There are at least 200 "new" homes in Highland Park, east of Woodward from Ferris north. 90% are vacant, and the scraps are being sold at that "resale" garage btw. John R and Oakland.

The "build new and they will come" plan which permeated the Kilpatrick admin. [[and other urban areas) prior to the bubble bursting was an outright failure in Detroit. At Oakland and Caniff there is still a sign boasting "New Homes starting in the low $170's." There is a similar one at W, Outer Dr. east of Southfield.