Editing Willow Run (section)

====Willow Run Lodge and Village====

The resulting housing complexes were built in several different groups. Willow Run Lodge<ref>[https://4253ecb7-a-62cb3a1a-s-sites.googlegroups.com/site/willowrunvillage/history/villagebbbbuilding2.png?attachauth=ANoY7cpaW3bj4T3ZicfI1oifR09-7W-uKoOgPh8GWMRr33vF-Hru1elonz8BVyHo5NRuY7yGvP9Njn_zl6GnkXg_XntTYv3z-izroc-TBqSSR2I2QKXkAPaqafPK47NikJsxTELipR0viOGNj6mSk4kxpQkKNzvo-I5OxmIWDd8xXRYZcObCAfOqOuD_ZzbRO46KeYwpO_Csj3n7woaPVXHa3xe9br3MvkX7m7_Z9jUvNn2-Pz1AaNp_PiHB--hNfygo-1kDDsT5&attredirects=0 Willow Run Lodge]</ref> was a series of dormitories for single people and was built on the land north of Michigan Avenue and south of Geddes Road. This covered 90 parcels of land<ref>[https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/371834 90 parcels of land]</ref> totaling {{convert|2641|acre|ha}}.<ref name=Wilson-StoryWR>{{cite book|last=Wilson|first=Marion F.|title=The Story of Willow Run|year=1956|publisher=University of Michigan Press|location=Ann Arbor|page=138 |isbn=978-1-135-52950-5}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Wilson|first=Marion F. |title=History of the original Willow Run Village |website=Willow Run Village |url=https://sites.google.com/site/willowrunvillage/history |date=1956 |via=[[Google Sites]]}}</ref>

In February 1943, the first dormitory (Willow Run Lodge) opened, consisted of fifteen buildings containing 1,900 rooms, some single- and others double-occupancy, with room for 3,000 people. Between June and December 1943, construction was completed on temporary "flat-top" buildings providing homes for 2,500 families. This section was known as Willow Run Village.<ref>[https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/371837#slide=gs-291177 Willow Run Village]</ref> The flat-tops contained four, six, or eight apartments with one, two, or three bedrooms.<ref name=Wilson-StoryWR />

Also in the Willow Run Village were the West Court<ref>[https://www.thehenryford.org/collections-and-research/digital-collections/artifact/371833#slide=gs-242335 West Court]</ref> buildings, with peaked rooftops and space for couples or three adults. Of the 1,000 apartments in West Court, some had no bedrooms and were called "zero bedroom" apartments, and the rest had one bedroom. The first of these apartments were ready for occupancy in August 1943. Another large dormitory project, containing 1,960 rooms and known as West Lodge, was also ready for tenants at that time.<ref name=Wilson-StoryWR />

By the end of 1943 there were six different temporary projects in the vicinity of Willow Run: two dormitory projects, two trailer projects (one renting trailers, and another for privately owned trailers; each with community laundry, shower, and toilet facilities), and two projects with apartments for couples or families, West Court and the Village. Between them, there was a shelter for more than 15,000 people, roughly the number of people living in [[Ypsilanti]] at the time.<ref name=Wilson-StoryWR />