Hey,

My ninety-two-years-old father is slipping away. He grew up at the corner of Varney Street and Foster. Can anyone tell me what the history is of this particular neighborhood? I can see the corner on Google Maps [[I don't live in Michigan) and the home is gone. He told me stories about how the home was right at the intersection of a white neighborhood and black neighborhood. His mother was a bootlegger and the home housed all kinds of tenants [[black and white). He and his friends used to steal from the neighborhood plants. When he was 12 years old, his best friend was killed by the Detroit Police [[1930) in the attic of the home [[the "crime" was stealing from a plant). Any information about this area would be most appreciated. My father is a wonderful man who loved all [[except for the cops who killed his friend). There were no racial issues in this particular killing [[white cops killing a white kid who pissed them off)

Thanks

Juano Jonno