Earliest Times ...
I spent my childhood growing up in a Detroit neighborhood known famously as Poletown*. Alas, it is no more. Detroit gave the heart of it to General Motors to site a new Cadillac plant.
According to a the Detroit Historical Society ... "Under eminent domain, it was the most number of people ever moved in the shortest amount of time in the United States."
Here as some photos going way back ...
My Childhood Home 2125-27 East Grand Boulevard mid 1940s
Playing out front.
That's how Mom rolled ...
My Brother Arnold and me.
The view from our block south just after the razing in 1981.
The view from across the street looking north after the razing.
