jump up ^ Woodford, pp. 170-171. John R. on the west, and with Gratiot cutting through it, was the area's business district. It contained shops, music stores, grocery stores, bowling alleys, hotels, restaurants, policy offices, and seventeen nightclubs.
(Works cited)
Binelli, Mark (2012). Detroit City is the Place to Be (1st ed.). New York: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-8050-9229-5.
Woodford, Arthur M (2001). This is Detroit, 1701-2001. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 9780814329146.
(External links)
Lafayette Park/Mies van der Rohe Historic District
Paradise Valley Marker
Walter P. Reuther Library
When Detroit paved over paradise: The story of I-375
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Top Tourist Attractions in Detroit - Travel Guide
Top Tourist Attractions in Detroit - Travel Guide:
Belle Isle, Charles H. Wright Museum of African-American History, Comerica Park, Detroit Historical Museum, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Public Library, GM Renaissance Center, Historic Fort Wayne, Masonic Temple of Detroit, Motown Museum, The Henry Ford Museum & Greenfield Village, Pewabic Pottery
DETROIT'S GRAND RIVER CREATIVE CORRIDOR
GRCC: Art in the Streets
Clean abandoned Detroit middle school [Ft. Ruin Road]
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The Truth Behind Those $1 Detroit Homes
Downtown Detroit is seeing a revitalization of sorts sparked by Dan Gilbert's $1 billion investment in the area. Since 2010, Gilbert's investment has created an estimated 6,500 jobs in downtown, and, as a result, it's nearly impossible to find a vacant apartment as residential occupancy rates reached as high as 99.4% for the downtown area.
But what about the rest of the city? You can buy a bunch of homes outside of downtown Detroit for under $500 and some are even listed at just $1.
Problem is: these prices are incredibly misleading. The homes are in abysmal condition and there are few city services in and around these neighborhoods.
Detroit realtor John Lewis took us to the Brightmoor neighborhood to show us what these $1 Detroit homes are really like.
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Haunted Places in Michigan
From Detroit to Grand Rapids, Warren to Sterling Heights, Ann Arbor to Lansing, the Great Lake State is full of terrifying hauntings and interesting history. Which is why The Speakeasy presents our list of the top ten most haunted places in Michigan! Enjoy!
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A Brief History of Michigan Central Station
How did Michigan Central Station turn from a symbol of Detroit's prosperity to a symbol of the city's decline?
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Drone footage by Tony Brown
Images credit Detroit Public Library, Detroit Historical Society, and Wayne State University Archive.
Hastings Street Now And Then With William Armstrong Pt-3...Detroit, Michigan
Black Bottom Hasting Street Paradise Valley... Detroit, Michigan
Black Bottom, Detroit
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Black Bottom was a predominantly black neighborhood in Detroit, Michigan, that was demolished and replaced with Lafayette Park in the 1960s. The Black Bottom–Paradise Valley area on the city's east side became known for its significant contribution to American music including Blues, Big Band, and Jazz from the 1930s to the 1950s. It was located on Detroit's near East Side bounded by Gratiot Avenue, Brush Street, Vernor Highway, and the Grand Trunk railroad tracks.
The French gave the Black Bottom area its name because of its fertile, dark topsoil. The name is not a reference to black people.
The area's main commercial avenues were Hastings and St. Antoine streets. An adjacent north-bordering area known as Paradise Valley contained night clubs where famous Blues, Big Band, and Jazz artists such as Duke Ellington, Billy Eckstine, Pearl Bailey, Ella Fitzgerald, and Count Basie regularly performed. In 1941, the city's Orchestra Hall was named Paradise Theatre. Aretha Franklin's father, the Reverend C. L. Franklin, first opened his New Bethel Baptist Church on Hastings Street. Hastings Street, which ran north-south through Black Bottom, had been an area populated by immigrants before World War I. With ethnic succession, by the 1950s it became an African-American community of black-owned business, social institutions, and night clubs. Historically, this area was the source of the River Savoyard, which was buried as a sewer in 1836. Its rich soils are the source of the name Black Bottom. Detroit's Broadway Avenue Historic District contains a sub-district sometimes called the Harmonie Park District which has taken on the renowned legacy of Detroit's music from the 1930s through the 1950s and into the present.
Black Bottom endured the Great Depression, with many of its residents working in factories. Following World War II, the physical structures of Black Bottom were in need of replacement. In the early 1960s, the City of Detroit demolished the Black Bottom district as part of an urban renewal project. The area was replaced by the Chrysler Freeway (Interstate 75 and Interstate 375) and Lafayette Park, a residential development designed by Mies van der Rohe and intended as a model neighborhood. It combined residential townhouses, apartments and high-rises with commercial areas. Many of the residents relocated to large public housing projects such as the Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects Homes and Jeffries Homes.
Historically, its primary business district was in an area bounded by Vernor, John R., Madison, and Hastings. Gratiot Avenue passed through that business district. The business district included hotels, restaurants, music stores, bowling alleys, shops, policy offices, and grocery stores. There were 17 nightclubs in that business district.
(Notable residents)
Della Reese
Joe Louis
(Notable Businesses)
606 Horseshoe Lounge
Club Plantation
Club 666
Portal icon Metro Detroit portal
Portal icon African American portal
History of the African-Americans in Metro Detroit
(Footnotes)
1.^ Jump up to: a b Baulch, Vivian (August 7, 1996). Paradise Valley and Black Bottom. The Detroit News. Retrieved January 15, 2013.
2.Jump up ^ Binelli, p. 20. The name was not as racist as it sounds: the area was originally named by the French for its dark, fertile topsoil.
3.^ Jump up to: a b Woodford, p. 170. [...]i became the predominately black residential section known as Black Bottom, so named for the rich, dark soil on which early settlers farmed.
4.Jump up ^ Woodford, pp. 170-171. John R. on the west, and with Gratiot cutting through it, was the area's business district. It contained shops, music stores, grocery stores, bowling alleys, hotels, restaurants, policy offices, and seventeen nightclubs.
(Works cited)
Binelli, Mark (2012). Detroit City is the Place to Be (1st ed.). New York: Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company. ISBN 978-0-8050-9229-5.
Woodford, Arthur M (2001). This is Detroit, 1701-2001. Detroit: Wayne State University Press. ISBN 9780814329146.
(External links)
Lafayette Park/Mies van der Rohe Historic District
Paradise Valley Marker
Walter P. Reuther Library
When Detroit paved over paradise: The story of I-375
Categories: African-American history in Detroit, Michigan
Ethnic enclaves in Michigan
Music of Detroit, Michigan
(Social Media Disclaimer:)
(This Courtesy Youtube Video Is For Entertainment, (History/Legacy) Educational And Memoir Purpose Only)
All Music/Audio/Video Footage Materials Belong To There Own Respectable And Rightful Owners, Labels, Artists And Writers Etc... And PARKSIDE PJ's Take No Credit, Recognition, Collateral/Dividend Connection Or Responsibilities, On Behalf Of This Youtube Video...