Slavery in Detroit
By Rod Arroyo, FAICP Northern states, territories, and Canada have a deep history of slavery. Early French settlers were enslavers. Slavery was considered legal in New York as early as…
David Whitney Building – Detroit Photographs in Black and White
The David Whitney Building in Detroit was completed in 1915, before the Detroit building boom of the 1920's. It was designed by Graham, Burnham & Co., the successor firm to…