On this Date in Detroit History - DetroitYES 25th Anniversary Flashbacks

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Lowell... when seeing photos like the Ranson Willis house, I am sadly reminded of driving thru this neighborhood back in the 1980s, when there were about 4 times the number of these homes still intact, but derilect. The city did some street work to highlight these homes, but no one was interested back then.

That was so sad to see because had they all survived, then much of Gilbert's Brush Park development would have had to have been built elsewhere. But as the decades progressed, fewer and fewer homes survived... and today we have these restored gems interspersed with modern construction, which is an odd mixture of styles.

Although I am glad they are restored, these streets just don't have the feeling of a neighborhood that streets like West Canfield and East Ferry have. But that is obvious.