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National Geographic : 2015 May
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75 94 12 24 10 39 39 10 375 75 75 94 94 96 96 102 12 Dearborn Southfield Dearborn Heights Windsor Warren Ecorse Ferndale Hazel Park River Rouge Oak Park Highland Park Harper Woods Hamtramck Grosse Pointe Farms Grosse Pointe Park Grosse Pointe Royal Oak Township BURBANK WOODBRIDGE SHERWOOD FOREST INDIAN VILLAGE JEFFERSON CHALMERS CORK- TOWN MIDTOWN DOWNTOWN Formerly BLACK BOTTOM EASTERN MARKET WEST VILLAGE Burbank inset next page Sherwood Forest inset next page Woodbridge inset next page FORD MOTOR CO. RIVER ROUGE COMPLEX GM RENAISSANCE CENTER FIAT CHRYSLER AUTO. JEFFERSON NORTH ASSEMBLY PLANT FIAT CHRYSLER AUTO. CONNER AVENUE ASSEMBLY PLANT GENERAL MOTORS DETROIT-HAMTRAMCK ASSEMBLY COLEMAN A. YOUNG MUNICIPAL AIRPORT 2 3 1 1 DetroitRiverRiverRouge Lake St. Clair MICHIGANONTARIOU.S.CANADAU.S.CANADA PEOPLE MOVER BelleIsle PALMER PARK MT. OLIVET CEM. CHANDLER PARK RIVER ROUGE PARK GRANDRIVERAVE. MICHIGAN AVE. WOODWARDAVE.JEFFERSONAVE.GRATIOTAVENUE 7 MILE RD. SOUTHFIELDFREEWAY 8 MILE ROAD Fighting Island Zug Island TELEGRAPHRD.WOODWARDAVE. Approximate neighborhood boundary 0 10 20 71% Traditional neighborhood Most densely populated Fewer vacant lots Least blight 21% Urban prairie/ naturescape Least densely populated Most vacant lots Most abandoned buildings Mixed-use and nonresidential parcels Open space City area (in square miles) Block by Block Many neighborhoods along Detroit’s perimeter are as densely populated as the city’s wealthier suburbs. This analysis at the block level shows the range from neighborhoods that are thriving to those that have more vacant lots—and to areas reverting to nature, known as “urban prairie.” Hamtramck and Highland Park are incorporated cities com- pletely surrounded by Detroit. Historically Polish Hamtramck has the third largest Bangla- deshi population in the U.S . N 0mi 1 0km 1 Percentage of Detroit’s residential area 1 2 3 Construction is starting on the privately and publicly funded 3.3 -mile M-1 Rail streetcar project. It will connect down- town Detroit to the bustling Midtown commercial district. Investor interest in Detroit’s downtown is growing. Residen- tial occupancy rates are high, and two local investors have bought and are developing more than 130 properties here. Detroit UNITED STATES MICHIGAN
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