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Ron_saad
April-02-09, 05:15 PM
Here we go again.
JVLIVS
April-02-09, 07:40 PM
Perhaps. I remember in the 80s Alter ended at that old dirt road that used to go straight through in to Grosse Pointe Park. In either '90, or '91 it was cut off and bridged southwest into the trailer park which has in recent years been converted into a nice fishing spot-I haven't been there since Summer '04, so I have no idea how it is now.
mauser
April-03-09, 07:00 PM
scraped clean years ago.
Gistok
April-03-09, 09:35 PM
It went the way of the Naval Hospital.... long gone...
Dfd
April-07-09, 11:09 PM
Go to google maps and type this in.

14702 Riverside Blvd Detroit, MI
mauser
April-09-09, 06:21 PM
Heres video from the park before it was scraped.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=js0Lzb8cGHs&feature=channel_page
Crystal
April-09-09, 07:33 PM
Go to google maps and type this in.

14702 Riverside Blvd Detroit, MI

Also try the bird's eye view on maps.live.com.
gnome
April-10-09, 07:16 AM
I always heard that the family that owned the GP News owned the trailer park, that's why you never read about it in the paper. Don't know if that is true or not. That bait shop/boat shop across the street from the Trailer Park was an interesting place to sit and watch the antics.

A lot of people refer to 8 mile as being a dividing line between rich and poor, but a better example is Alter Road. I swear it seems that you can have an overcast day in Detroit, but cross Alter and the sun starts shining.
mauser
April-10-09, 07:42 AM
I always heard that the family that owned the GP News owned the trailer park.

Hmm. That is pretty interesting, Im going to ask around about that. Hahaha ! Nice bit of dirty laundry there.
pgn421
April-10-09, 07:52 AM
Butch Edgar, who owend the trailer park, did own the gp news. It was a nice place to live. I had a trailer there. Lots of nice people resided there.
PurpleHeart
April-11-09, 07:43 AM
And don't forget....

Make a right turn and another right onto ASHLE'S HILL!

Flew my (mother's) car off there so many times I broke the frame rail... rofl
HPGrmln
April-11-09, 09:06 AM
The Free Press ran a story on the trailer park when they first starting clearing it away. The made it sound like an oasis in the middle of the big city.....a modest, quiet waterfront community. Thats not how one typically describes a mobile home park.They interviewed a few residents and detailed their sadness and concerns about having to leave. Seems like a wate to clear it out with no immediate plans for the site.