Map: Detroit Neighborhood Markets “Blue-lining” 1932 | DETROITography
▻https://detroitography.com/2017/01/18/map-detroit-neighborhood-markets-blue-lining-1932
This map is one among 35 other cities profiled in a market survey by the Advertising department of the Curtis publishing Company, called: “City Markets: A Study of Thirty-Five Cities.” The primary market assessment conducted here was based on circulation of newspapers and magazines, but included auto sales, consumer goods, and transportation spending.
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Map: De Lery’s Plan of Detroit 1749 | DETROITography
▻https://detroitography.com/2017/01/11/map-de-lerys-plan-of-detroit-1749
Many people have seen Bellin’s map of Fort Detroit from 1764, but fewer people know that Bellin’s map was based on Gaspard-Joseph Chaussegros de Lery’s survey in 1749. Huron Creek really stands out as a significant landmark.
This version of De Lery’s map appears in “History of Wayne County and the city of Detroit, Michigan” edited by Clarence and M. Agnes Burton.
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Map: Environmental Justice in Detroit | DETROITography
▻https://detroitography.com/2017/01/09/map-environmental-justice-in-detroit
The EPA has developed a handy tool called EJSCREEN to explore data related to environmental justice around the country. Data from EPA and other sources are pulled together and can be examined side-by-side. In the image example the maps are comparing “linguistic isolation” and the EPA’s cancer risk index.
