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Cass Corridor
The Cass Corridor is a neighborhood on the west end of Midtown Detroit. It includes the Cass Park Historic District, the Cass-Davenport Historic District and Old Chinatown. This neighborhood began in the 1800s as a wealthy residential neighborhood, declined during the 20th century, and in recent years has been undergoing gentrification.
The corridor's main street, Cass Avenue, runs parallel with M-1 (Woodward Avenue), a main Detroit artery running north toward New Center. Though Cass runs from Congress Street, ending a few miles farther north at West Grand Boulevard, the Cass Corridor generally is defined as between Interstate 75 (I-75) at its southern end and Interstate 94 (I-94) to the north, and stretches from Woodward to the east and to the west: John C. Lodge (M-10 service drive) north of Temple, and Grand River Avenue south of Temple.
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The Cass Corridor is named after Lewis Cass, who in 1816 bought a French ribbon farm in the place that would eventually develop into the Cass Corridor. As Detroit's population grew in the mid-1800s, upper middle class residents looked to expand into less populated, less developed areas. Lewis Cass's daughter, Mary Cass Canfield, inherited the property (at the time called Cass Farm) and subdivided it in 1871, allowing wealthy Detroiters to build their homes there.
As a result, early residents of this area were largely middle- and upper-class Anglo-Saxons. Connected to downtown in the 1860s and 1870s by streetcars built by the Detroit City Railway Company, the area was a peaceful residential neighborhood. Houses were most often single-family and duplexes, and the architectural style favored Queen Anne style architecture or Italianite architecture. The neighborhood built a number of grand churches, so many that they often called the area "Piety Hill." Churches founded during this time included Westminster Presbyterian Church (built in 1876 on Woodward Avenue and Parsons Street) and the Cass Avenue United Methodist Church (dedicated in1883).
Over the early to mid 1900s, the character of the neighborhood changed deeply due to the growth of the automobile industry. Cass Corridor's changed into a commercialized urban center with many auto-mobile related businesses as the automobile industry grew. Officials also destroyed many buildings to make room for parking lots and paved over the street cars system.
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Cass Corridor
The Cass Corridor is a neighborhood on the west end of Midtown Detroit. It includes the Cass Park Historic District, the Cass-Davenport Historic District and Old Chinatown. This neighborhood began in the 1800s as a wealthy residential neighborhood, declined during the 20th century, and in recent years has been undergoing gentrification.
The corridor's main street, Cass Avenue, runs parallel with M-1 (Woodward Avenue), a main Detroit artery running north toward New Center. Though Cass runs from Congress Street, ending a few miles farther north at West Grand Boulevard, the Cass Corridor generally is defined as between Interstate 75 (I-75) at its southern end and Interstate 94 (I-94) to the north, and stretches from Woodward to the east and to the west: John C. Lodge (M-10 service drive) north of Temple, and Grand River Avenue south of Temple.
Located along Cass Avenue:
Other:
Former significant places:
The Cass Corridor is named after Lewis Cass, who in 1816 bought a French ribbon farm in the place that would eventually develop into the Cass Corridor. As Detroit's population grew in the mid-1800s, upper middle class residents looked to expand into less populated, less developed areas. Lewis Cass's daughter, Mary Cass Canfield, inherited the property (at the time called Cass Farm) and subdivided it in 1871, allowing wealthy Detroiters to build their homes there.
As a result, early residents of this area were largely middle- and upper-class Anglo-Saxons. Connected to downtown in the 1860s and 1870s by streetcars built by the Detroit City Railway Company, the area was a peaceful residential neighborhood. Houses were most often single-family and duplexes, and the architectural style favored Queen Anne style architecture or Italianite architecture. The neighborhood built a number of grand churches, so many that they often called the area "Piety Hill." Churches founded during this time included Westminster Presbyterian Church (built in 1876 on Woodward Avenue and Parsons Street) and the Cass Avenue United Methodist Church (dedicated in1883).
Over the early to mid 1900s, the character of the neighborhood changed deeply due to the growth of the automobile industry. Cass Corridor's changed into a commercialized urban center with many auto-mobile related businesses as the automobile industry grew. Officials also destroyed many buildings to make room for parking lots and paved over the street cars system.