There is some interesting history in that article, some a bit sketchy, but a good read nonetheless.
It held some nostalgia for yours truly when it showed building on Ledyard, which was next to the Michigan Chronicle building.
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When I returned to Detroit after my Peace Corps tour I got a job managing this building and one across the alley behind it on Henry. It was former lumber baron's house that had been carved up into about 15 ratty, roach-infested units inhabited by largely poor old white folk, many with alcohol issues.
Nice to know it has survived and is being revived. The Henry house, also a carved-up former 19th C mansion, has been long since demolished.
It was dreadfully crime ridden then and frequently one of the tenants was mugged and robbed, one of the factors that triggered the establishment of the infamous police decoy unit called STRESS.
That area and north to the where the COTS shelter and mentioned Peterboro area are the last troubled areas in the old Cass Corridor and even they are nowhere near what they used to be.
My guess is that once the Ilitch hockey development comes on line private policing will saturate the area, much as Gilbert has done downtown, and the crime rates will drop even further.
I also predict the money will appear to move COTS and other social welfare services outside the green zone.