Highland Park, Industrial city in Wayne County, Michigan
Highland Park is a municipality entirely within the borders of Detroit, with Woodward Avenue running as the main north-south route through the area. The streets form a grid with older residential blocks, parks, and vacant factory buildings along the main roads.
The founding as a separate city took place in 1918, after factory workers filled the place with life during the 1910s. The plant where the Model T rolled off the line drove the rapid growth before production moved to other locations in the late 1920s.
The houses and streets still carry traces of the time when car factories drew thousands of workers who filled neighborhoods with simple brick homes and small shops. Many empty lots and wide sidewalks show how the place has changed since the industrial years.
Arrival is through Woodward Avenue or the Davison Freeway, both easily reached from Detroit and running through the entire city area. Visitors should expect a slow pace as many areas are open and thinly populated.
Though the place is enclosed by a large city, it has its own post office, its own trash collection, and its own mayor. Addresses carry no suffix like Detroit, only the name of this municipality.
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