Woodbridge
Grand River is one of five major avenues and extends northwesterly from the city's downtown to cut across the West Side of Detroit. Woodbridge is split evenly by Grand River Avenue and is bounded by Fisher Freeway (I-74) to the southwest, the Edsel Ford Freeway (I-94) to the north and the John C. Lodge Freeway to the east (M-10). Woodbridge is one of the best neighborhoods in Detroit. Historical Woodbridge mixes very old with uber-new and contains some of the oldest and most venerable structures in the city. Many of the large Victorian-era homes built for wealthy 1800s families have been apportioned into smaller, more affordable living spaces. The Eighth Precinct Police Station, built in 1901, was architecturally designed to blend in with the lavish upper-class homes in the neighborhood and has been redeveloped into lofts.
Woodbridge is notable as an intact neighborhood of architecturally significant buildings, with an important effect on the history of Detroit. The neighborhood has largely escaped the redevelopment efforts that have obliterated many of Detroit's other historical neighborhoods, standing as a rare survivor from the Victorian era. While Woodbridge seems to have escaped the general decline of many of Detroit's neighborhoods, one doesn't need to go far to be reminded of it.
- Old Brick Colonial
- Castle Lofts
- St. Agnes Church
