Detroit News: Birwood Street Wall

[Rocko]

Interesting. I know a fair amount about Detroit history but this is the first I'm hearing of this wall. Kind of cool that it still exists today.

http://www.detroitnews.com/article/2...text|FRONTPAGE

[Zacha341]

^^^ I was not aware of this. Thanks for the link.

[Kathleen]

Interesting Huffpost article from earlier this week:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_3192373.html

The Birwood Wall has been mentioned on this forum in the past:

http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/...tml?1147866159
[[Check out 1701detroit's page: http://detroit1701.psc.isr.umi ch.edu/Black-WhiteWall.htm)

http://www.detroityes.com/mb/showthr...and-Eight-Mile

[Lowell]

IMO this site deserves a historical marker.
Covered on this site in 2002 here:
http://www.detroityes.com/webisodes/...erlin-wall.htm
Full panorama here:
http://www.detroityes.com/webisodes/...n-wallFULL.htm

[Dumpling]

Lowell, I clicked on one of those links for The Wall then checked
back on Google Maps. There is a small discrepancy. In the link the
park is "Joe Louis Park" whereas Google Maps has "Alfonso Wells
Memorial Park" by The Wall with there being a Joe Louis Park elsewhere
in the city.