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If you’ve ever gotten directions from a metro-Detroiter, you have probably heard a ‘9 Mile’ or a ‘10 Mile Road’ mentioned. Or maybe even the most famous of them all: 8 Mile. But where did all these boring road names come from? And how did they become a kind of cultural shorthand in the region?
GUESTS:
Paul Sewick, amateur Detroit historian and part-time Lyft driver. Check out his blog Detroit Urbanism here.
Jeff Horner, professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at Wayne State University
Jamon Jordan, Detroit historian and lecturer in history at the University of Michigan Residential College.
Cover photo courtesy of the Archives of Michigan
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If you’ve ever gotten directions from a metro-Detroiter, you have probably heard a ‘9 Mile’ or a ‘10 Mile Road’ mentioned. Or maybe even the most famous of them all: 8 Mile. But where did all these boring road names come from? And how did they become a kind of cultural shorthand in the region?
GUESTS:
Paul Sewick, amateur Detroit historian and part-time Lyft driver. Check out his blog Detroit Urbanism here.
Jeff Horner, professor in the Department of Urban Studies and Planning at Wayne State University
Jamon Jordan, Detroit historian and lecturer in history at the University of Michigan Residential College.
Cover photo courtesy of the Archives of Michigan
Want to submit a question to On Hand? Do it here:
Online Submission Form
Call us: 734-764-7840
Email us: [email protected]
If you like what you hear on the pod, consider supporting our work: michiganpublic.org/podfund
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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