I visited the house in Glen Park that my …

03 May, 2025

I visited the house in Glen Park that my great-grandmother Louise rented in the 1950s and ’60s, after she left Detroit and separated from my great-grandfather Silvio. In the 1960s, my grandmother also lived there with her kids—my dad and my aunt—after her husband left her.

A light lavender house with plants in front sits on a steep street. A residential neighborhood is set against a backdrop of sprawling cityscape and distant hills under a partly cloudy sky. Tall, spiky plants stand in the foreground with a scenic view of a suburban area and distant hills in the background. A residential street corner features a yellow building with an orange garage, surrounded by trees and colorful shrubs. A quiet neighborhood street with colorful houses, stop signs, and distant hills under a clear sky. Red succulents are growing between the sidewalk and a curb with a yellow tactile paving surface.

Bryan Robb

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