North End, Detroit

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The North End, sometimes written Northend, is a neighborhood in central Detroit, Michigan. It is located along the Woodward Corridor, an avenue stretching from Downtown to Pontiac that is often referred to as the city's main street. It is a mixed neighborhood with some very good housing, for example, on Arden Park Boulevard, but also large tracts of low income, and as of 2014, abandoned housing.The North End's boundaries are generally defined as East Grand Boulevard to the south, Woodward Avenue to the west and I-75 (Chrysler Freeway) to the east. While its northern border is sometimes defined as Euclid Street, more generally it extends to the border of Highland Park, between Webb and Woodland Streets.HistoryThe North End was originally part of Hamtramck Township but was annexed by the City of Detroit in 1891. Along with the rest of Detroit, it experienced a cultural and economic boom in the 1920s and 1930s, due to the success of the automotive industry, and the district continued to experience growth. Many Motown musicians came from the North End, including Smokey Robinson, Diana Ross, the Four Tops, and Aretha Franklin.

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North End, Detroit is Detroit based place and this enity listed in Neighborhood category.