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[QUOTE=Lowell;455706]Simplistic indeed. The author muddles Detroit [synonym for the American auto industry] and Detroit [Metro Detroit] and throws their problems on Detroit [the City of].
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These people had to do some very serious "cooking" in terms of defined parameters and analysis to rank Detroit #5 most compact. Even in its population prime, Detroit's population divided by surface...

Thanks, MikeM, for your always impeccable information. George Edwards organized that strike. The hard-core judge, Webster, wanted to make an example of him; he sentenced Edwards to 30 days in jail...

There are longstanding [[going back, I think, to 1920s) "Coney Island" establishments in Houston [[haven't tried). Is there any connection in what they call themselves and what they serve to Detroit's...

Yale and Towne, headquartered in Connecticut, had a plant in Detroit that produced locks for Chrysler. There was a particularly bitter strike there in March, 1937--started by their firing of...

Moral sentiments aside, there is no other way. Otherwise, racial fear and polarization will continue to kill and diminish not just the City of Detroit, but the entire metropolitan area.

"them' - Joyce Carol Oates

Great resource, Wheels--been through them all [[and there are other threads, though not officially part of this series, with similar information). Maybe someday someone will organize all these posts...

MikeM,

It would be hard to imagine a quicker or more pertinent reply! I recently acquired a 1953-4 Polk Directory, but no luck on a map like this. You still have the scans--any chance I...

I’m seeking help from some of the experts who people this site, in finding a good mid-twentieth century map of Detroit that identifies manufacturing sites throughout the city. I know what I want...

Thanks for the invaluable information!

For those interested, my failure to try Google again in recent months resulted in my not seeing 1950 transit map that has been posted earlier this year:
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Thank you all so far. I know the above site and am on the list to receive posts from DSR-2-DOT--both excellent resources. What I've heard is that the Second and Hamilton routes were both in place...

I'm interested in early 1950s bus routes, especially those servicing Northwest Detroit. What I'd really like to get hold of is a 1951 or 1952 route map [[any possibility??) but, failing that, there...