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DETROIT NEIGHBORHOODS · CHANGE OVER TIME

NEIGHBORHOODS IN TRANSITION.

Detroit's neighborhoods changed through migration, industrial growth, expressways, redevelopment, suburbanization, housing policy, and later industrial contraction.

Detroit, Michigan. Typical Negro neighborhood
REAL DETROIT SOURCE · Detroit Black neighborhood, February 1942. The Library of Congress record does not identify the exact neighborhood.
Source: Arthur S. Siegel / source record · Public domain — FSA/OWI
NEIGHBORHOOD FILE

Following neighborhood change.

Population movement and housing demand
Expressway construction and neighborhood disruption
Urban renewal and redevelopment
Industrial expansion and relocation
Compare period maps with present-day geography
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Migration, development, expressways, policy, and industrial change are separated here into traceable historical forces rather than one simplified story.

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