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Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects

1955 establishments in Michigan2014 disestablishments in MichiganAfrican-American history in DetroitBuildings and structures demolished in 2014Demolished buildings and structures in Detroit
Public housing in DetroitResidential buildings completed in 1955
Fredrick Douglass Housing Project Towers 2010
Fredrick Douglass Housing Project Towers 2010

The Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects (officially named the Frederick Douglass Homes, and alternately named Frederick Douglass Projects, Frederick Douglass Apartments, Brewster-Douglass Homes, and Brewster-Douglass Projects) were the largest residential housing project owned by the city of Detroit. It was located in the Brush Park section on the east side of Detroit, Michigan, United States, near the Chrysler Freeway, Mack Avenue and St. Antoine Street. The housing project is named after Brewster Street, which ran through the area, and Frederick Douglass, African American abolitionist, author, and reformer. It was demolished in phases between 2003 and 2014. The complex was home to such notable figures as Diana Ross, Mary Wilson, Florence Ballard, Lily Tomlin, Loni Love, and Etterlene DeBarge, during their early years.

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