Detroit Now & Then: A Changing Cityscape
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Woodward Avenue Businesses, 1915 and 2013

This stretch of Woodward Avenue between midtown and downtown still has a wide array of businesses. Though the streetcar visible in the older picture is long gone, a new streetcar line is planned for Woodward Avenue.

Original photo: 1915, Courtesy of the Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library
Newer photo: August, 2013