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===Religion, entertainment, and cars===

The area around Woodward was once nicknamed "Piety Hill".<ref name=whitall/> There are 22&nbsp;[[Religious Structures of Woodward Avenue Thematic Resource|churches on the NRHP]] along the street in Detroit and Highland Park.<ref name=rswatr>{{cite web |author = National Park Service |date = January 23, 2007 |title = National Register Information System |url = http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html |work = [[National Register of Historic Places]] |publisher = National Park Service |access-date = July 17, 2012 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20101204052104/http://nrhp.focus.nps.gov/natreg/docs/All_Data.html |archive-date = December 4, 2010 }}</ref> According to ''[[The Detroit News]]'', the sounds of church bells and horse hooves were some of the most distinctive sounds on Sundays along Woodward Avenue in the early 20th century.<ref name=whitall/> The street was home to jazz clubs starting in the 1910s and 1920s, starting a period of transition.<ref name=whit/> During the 1940s, ministers lobbied for a law to prevent the issuance of additional liquor licenses in their neighborhood; the law was later overturned in 1950.<ref name=whitall/> Nightclubs along Woodward hosted a burgeoning music scene in the early days of rock 'n roll,<ref name=whit/> and the area also had plenty of bars and burlesque shows as late as the 1970s. One local journalist called the mix of churches, clubs, and bars along Woodward Avenue "a precarious balance between the sacred and the profane".<ref name=whitall/>