The East Side combined residential districts, commercial corridors, industry, and river-linked geography, all changing rapidly through Detroit's mid-century growth.
REAL DETROIT SOURCE · Gratiot Avenue from Woodward, photographed between 1900 and 1910. Source: Detroit Publishing Co. / Library of Congress · No known restrictions on publication.AVENUE CONTEXT — earlier than Ralph Palmer’s police years.
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Reading the East Side.
Residential and industrial districts
Commercial corridors and transportation
River proximity and employment
Police districts and neighborhood institutions
Mid-century population and land-use change
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Residential, commercial, industrial, and river-linked geography stay together here as period context.