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Detroit-Conant Gardens - Fully furnished large
upper 1 bedroom condo for lease. Close to Schools and downtown. Separate dining
room. Balcony overlooks gardens and lovely courtyard. Includes everything a
renter could need other than personal items.
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About Conant Gardens
Conant Gardens is located on the East Side of Detroit along east 7 Mile Road.
The neighborhood is unusual in that it was originally built and owned by African
Americans, starting in the 1910s. The original owner of the property, Schubael
Conant, was an abolitionist. In the 1840s, he removed the racially restrictive
covenants which prevented land from being sold to African Americans. Similar
covenants prevented African Americans from buying land in much of the rest of
the city until the late 1940s. Nonetheless, the neighborhood was originally
intended as an area for white collar employees of the Ford Motor Company to
settle. This plan was never put into action, and a large influx of African
Americans after World War I helped make the neighborhood primarily black.