Ethnic neighborhoods when Detroit was at or around it's peak population..... (Warren: high school, moving)

[ckhthankgod]

Where were the ethnic neighborhoods when Detroit was a more filled out city than it is now? Where were the Polish, Italian, Irish, German, Black and other ethnic neighborhoods located?

[Shrewsbury Road]

I only know that the Polish people were mainly in Poletown.

[and the]

Polish people were all over during the 40's, 50's. Warrendale and Southwest Detroit where big Polish areas with other concentrations....St. Hedwig, Holy Reedemer, St. Casimir, St. Cunnegunda, Our Lady Queen of Angels were all Polish parishes in the southwest Detroit area.

The lower east side around Hastings St. was probably the most well-known black area prior to WWII. I think the east side around Gratiot was fairly Italian. Delray, along Jefferson was largely Hungarian.

Here's a good website for you about Detroit's westside Poles (not Poletown).
DetroitPolonia.org

[zthatzmanz28]

Black Bottom was eradicated when I 96 and parts of the Lodge (US 10) were built.

[MICoastieMom]

There were four waves of Hungarians, the first arriving in the 19th century. Waves came after each of the World Wars, with the last coming in the 50's because of the Communists. Before the Huns, Delray was an Irish community as was Corktown, near old Tiger Stadium. There is still a Hungarian presence in the form of Holy Cross Church. There were two other Hungarian churches in Delray; an Eastern Orthodox church whixh moved to Livonia and took many of its parishoners with it, and the protestant Hungarian Reformed church which went Downriver with many of its parishoners.

Old Delray, Hungarians Called it Home

Including this site not to prosletyze, but because it has pictures of the beautiful interior of Holy Cross.

Te Deum laudamus!: Holy Cross Hungarian Catholic Church - Detroit

[JBoughton]

The area around Central High School west of Highland Park was a Jewish area, along with much of the near Northwest side around Wyoming and Greenfield.

[Shrewsbury Road]

Originally Posted by zthatzmanz28

Black Bottom was eradicated when I 96 and parts of the Lodge (US 10) were built.

How could I forget about paradise valley.

[and the]

Lots of old Synagogues in NW Detroit. You can see where the Stars of David used to be on the exteriors. The Northwest Activity Center on Meyers used to be the Jewish Community Center I believe.

How could I forget about paradise valley.

Paradise Valley and Black Bottom were not the same place from what I understand.....PV was the entertainment district and BB was the residential area on the lower east side.

[zthatzmanz28]

Originally Posted by and the

Paradise Valley and Black Bottom were not the same place from what I understand.....PV was the entertainment district and BB was the residential area on the lower east side.

Paradise Valley and Black Bottom were adjacent neighborhoods.

Not the same place, just close...

Black Bottom, Detroit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia


Paradise Valley Blues: Forgotten Blues and Jazz Locations in Detroit

[SchnauzerMom]

When I was growing up in the 50's and 60's we used to always go up on Seven Mile Road to the Jewish bakeries and butchers. There was still somewhat of a Jewish presence along 7 mile in the early 70's, but most of the older folks started moving out then.