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WebThe current plans are to redevelop the hospital and sorrounding buildings into a mixed-use "creative commerce campus." Work is due to be completed by 2029. Herman Kiefer Health Complex was an early contagious diseases hospital on the north side of Detroit. The hospital closed permanently in 2013 and is currently vacant.

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WebDetroit Osteopathic Hospital was founded in 1919 on the corner of Highland and 3rd Streets. The hospital started out in a converted house with 38 beds donated by Mr. Phillip Gray, eventually moving into an adjacent house, before the first major expansion began in the mid 1930's. The 2-story Phillip Gray Memorial unit of the hospital was

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WebAt the west end of the street is a cul-de-sac with a stately, three story brick building gutted by fire and scrappers. Carved in stone over the door is "St. Luke's Hospital." St. Luke's dates back as far as the early 1850's. Though health care was still fairly primitive by today's standards, people were living longer lives, and there was an

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WebRenovation of the house into a suitable hospital was finished in 1944 at a cost of $100,000. Riverside Osteopathic Hospital, as it was named, was part of the Detroit Osteopathic Hospital network. On the occasion of its opening on July 8th, 1944, The Trenton Times noted that the hospital was equipped with "42 beds and bassinets and has

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WebGreater Detroit Hospital. North Detroit General Hospital, a 200-bed complex located in the Detroit suburb of Hamtramck was established in December of 1968. Consisting of two buildings on Carpenter Street, the hospital catered to local patients with a variety of ailments. By 1993, however, there was a surplus of available hospital beds in the

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WebNorthville Psychiatric Hospital. By the 1940’s, Michigan’s network of mental hospitals was overcrowded, aging, and inadequate. A new, modern facility was needed in southeast Michigan, and Northville – already the site of a hospital for “feeble children” – was chosen. Construction on Northville State Hospital, or NSH, started in the

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WebSouthwest Detroit Hospital, located on the corner of Michigan Avenue and 20th, was created by the merger of four nearby minority hospitals - Trumbull General, Delray General, Burton Mercy, and Boulevard General. It would serve over 200,000 residents of southwest Detroit, most of whom were Black, Arabic, or Hispanic.

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WebIt's an inauspicious end to the bold dream of Reverend Charles Arnold to offer low-cost, high-quality health care to those who needed it most. The Arnold Home on 7 Mile road was a mixed use hospital / senior care facility that ran from 1899 to 2004 before being abandoned. It was demolished in 2013.

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WebThe Lafayette Clinic was part of an ambitious plan by the State of Michigan to build a world-class mental health system in the 1950’s and 60’s. Located in downtown Detroit, the $3.68 million clinic would be at the forefront of new ways in treating psychiatric disorders. Rather than simply housing patients, the facility would serve as a

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WebEngine 27 / Ladder 8. As the southwest side of Detroit grew in the early 1900’s the need for fire coverage grew as well. Engine 27 opened in 1902 in a station designed by Malcolmson and Higginbotham on Junction at Rogers Street. Ladder 8 relocated to Engine 27 in 1928 after their station at Dix and Vinewood closed. Engine 27 was disbanded in

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WebThe Lafayette Clinic was a former mental health facility in downtown Detroit that closed in 1992 and reopened as a charter school.

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WebDetroit Hope Hospital. When it closed its doors for good in January of 2010,1 Detroit Hope Hospital was the last of its kind in Detroit – a hospital owned by minorities, which focused on the healthcare needs of minorities. Park Community. Dr. David Friedman, a graduate of Wayne State University, saw the need for such a hospital first hand at his family practice …

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WebThe training to become a member of the Detroit Fire Department is a long and difficult process. All the knowledge required to fight fires and save lives is fed to cadets over several months through classroom learning and practical exercises. The growth of the fire department in the 1910’s and 20’s resulted in the establishment of a

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WebIn yet another reversal of plans, a new developer decided to demolish the building and build a new residential development. Demolition began in December of 2018. Shapero Hall is the former college of pharmacy and health sciences at Wayne State University. It closed in 2000, and was demolished in 2018.

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WebThe new Detroit House of Correction, also known as DeHoCo for short, opened in 1931. DeHoCo actually consisted of several different units spread out over the farmland. The main prison complex, parts of which still remain today, was a maximum security unit for men. Across Five Mile Road was another smaller unit for women.

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WebThe Ingleside Club was a social club for wealthy Detroiters founded in 1915. As opposed to similar associations like the University Club, Ingleside was open to married men as well as their families. Early members included Henry Ford, C.M. Burton, and Charles Chadsey. Activities included golf outings, plays, lectures, social events, and tea.

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WebThe Eighth / Sixteenth precinct was a former Detroit Police Department station on the corner of Grand River and McNichols Road. It was built in the mid 1950's and originally covered the sixteenth precinct in the northwest corner of the city. Like most police stations built in the 1950's, the 16th had a lobby, offices, garage, firing range in

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WebThe 7th precinct of the Detroit Police Department was built on Mack and Elmwood Streets in 1959. The station, which replaced the Chene and Hunt Street precincts, cost $500,000 and was dedicated by Police Commissioner Herbert Hart on January 4th, 1960. 250 police officers and 23 detectives covered an area around Gratiot Avenue.

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Foster Elementary School / Detroit Police Crime Lab

WebThe former school building was nearly 50 years old in 2004 when voters approved a bond that included $20 million dollars in funding for a new crime lab. In April of 2008, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick announced that the city would be spending $17.5 million to built a new crime lab. “The men and woman of the Detroit Police Department deserve modern

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