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I found this one near the corner of Kercheval and Pennsylvania, just east of Indian Village--...

Our Rotary club recently had a presentation by Chris Lambert, founder and CEO of Life Remodeled. This organization finds an residential area in the city that needs upgrading and improvements,...

Here is one of my favorites...along Grand River30584

There are two humongous threads on this subject already. Search the site for "Firehouses". In 2009, I posted pictures of all of the then-existing firehouses, including those that were out of...

I think it shows Michigan Avenue near Military Street. The fire station across from the gas station appears to be Engine 22, which has been closed for decades. Here is a google street shot of it...

Where is Dan Gilbert when we need him. This building needs to be saved!

Does anyone have photos of trains running through the Dequindre Cut or along the riverfront leading up to it?

I posted some pics of the recent work on the extension on the other thread discussing this topic: ...

Here are some more pics of the DC work going on. Taken on Sep 29.216362163721638

There are 2 nice photos on the boatnerd site [[www.boatnerd.com), under the "Photo Galleries" link, in the "Ferries and Passenger Ships" section. It's a shame someone doesn't have the interest and $$...

Work has begun on the DC extension from Gratiot to Mack. The bridge across Adelaide Street is being demolished and most of the junk along the pathway has been removed. Here are some pics taken on...

Kercheval now has bike lanes from St. Jean to East Grand Blvd.
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"Burnt Offerings" by Charles Newsome [[an ex-Detroit cop). Great read about SW Detroit.

That is a great ad for the Mercury and a cool train. However, by 1988 I believe there were no more steam locomotives operating on a regular basis out of Detroit. Can you give us some information on...

Great job Turbex!! One minor factoid -- the picture of the cornerstone laying for the auditorium [[I think it's the 9th slide) shows Henry Ford II, not William Clay Ford.

Let's cap all of the freeways around the CBD and make the surface into bike paths!

The object in the far distance looks to be a pair of banners strung across Woodward somewhere near the Jefferson Avenue area. I saved the photo and enlarged and cropped it using photoshop. You can...

Here's a Google shot of the Wright Kay building today.
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Here are a couple of photos of the tunnel from Shorpy--

http://www.shorpy.com/node/9257

http://www.shorpy.com/node/8647

Himmelhoch Brothers & Company closed in 1977. Check here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_defunct_department_stores_of_the_United_States#Michigan

Here's a recent post about our bike tour on John R from 8 Mile to Comerica Park.

http://tourdehood.wordpress.com/2010/09/28/up-woodward-down-john-r-plus-the-first-tdh-quiz-evar/

MikeM--
As usual, you are correct [[on the Pardridge name). I have edited the Wikipedia entry for Crowley's to correct this mistake. Do you [[or does anyone else out there) have a Sanborn map or...

MikeM--I agree with your read of the Shorpy photo, but here's the link from Wikipedia. We all know that the Wiki information can be suspect. I'll dig into this further.
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Shorpy posted this photo today entitled "Pardridge & Blackwell". The actual name is Partridge & Blackwell. This store was on the Monroe block between Farmer and Randolph. It was sold to Crowley,...

This one was just posted on Shorpy. Any idea of where it was taken? Looks like Dr. M.E. Silver might be a clue.

http://www.shorpy.com/node/9403?size=_original