View Full Version : East Side Neighborhoods of Detroit: Part Two - Joseph Berry


hudkina
September 11th, 2005, 08:47 PM
Part One - Indian Village can be found here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=255513).


Part Two:
Joseph Berry is a small neighborhood on the Detroit River nestled between Detroit's Gold Coast and Waterworks Park. It was named after the developer who plotted the neighborhood. It is most famous for being the location of the Manoogian Mansion, the official residence of the Detroit mayor. It also has the distinction of having the highest median home value in the city of Detroit. (Though in the 2000 census the median value was only about $300,000.)

Unlike its historic neighbor, Indian Village, Joseph Berry is a mixture of housing ranging from the 1890's to present day. The reason is that within a few years of the neighborhood being plotted in the 1920's, the Great Depression hit, leaving nearly half of its lots empty for decades. It wasn't until after WWII that new housing began to spring up, and even in the last few years new homes have been built in the neighborhood.

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