Sugar Hill Historic District (Detroit, Michigan)

Infobox_nrhp | name =Sugar Hill Historic District
nrhp_type = hd

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caption = Garfield Street, looking east from Woodward. The building to the left is the Garfield Building; the DMC is in the background.
location= Detroit, Michigan
lat_degrees = 42
lat_minutes = 21
lat_seconds = 16
lat_direction = N
long_degrees = 83
long_minutes = 3
long_seconds = 40
long_direction = W
locmapin = Michigan
area =
built =1946
architect= Cooper, T.W.,
architecture= Beaux Arts, Early Commercial
added = March 03, 2003
governing_body = Local
refnum=03000068cite web|url=http://www.nr.nps.gov/|title=National Register Information System|date=2008-04-15|work=National Register of Historic Places|publisher=National Park Service]

The Sugar Hill Historic District is an historic district in Detroit, Michigan. It is located along three streets: East Forest, Garfield, and East Canfield, between Woodward Avenue on the west and John R. on the east.

History

Starting in the 1940s, urban renewal in Detroit forced the African-American community living near downtown to move northward. [http://www.ci.detroit.mi.us/legislative/boardscommissions/historicdesignationboard/Newsletters/newswinter6-2.pdf "The Foundation," Quarterly Newsletter of the Detroit Historic Commission] , Winter 2003] The area east of Woodward where the Detroit Medical Center now stands became the center of the entertainment district. The patchwork of buildings between Woodward and John R. is all that remains of the area, except the wannabe hippy slumlords.

The Garfield Building stands at the corner of Woodward and Garfield in the center of the district, as does the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit.

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