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Woodlawn is only two blocks long, one to each side of Packard Street. The 900 block, west of Packard, is somewhat of a unique area - student rentals begin to dominate a block north, on Dewey Street, and the moderately yupscale Lower Burns Park neighborhood starts a block south, on Granger Street, but Woodlawn belongs to neither of these, and its eclectic architecture stands apart from the large historic homes a block in either direction.

One explanation heard for Woodlawn's neither-one-nor-the-other status is that, in the 1940s, the street was one of the few places in Ann Arbor where black families were legally allowed to own a home. A gap between established neighborhoods, the block was developed with whatever homes these residents could afford, with some homes still inhabited by the families that built them.

The 1000 block of Woodlawn, running north-east from Packard, is not so notable, appearing to be simply a peripheral part of the Burns Park neighborhood.