Local coverage
Project conversations across Troy and Oakland County.
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Rochester
Rochester's history as Oakland County's first European settlement goes back to about 1818, and its housing stock reflects that -- construction spans from the 1869 village-era core through decades of infill that followed the 1967 city charter.
Local planning notes →Rochester Hills
Rochester Hills organized as Avon Township around 1835, and its housing ranges from that older rural-era stock to dense subdivisions built later around the Rouge River's headwaters in the city's southwest corner.
Local planning notes →Royal Oak
Royal Oak's population exploded from about 1,000 in 1910 to roughly 23,000 by 1930 after its 1921 incorporation, and a large share of its housing dates to exactly that boom, built before modern vapor-barrier standards existed.
Local planning notes →Birmingham
Birmingham's downtown traces to an 1818 settlement and its 1930 Grand Trunk Western Railroad Depot, meaning the city's housing spans pre-war construction downtown alongside decades of later infill.
Local planning notes →Clawson
Clawson incorporated as a village in 1921 and a city in 1940, and most of its housing stock dates to roughly that window -- a compact, densely built community that reached its current population without much room left to expand.
Local planning notes →Madison Heights
Madison Heights incorporated in 1955 on land farmed since Royal Oak Township organized in 1833, and its housing stock reflects a single fast wave of postwar construction rather than an older downtown core.
Local planning notes →Auburn Hills
Auburn Hills didn't incorporate until 1983, and its most rapid building era followed close behind the Palace of Auburn Hills (1988) and the Chrysler Technology Center and Headquarters complex (1993-1996).
Local planning notes →Berkley
Berkley has stayed close to its original 2.39-square-mile footprint since incorporating in 1932, packing over 15,000 residents into one of the more tightly built communities inside Oakland County's ring of older suburbs.
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