Talk:Harper Woods, Michigan

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"East Detroit changed its name to Eastpointe for similar reasons, at great expense and with no positive result."

Yet according to the Eastpointe article...

"The city changed its name to 'Eastpointe' after a vote in 1992; the name change had been proposed to reduce its association with the adjacent city of Detroit, and the "-pointe" is intended to associate the city with the exclusive communities of the Grosse Pointes. One effect of changing the city's name was a dramatic rise in property values."

Perhaps someone could find a source supporting one of these assertions, and change both documents to reflect it.

Semi-protection?
I have seen a lot of vandalism of this article and think it may require semi-protection. -- allen四names 02:22, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Sorry for the vandalism on this page. I am a teacher in the area, and wanted to show my students that Wikipedia information is vulnerable and should not always be trusted as fact. My students had no idea that anyone could edit information on Wikipedia, and they believed the "facts" that they found here could be completely trusted. To prove the point, we added frivolous information to the page. So while I am sorry for the "vandalism" on this page, I believe it got the point across to the students. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.61.161.227 (talk) 02:40, 22 October 2009 (UTC)

Naming
The article states two reasons for the name of the city, but according to all of the historic maps I've seen, Harper Woods was nearly fully developed by the 30's and 40's. If I had to guess the "woods" addition to the name was probably meant to tie it closer with neighboring Grosse Pointe Woods than for it being wooded at the time of incorporation in 1951. If someone can find some kind of citation for that fact, that'd be great. Otherwise, it simply make sense that the name was given for Harper Avenue (which is the central road). --Criticalthinker (talk) 02:37, 9 October 2011 (UTC)


 * I don't see two reasons. Walter Romig's Michigan Place Names corroborates the version given here. The full entry reads:
 * "HARPER WOODS, Wayne County: first settled by Caspar Salter in 1850; the first plat was recorded in 1920 and was called Manchester Park; other subdivisions followed, but the 1929 Depression brought the area back to virtual wilderness; but in 1934, the subdividers began again, and a solid, home-owning community developed; in 1949, it was renamed from its being in a heavily wooded area and from its then main thoroughfare, Harper Avenue, which begins in Detroit and was named in 1874 for Walter Harper, founder of Harper Hospital in Detroit; incorporated as a city in 1951."


 * It is possible that historic maps might show the land as platted, not as actually developed. older ≠ wiser 02:55, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
 * This page from the city web site is what is apparently referenced in the article. older ≠ wiser 03:00, 9 October 2011 (UTC)
 * I won't protest any further since it's what their website says, but the line "According to the city's website" has to be removed and an actual citation/reference put into its place since websites change, and it's not really much of a source. --Criticalthinker (talk) 01:39, 15 October 2011 (UTC)

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