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MorningSide is an upper east side neighborhood in Detroit encompassing 2.875 square miles (7.45 km 2). It is characterized by red brick tudors with wide streets. Van Steuban / Osborn: In May 2007, Osborn had about 37,000 residents, mostly middle income. In a period before May 2007 Osborne's population grew by 11%, a rarity in Detroit neighborhoods.
At the time it occurred, the Hazelwood massacre was "the biggest mass slaying in Detroit's history". [4] It was part of a record year for murders in Detroit, many tied to drug wars, with the final death toll for 1971 reaching 690. [12] During the 1970s, Detroit led the nation in homicides and became known as "Murder City". [13] [14] [15]
The city is divided into 55 neighborhood areas which are further grouped into 10 neighborhood clusters. The neighborhood areas are composed of and based on census tracts. The master plan neighborhood areas were created with the adoption of the city's current master plan in July 2009, which was a revision of the 1992 master plan. [2]
A Michigan Historical Site marker sign on the former intersection of Adams Avenue and St. Antoine St., currently near Ford Field, exists as the last physical marker of the neighborhood. [20] Architect Emily Kutil plans to recreate the neighborhood virtually, using photos from the Detroit Public Library's Burton Historical Collection, through a ...
Warrendale, Detroit; Washington Boulevard Historic District; West Canfield Historic District; West Vernor–Junction Historic District; West Vernor–Lawndale Historic District; West Vernor–Springwells Historic District; West Village, Detroit; Willis–Selden Historic District; Woodbridge, Detroit; List of buildings on Woodward Avenue
Of children born to parents living in Osborn, 22.4% were born to teenage parents. 35.7% of Osborn residents are children who live in poverty, while 13.9% of all Michigan residents are children in poverty. [1] A 2010 report from Data Driven Detroit, City Connect Detroit, stated that Osborn had 27,166 residents. [5]
In 2013, Detroit's number of criminal homicides was 333, a reduction of 14% compared to 2012. However, taken in context by population, Detroit remains a city with one of the highest homicide rates per capita in the United States. [13] In April 2008, Detroit unveiled a $300-million stimulus plan to create jobs and revitalize neighborhoods ...
Detroit is the center of a three-county urban area (with a population of 3,734,090 within an area of 1,337 square miles (3,460 km 2) according to the 2010 United States census), six-county metropolitan statistical area (population of 5,322,219 in an area of 3,913 square miles [10,130 km 2] as of the 2010 census), and a nine-county Combined ...