Neighborhood boundaries have been fraught in Detroit and many different entities have come up with their own lines whether that is a community association with a historic track record, nonprofits launching new programs, or even the City’s Department of Neighborhoods naming every neighborhood.
The fact of the matter in Detroit is that there has been very limited community engagement when it comes to defining neighborhoods and more residents need access to the tools to define their own neighborhoods for themselves.
Frischkorn or Fishkorn or Fiskhorn or Fiskorn
Only one of these neighborhood names is correct. Ephraim Smith Frischkorn (b.1882 – d.1956) was a land developer and home builder for 42 years. His companies: the Frischkorn Real Estate Company and the Frischkorn Construction […]
Swill Point or The Point
Swill Point is an intriguing neighborhood name that first appears in Clarence Burton’s 1884 “A History of Detroit and its Environs.” The physical area where Swill Point was no longer exists as it did in […]
Chinatown
Detroit no longer has a Chinatown, but historically has had two different locations referred to as Chinatown. In the early days of 1900s Detroit, Chinese immigrants set up businesses along West Jefferson Avenue near the […]
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