Detroit master plan : the official comprehensive plan for the development and improvement of Detroit as approved by the Mayor and the Common Council. - Detroit (Mich.). City Plan Commission (Detroit : City Plan Commission, City of Detroit, 1951)
Preface -- Introduction -- Land use -- Public education -- Recreation -- Public service facilities -- Trafficways -- Redevelopment & public housing -- Civic center, cultural center & riverfront.
Includes a "Generalized plan": Land use generalized plan (1 folded map) between pages 2 and 3.
"[T]he Master Plan for Detroit is a set of long-range, integrated plans and programs, prepared by the municipality and formally adopted by its administrative and legislative authorities, to provide for the physical development and improvement of the city within its present legal limits. Based on a careful appraisal of the social needs and economic resources, it furnishes a basic pattern for the guidance of normal change and growth within the city's legal and financial capacity"--Leaf B
"With the publication of this report, the City Plan Commission presents the Master Plan for the City of Detroit in one convenient volume for the information and guidance of those public officials and private citizens concerned with the improvement and development of Detroit"--Leaf A
At head of subtitle: Plans for a finer city; published in 1951, Detroit's 250th anniversary.
Mode of access: Internet.
CLARK, c.2: From the Fred Ruffner Collection.
Keywords: City planning; Urban renewal; Urban renewal -- Michigan -- Detroit; City planning -- Michigan -- Detroit; Michigan -- Detroit; v -- Comprehensive plans