Urban Renewal: A Factual Report
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Title
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Urban Renewal: A Factual Report
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Description
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Prepared by Ann Arbor’s City Council with funding from the federal Urban Renewal Survey and Planning Advance, this document describes the potential redevelopment of the North Central area of the city. As is made clear through maps, proposed housing policies, and a lot-by-lot breakdown of envisioned governmental intervention, the plan of Ann Arbor officials was to exert control over a neighborhood which housed the majority of the city’s Black residents. Of particular note is the government’s preparations for seizing the land of any residents who do not comply with the city’s codes, rendering any objection to urban renewal as grounds for losing one’s property.
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Creator(s) of the Record
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Council of the City of Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Annotation Creator
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Unknown
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Date
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June 1, 1959
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Location
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This record discusses the North-Central of Ann Arbor. For a central location to this neighborhood, this archive references the area that is now the heart of Kerrytown (roughly 407-499 N 5th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104).
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Medium
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Paper
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Type
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Report
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Subject
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Mapping Housing Discrimination
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Rights
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This digitized copy is generously provided for research purposes by the Bentley Historical Library, the institution charged with overseeing the care of the original document. Copyright for this document is held by the Regents of the University of Michigan.
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Rights Holder
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Regents of the University of Michigan
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Source
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Cecil O. Creal Papers: 1958-1968
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Bibliographic Citation
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Cecil O. Creal Papers, Box 7, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
