A phrase used by historian Olivier Zunz to describe Detroit in the 1920s. It refers to the mix of industry and single-family homes that filled the city.
The Dodge plant at Dequindre and Grand Blvd in 1929.Zunz, Olivier. The Changing Face of Inequality.
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