  220hendrie1910 Member Username: 220hendrie1910 Post Number: 59 Registered: 02-2006 |
The block around Flower Court, to the south of Perrien Park, has had a bad year or two... Then: http://maps.google.ca/maps?z=1 8&ll=42.364535,-83.038796&spn= 0.00243,0.003637&t=k Now: http://maps.live.com/default.a spx?v=2&cp=42.364535~-83.03879 6&style=o&lvl=2&tilt=-90&dir=0 &alt=-1000&scene=5643122 Seemingly intact buildings have vanished without a trace, and several facing Forest Avenue have been torched. One blaze seems to have burned a number of big healthy trees to a crisp. This is making me wonder how recent Google Maps' aerial photos really are. Unusually observant in Ottawa. | ||
Ordinary Member Username: Ordinary Post Number: 100 Registered: 06-2006 |
I drive by there all the time. It is such a bizarre neighborhood. Couldn't open the maps but that area has been looking pretty rough lately. | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 76 Registered: 07-2005 |
220hendrie1910: Go here to see the aerial photograph of that once vibrant area of Detroit back in 1949. http://techtools.culma.wayne.e du/media/wayne/1949/ha-3-147.p df | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 77 Registered: 07-2005 |
Here is the same location Hendrie1910 as photographed in 1949. Northeastern High School is in the upper right corner. http://txqa.com/img/perrienpar k.jpg | ||
Ordinary Member Username: Ordinary Post Number: 102 Registered: 06-2006 |
Thanks, Where do you guys find this stuff? | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 78 Registered: 07-2005 |
Actually Google and some links I saw posted on this fantastic board. I sure miss Detroit - always will. | ||
Scottr Member Username: Scottr Post Number: 146 Registered: 07-2006 |
it's kind of a toss up as to whose (ms or google) has the newer pictures. in much (if not all) of detroit, it seems ms has very recent pictures - for example, the new mgm grand is in there, while it is not in google's aerials. however, other areas ms has ancient photos, like my area, taken in 1998, whereas google has pictures taken in 2006. in any case, it's actually nice to be able to jump between them and see the changes over time, so i can't complain too much, except that i wish it actually stated somewhere the date the pictures were taken, rather than inferring it from what has changed | ||
Quozl Member Username: Quozl Post Number: 79 Registered: 07-2005 |
Scottr, that link to WSU is great for old maps. Detroit Edison sure did a great job getting their service area photographed from 1949. I love looking at my Grandpa's old farm between 9 and 10 mile and Evergreen and Southfield. He was pressured to sell it so he finally developed it himself in the late 50's and early 60's. He even named a street after me...Philip Drive, as I was his oldest grandson. Gramps lived on Noel Drive though many family names and states where he lived are all through the neighborhood. |
