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gothee in Detroit. gerta elsewhere

for Mich city names get hold of a book called "Michigan Place Names" by Walter Romig, L.H.D. He is also the publisher. Book may or may not be out-of-print. Publisher is or was located at 979...

Why is the Gratiot street sign green with white letters In the 60's the street signs were white with black lettering. Are you sure this picture is from the 60's.

Kelly's Cue at the 9 mile and Kelly Rd area. Safe place to take a date and play friendly pool in the early 60's.

Why would anyone want to work for the city? You cannot count on a paycheck in the present and if promised a pension you can't count on receiving the pension that they are promising. Seems like a...

i am an old ex-detroiter. so ask away. I may know more than you want/

Does anyone remember two movie theatres called the DEL-THE on mack ave and one called the MAXINE on Maxwell and[[i think mack)? Or the DAWN on gratiot?

gratiot and 7 mile had a montgomery wards store not a sears store. also at 7 and gratiot was a federal's dept store , a cunningham's drug store the usual kresge, woolworth, neisner dime stores. also...

gratiot and van dyke has a sears and ajacent to it there was a western auto store. across the street [[gratiot) was a cunninghams, a kresge, a woolworth's and a neisner dime store. also there was a...

I, too, am a "victim" of the changing Detroit neighborhood scene. Started out on Baldwin and Forest. Then to Parker and Mack. Then to Hayes and Seymour, then to Moross and Chester. Kept moving...

I lived in the area from 1958-1961 having moved there from the "inner city". Lived on Hayes between Troester and Cedargrove. Big Bear supermarkets got bought out and became Wrigley super markets....

The best time to visit Detroit by walking or by car is on a Sunday morning between 7am and 9am in January when the temperature is about 15 degrees F. Otherwise one is on one's own.

The best time to walk through or drive through Detroit is on a Sunday morning between 7am and 9am in January when the temperature is about 15 degrees F. Seems to be quite safe then. Otherwise one is...

Finney became a HS about 1961

I saw the comments about NDHS. I graduated from ND in 1963 when Omer St Onge was principal, so I recognized a lot of those teachers' names. Most of the names are French is because most of the priests...

I was born and raised in Detroit. Lived at Baldwin &Forest, Parker & Mack, Hayes & Seymour, Lodewyck & Chester. Left the city in 1967 and never even thought of going back. I saw the city go down hill...

:)you have to give high bonuses and wages to have the best talent in business [[so it is said). Thus, to get the best talent for the lions we need to DOUBLE their pay and then add on large bonuses for...

36 x 2 = 72. So if 72 is "old age" then 36 is middle age. It is in the middle of "0" [[birth) and 72 which is "old".

To solve some of the Detroit's problems just revert to Kelo v. New London law suit. Detroit could take anyone's property away and sell it to anyone else. As long as improvement is made to the...

We farm the fields. We rebuild in the future. Right now we get rid of what is waste and not needed or utilised.

It is time to cut bait. It is time to "farm detroit". Tear it all down and start over. Run for mayor on not what you will do but what you won't do. You won't let "it" continue. You will tear down...

I lived on Parker just off Mack back in the 50s. Didn't know there was a fancy section of Parker.

If the house was a bargain. It would not be for sale. A realtor would tell a friend or relative about it. That friend or relative would snap it up. It is like a good used car. A really goodseller or...

A hoe is a garden tool. A ho is nothing but an expression of sound. A whore is the correct word. Why does everyone insist on HO for WHORE. It is incorrect pronunciation of the language. Why dummy...

Detroit is the greatest place to live. Remember people vote with their feet. That is why there are so many people moving into Detroit and not out of it.