The Detroit times., 1915-05-15
|TROIT FINDS
NEW AVENUE
OF EXPANSION
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4 ooy see or learn OF the recent de
Z Uoopmcuts The present impetus Was
!. ! some measure forecasted ate last
nj; but the present northwest en-.
4 busiasp and what viii be- accom-
dtshed through the season new "a
sand. will constitute a most remark
sbIe feature OF the eity's growth
frcm Detroit city limits 20 the
OWn OF BEDFORD and hey ond, on
stther side Of the arrow-siroisai.
oacrtte.peved Grand River highWaN
b. land In already plated ga SUD.
Missions, lots are being rapidly sold
md houses are going ua ~
~ady some subdivision operator
sss cold ont. ami are mourning he
Act that there II no more acreage
q be had within what the' consider
q good distance. on either sIde -
3sand River
No Matter OF Vain Bossttn9.
lest a few weeks ago there re-
surped 10 Detroit a man who had
hen familiar with this city some ten
roors ago. Almost the frst tang hr
III was 10 take a ride pp Wood
vardAve. That street !rom Grand
Circus Park north 10 he Boulevard
lad been 10 him one OF he world :
wonder spots. and an occasion 81
3eHght In remembrance, wherever
q had gone he had thrilled with
Real pride as men In other cities
had told him that WoodNard-aVe
was one Of the most noteworthy city
streets of the world Bul when ifis
returning De;roiter. after lors a..
sepce OF years. again saw Woodward
eve. FOR The first time. he vas d.
mayc0. As he rode up Woodward
hs kept repeating TO those with
him. III il crime. " Is crime
The change that has been wrought
blasted one OF the fondcst nsmaFie>
she man has had IN All his years
sway from the city But the man TO
vliom the transformation ~ Wood
ward. from an pnrivalled residence
street to hustiinS business sec
tim. had appealed as crime. u
already in some measure reconciied.
Ne Joints ont that the change %as
Inevitable IL Detroit II 20 70 on into
the metropolitan era that is 80 sure.
n beckon!ng 10 H. says this returned
uotruiter. Not alone the old Wood.
~ rd-ave. il dead. but the whole 81
"a Detroit as knew II Is dead as
we'll. But though the old Detroit j.
1iexd. ont OF It's ashes Is rising diff
fefenf and newer city than We Of
the past had ever dreamed Eigh'
now n Is plain 20 me that Detroit is
- the midst of one Of those stages
q growth that lead surely TO a met.
fucolitan city"
T'his disgressiop "a N Woodward
ave. may seem TO have led from the
main theme of this discussion. but
that In hardly SO. Consideration was
u the prospect OF suburban develop
uaeut for Detroit. and the woodward
are. situation was merely offered in
evidence that tae time Is right AT
hand When city growth. 81 necessity
muet force what may be termed the
f0asIcmerate CITY. OF man. suburban
settlements. a. contrasted with the
ola. wholly unified city, wherein all
tl,c flrst families dwelt on "Main-st-, :"
% 10 speak
Suburban DEVELOPMENT
90 Il II. the era OF suburban de-
yelopment for Detroit is right al
hand. Conditions 10 the northwest
OF the city are u.ost encouraging Tor
fuch development. The reasons are
apparent and not far 20 seek They
are not the subtle reasons OF the
nimble wiited promoter, but. on the
ether hand. Just such reasons Ias
n,ust appeal strongly to tho average
person when he comes 10 give some
study 10 the situation. First. az
already Indicated. Grand River is a
cord, broad highway leading out
through most engaging section of
the city Secondly there is no sec
ttcn abou, Detroit where oppor-
tunity for suburban development
40 abounds. within easy. strik.
Ing distance OF the business
center OF the city. as out
Grand River way The point ont
Grand River where the street cars
trrn back 10 the CITY, II relatively.
.rst about as far from the ciiy hall
as the Intersection Of Woods ward
ave. and Chicaso-hivd The oppor.
tunity for suburban development -
tire north has long since disappeared
far over the northern horizon To
the northwest. however. the open
country and opportunity for subur.
ban development Is right az hand and
bsckons most engagingly. A third
reason why conditions are so invi'.
inr 10 the northwest OF the city u
the high and otherwise engaging as
poets Of the land Out 'he Grand
River highwsy lies the highes, point
about the city This height insures
scod drainage and = character Of
sou upon which people Ike 70 build
their homes SO II IL that easy and
quick access 10 the heart NJ the city.
along an inviting way join with
ideal Typographical conditions 10 al.
tract growth to the northwest - the
city. Another pertinent fact in this
connection Is that. "a yet. prices
have not scared beyond the reach Of
average buyers
There is all kind ot opportunity