Southwest Detroit Was Originally Springwells Township (With Lots Of Maps)
Southwest Detroit and Springwells are suddenly in the forefront of conversation again, thanks to this Metro Times article diving into the work that a group called Urban Neighborhood Initiatives (UNI) and some others are doing in a part of Southwest Detroit. We at Daily Detroit found it interesting that the neighborhood name was something “most of its own residents have never heard of.” Part of pride in a neighborhood is to know its history. We haven’t shared until now because it’s not been ver...