Poletown East, Detroit
human settlement in Detroit, Michigan, United States of America
Poletown East is a neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan, bordering the enclave city of Hamtramck. The area was named after the Polish immigrants who originally lived in the area. A portion of residential area known as Poletown became the General Motors Detroit/Hamtramck Assembly plant in 1981 with those residents relocated by General Motors and the cities of Detroit and Hamtramck which claimed eminent domain in order to make way for a new automobile plant.
Geography
The boundaries of Poletown East as defined by the city's planning and development department sets the statistical neighborhood's boundaries as I-94 and the city of Hamtramck's southern boundary to the north, I-75 to the west, Warren Avenue to the south, and Mt. Elliot Street to the east.
West of St. Aubin and south of I-94, as well as well as the area north of I-94 between St. Aubin and Mt. Elliott, are industrial in nature. The area bound by St.
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