  Joycemt Member Username: Joycemt Post Number: 1 Registered: 03-2009 |
Does anyone remember this government housing from the 40's and 50's? It was shut down and demolished in the late 50's I believe. Did it have a specific name? I've searched fruitlessly on the internet for info, pictures. No luck. | ||
Mikem Member Username: Mikem Post Number: 1921 Registered: 10-2003 |
Check this thread: https://www.atdetroit.net/forum/mes sages/62684/73103.html There might be some information toward the bottom half. | ||
Joycemt Member Username: Joycemt Post Number: 3 Registered: 03-2009 |
Mikem, bless you! You posted an aerial of the exact place I was looking for. Lived there (6507 E Nevada)from @1944-1952. My Dad qualified for public housing because he was doing war work for Ford, and we were a BIG family of five kids. I remember the Lutheran School for the Deaf to the east, and the railroad track was our neighbor to the west. Just past the tracks on Nevada, going west, was a plant (Awrey's - not the bakers) where my Mom worked for a while. A train on the track siding caught fire one year, and it was loaded with CHEETOS. Boy did we salvage a lot of them! The huge green space in the center of the project was the scene of summer ball games and winter skating. I'd love to get a closer shot of this photo. And I guess this particular project didn't have a name, since no one can recall it.  | ||
Mommydearest Member Username: Mommydearest Post Number: 31 Registered: 08-2007 |
Hi Joycemt. I was your next door neighbor and inquired of Detroit Yes about the same housing project in 2007. Check the archives and you'll find more. Discuss Detroit » Archives - July 2007 » Housing Project East Nevada. Donna | ||
Joycemt Member Username: Joycemt Post Number: 4 Registered: 03-2009 |
Thanks Donna. Your picture of you and your sister at least showed our building unit. Email me at joycemt@aol.com? |
