Editing Willow Run (section)

==== Parkridge Homes ====
[[File:Negro worker at Willow Run installs screws 8e11160v.jpg|thumb|African American worker at Willow Run, July 1942]]
In addition to the Willow Run Lodge and Village housing projects, another community named Parkridge Homes was also built in 1943 to house African-American Willow Run employees. Efforts to desegregate Willow Run Lodge and Village and build additional integrated housing were rebuffed by the Detroit Housing Commission and the [[National Housing Agency]],<ref>{{cite web |title=Michigan Humanities |url=https://www.michiganhumanities.org/heritage-grants-digital-portal/project/historic-parkridge-project/ |website=MIHumanities |access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref> so noted African-American architect [[Hilyard Robinson]] was contracted to design an 80-unit community.<ref>[https://www.michiganhumanities.org/wp-content/uploads/image009-382x300.jpg 80-unit community]</ref> The housing complex remained in use until 2016 as public housing when it was demolished and rebuilt with new modern units.<ref>{{cite web |title=Ypsilanti Housing Commission |url=https://www.ypsilantihc.org/communities |website=Ypsilanti Housing Commission |access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref> In May 2017, the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office recognized Parkridge Homes with the unveiling three historic markers signifying the importance to Ypsilanti history.<ref>{{cite web |title=Michigan Humanities |url=https://www.michiganhumanities.org/world-war-ii-parkridge-homes-receives-historical-marker-designation-may-5/ |website=MIHumanities |access-date=26 March 2020}}</ref>

Also constructed at this time was the Parkridge Community Center.