Eight Mile Road | Detroit Historical Society
The notion of Eight Mile as Detroit’s dividing line was catapulted into the national spotlight through local rapper Eminem’s hit film 8 Mile. Drawing from his own trailer park childhood near Eight Mile Road, Eminem tells the tale of a white kid’s efforts to break into a rap career.
M-102 (Michigan highway) - Wikipedia
M-102 is an east–west state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs along the northern boundary of Detroit following 8 Mile Road. The highway follows the Michigan Baseline, a part of the land survey of the state, and the roadway is also called Base Line Road in places.
Detroit And Its Infamous 8 Mile Rd
Jan 11, 2018 · In 1805, when Augustus Woodward laid out Detroit’s spanking-new city plan, he climbed a giant rock at the highest point in the city. From there he laid out plans that would span miles in every direction, with each major road to be one mile further north from that single point.
Built to keep Black from white: The story behind Detroit’s ...
Jul 19, 2021 · It slices through the Eight-Mile Wyoming neighborhood, just below Eight Mile Road, Detroit’s storied northern border. The concrete barrier runs in an alley behind residents’ homes. The east side was originally a black neighborhood, …
Lose Yourself in this Detroit map of ‘8 Mile’ filming ...
Jan 10, 2020 · The former A&L Mobile Home Park was transformed into "8 Mile Mobile Court" for the film. Rabbit moves back in with his mom here after a break up with a girlfriend. 20785 Schultes Avenue, Warren...
8 Mile Road is eight miles from where? - Michigan Public
Oct 17, 2014 · To some it might seem obvious – 8 Mile Road is eight miles from Detroit's riverfront, right? Wrong. So where does the mile road system start? Where is mile zero? Why aren't miles one through six called One through Six Mile in Detroit?
Detroit's Eight Mile / Wyoming Neighborhood: Stories Untold
Apr 8, 2024 · The Eight Mile / Wyoming area, nestled south of Eight Mile Road and west of Livernois Avenue, is a unique neighborhood with an incredibly rich history. It is the oldest Black neighborhood in Northwest Detroit where over 1,000 African Americans purchased former farmland and built homes and community from 1900 to 1920.
See ‘8 Mile’ people and places 20 years later [PHOTOS]
Nov 8, 2022 · Twenty years ago, Eminem's 8 Mile gave the world a cinematic look into Detroit's hip-hop culture.
Eight Mile Road and the 8 Mile Boulevard Association
Eight Mile Road has been the frontline of racial tension in Detroit, and its health has been indicative of the health of Detroit throughout its history. A parade of firetrucks drives down Eight Mile Road in the 1960s, demonstrating the liveliness of the road before the 1970s.
Borderline: The Story of 8 Mile Road | Detroit Historical Society
Mar 8, 2015 · No other road in Michigan evokes a response like the one you get when you mention 8 Mile. From adult entertainment venues and the neighborhood groups that battle them, to storefront preachers and the homeless people to which they minister, 8 Mile remains our area’s most notorious boundary.