Pol Town News Today

Was not easy for the residents of pol town, an old polish neighborhood in detroit who had to watch their homes, businesses and churches be destroyed to make room for a new general motors assembly plant. today this is what remains of pol town, old neighbors dont stand in the way of new factories in this economically troubled see. >> despite the outrage of demolition of pol town, the plant created thousands of jobs in what was an economically depressed area. it had a significant impact on the auto...

Several communities in the united states and canada are trying to figure out what comes next after general motors, the worlds largest carmaker, announced it was closing five plants and shedding more than 14,000 jobs, two of them are in the detroit area. one is the detroit hamtramck assembly plant located on the border between detroit and the suburb of hamtramck. this was a 4.1 million square foot facility. it could cause bitterness in the area not just because of the number of jobs lost but the ...