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Jeffries Projects

1953 establishments in MichiganBuildings and structures demolished by controlled implosionBuildings and structures demolished in 1997Buildings and structures demolished in 2001Demolished buildings and structures in Detroit
Public housing in DetroitResidential buildings completed in 1953Urban decay in the United States

The Jeffries Homes, also called the Jeffries Housing Projects, was a public housing project located in Detroit, Michigan, near the Lodge Freeway. It included 13 high-rises and hundreds of row house units, and was named for Detroit Recorder's Court Judge Edward J. Jeffries, Sr., who was also father of Detroit Mayor Edward J. Jeffries, Jr.

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Jeffries Projects
John C Lodge Freeway, Detroit Midtown

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48201 Detroit, Midtown
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