Posted July 21, 201113 yr The second part of my summer Detroit phototour takes me to the geographic heart of the city, Boston-Edison Historic Neighborhood. This area was once home to Detroit's prominent residents in history. The neighborhood consists of over 900 historic homes, so this tour is only a fraction of what is here. This district became listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975. These pictures were taken on a gorgeous Friday afternoon in July. Entrance to the Boston-Edison Historic District, located at Woodward and West Boston. Modest 3 storey homes on Edison... Former Home of Henry Ford. he lived here from 1908-15. Michigan Plaque for the House... Private garden at the rear of the house... Another angle of the house... Continuing on Edison... On Longfellow Avenue now... James Couzens House, home of the former Detroit mayor, who was the only Canadian-born mayor in the history of the city. He was born and raised in nearby Chatham, Ontario. This house was built in 1910 and designed by famed Detroit architect Albert Kahn S.S. Kresge House, founder of Kmart House is on West Boston... Benjamin Siegel House... Charles T. Fisher house... Walter Briggs House... Former mansion of Berry Gordy, Jr. founder of Motown Records... Homes on Chicago Boulevard...
July 21, 201113 yr Nice! Add up the people who lived here, and the people who lived on Cleveland's long-gone Millionaire's Row, and you'd have a significant percentage of the names that were prominent in America's growth to a leading industrial power in the late ninteenth century and first half of the twentieth.
July 21, 201113 yr One of my favorite sections of Detroit. "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 21, 201113 yr Definitely some beautiful homes there, but Detroit is so flat! Not even a hint of a hill in any of these pictures. How is this area today?
July 21, 201113 yr It would be awesome to be there in the neighborhoods prime. How is this area today? The demographics have definitely changed. Today this area is around 90% Black. It seems that the income might be a little higher then surrounding areas. Cant tell you about the crime though.
July 21, 201113 yr Looks like Detroits version of Dayton's Salem Avenue area, or maybe Hancock Park in LA?
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