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Irish immigrants settled Detroit’s Corktown, one of Detroit’s oldest neighborhoods, in the 1840s. Most of their shotgun homes are still occupied today and many of the commercial buildings have served the community for decades. The neighborhood, once exclusively Irish, has also been historically important to Detroit’s German, Maltese and Mexican populations. Today Corktown is a diverse mix of African Americans, Hispanics, working-class people of various backgrounds and a growing population of young urban pioneers, w
ith the Irish Plaza on Sixth Street honoring the city’s Irish pioneers and their 600,000 descendents currently living in the region.
Author, Armando Delicato (Italians In Detroit), a retired teacher of history and a media specialist, discusses this subject through The Detroit Historical Society’s Author Series on Wednesday, March 10 from 6-8p.m. at The Detroit Historical Museum.
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The cost of the event is free for Detroit Historical Society members and $10 for the public. For more information or to register for the event, please call (313) 833-1801 or visit www. detroithistorical.org.
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