Journey through the History of Detroit’s Cass Corridor

Jan. 16, 2012 - PRLog -- The newest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s popular Images of America series is Detroit’s Cass Corridor from local authors Armando Delicato and Elias Khalil. The book boasts more than 200 vintage photographs and memories of days gone by.

Welcome to the Cass Corridor, an area geographically bound by freeways and major thoroughfares, yet boundless in its rich history and influence. Since the French established the sleepy ribbon farms in the 1700s, the Cass Corridor has experienced a fascinating evolution.

Home to affluent gentry in the Victorian era, the area became the hub for automotive parts suppliers, film distribution and pharmaceuticals at the turn of the 20th century. The interwar period saw the area transition to a working-class neighborhood that descended into a slum. The Cass Corridor, however, redefined itself, Detroit and the nation as a home to the counterculture movement of the 1960s and 1970s. The corridor has long been a cradle of creativity that many renowned personalities called home, including Charles Lindbergh, Gilda Radner, Janis Joplin, Joni Mitchell, Marcus Belgrave and others.

Highlights of the book include:
•   The Victorian Era
•   Early 20th Century
•   Culture and Entertainment
•   Art and Revolution

Available at area bookstores, independent retailers, and online retailers, or through Arcadia Publishing at (888)-313-2665 or www.arcadiapublishing.com.  

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With more than 7,500 local history titles published to date, Arcadia Publishing is the leading publisher of local and regional history in the United States. Widely recognized sepia books feature hundreds of vintage historical images.