I remembered you saying that, so I posted that one for you. Jack, the Lum's is yours.
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I noticed a bunch of bars in there and the Regina Yearbooks. I swear, if they would have paid enough, the nuns would have let strip joints advertise. They one time rented out the auditorium to Dick Gregory and Jane Fonda for a anti-Viet Nam rally. To give them credit, I believe they thought it was Dick Gregory the comedian.
Wasn't there a Weinstein's That sold electronics and jewelry on the southwest corner of Houston/Whittier [[that would have been across the street from Pape's).
.....But for the life of me that gift shop on the corner of Moross and Kelly [[next to Jason's bakery on Moross and next to JB barber shop on Kelly) didn't have a name....It was always refered to as "The Gift Shop". The name Pape's just doesn't ring a bell. If EB says so it's Pape's till proven other wise. .....Is this going to be the next great mystery? Was it indeed Pape's?
No, we already ascertained that Pape's was on HW. Was it an Italian name? Bonaldi's rings a bell, but I think that may have been in East Detroit.
I have gone through everything I have that may have that gift shop's name on it - will look for my 75 Denby yearbook tonight. Z, any idea if you may have a St. Jude Calendar with an ad in it? As I remember, it was Pape's House of Gifts on Whittier. Man, I can remember all those lamps in there and never wanting to go in for fear of knocking something down. Could it have been Maloof's?
Maloof was originally at 14423 Mack.
There was the Saphire Gift Shop - 'Gifts of Unusual Distinction': 12446 Morang, which was next to Lombardi Foods, which was across the street from Terrace Dining and Cocktail Lounge.
How about a great burger and chili at the Rosewood Lounge on Kelly, which was near the Treble Cleff music store.
The 7_and_Kelly_Kid had access to JB's barber shop via the back door. Use to hang out there while the kid swept the floor and straightend up. We should have been more attentive to the back door traffic of the neighboring bussinesses. There must have been more action in that area than George loading up the van for beer deliveries.:)
That alley's changed somewhat too from what I remember.
Did someone say the owner of the gift shop in question owned the whole block of stores? Just can't find an ad for them anywhere. If only their name was on a book of matches.
Where would 16100 Moross be located?
Now I'm confused. I think 16100 Moross was the flower shop [[Lauri's) just across the alley servicing Kelly Rd. from George's just around the curve where Fordham ends to the east on the south side of the street.
The fish shop replaced Union 76 which Pure became, but now that you mention it, it might have been a flower shop at one point too.
Here is 16100 Moross. It's kitty corner from the Auto Zone, or whatever parts store that is where Calcaterra's used to be.
http://www.buildingsearch.com/P/5/591865_p1.jpg
It's across the alley from the party store, towards Fordham