I also grew up in Detroit - Moved away when I was 22. I remember Stopel Park - probably 4-5 blocks away. On Saturday nights in the summer they had an old time band concert in a little bandstand - if the wind were just right I could hear them while sitting outside on the back porch. And block parties where they'd use those sawhorses and close off the street. It was the only time I was ever allowed to ride my bike in the street! Magical memories.