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I want to know what's going to happen to the buildings on the north side of Temple -- the Alhambra apartment building and the 1880s-1890s Romanesque-style houses. Those are all worth saving and...

A lot of people don't realize that Detroit is/was simply that, a boomtown... no different, really, than the silver or gold rush towns in the Old West. Detroit just did it on a larger scale and the...

Not true. The most likely scenario is that the rider will put his or her arms/hands out to break the fall and will incur a lot of road rash on those arms and hands unless he/she is wearing a...

Comerica Park is simply the Heidelberg Project of major league baseball.

Not sure why you'd say this... bowling has always been more a favorite recreational activity of the working class, rather than the middle class. And even though middle-class families who had come up...

Oh come on, it's just a Chevy. It's not like it was a Plymouth or anything like that.

I liked the Norton story better. The Norton is a very cool motorcycle.

Not really "fun," but certainly notable -- Viola Gregg Liuzzo:

http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/violaliuzzo.html

I like what they did with the Standard Diner there.

I don't think I'd like to have a rusty truck on a lift above my table [[as in the place in Pittsburgh), dripping 50-year-old axle grease on my...

I'd vote for either the "Forward Look" or the "Ex" [[Virgil Exner's nickname). Chrysler out-finned GM in the '50s.

I feed my three National Competition X-Tra [[34 percent protein, 20 percent fat) and supplement with whole raw chicken legs [[raw bones are good for their teeth).

But that diet would make most dogs...

Yep, could very well be a 409 in that '59, especially considering the 409 is not that rare of an engine [[although as I said, they made a lot more 348s). Could be a new W-motor clone too, as you...

Sport, the W-motor in that red '59 Chevy is most likely a 348. You could get the 348 with three 2-barrel carbs [[rated at 315 hp, if I remember correctly) as a factory option from '58-'61. Now, that...

I believe the building with the "Shoes for Women" sign on it is the United Shirt building, now housing American Coney Island and cut down from four stories to two.

Not much difference between a station wagon and a four-door sedan, which is the primary body style that U.S. automakers try to sell. Wagons and sedans are both stodgy, family loadmobiles. Grocery...

There were a lot of people on the streets simply because Detroit was booming in the '20s. The area would boom again postwar, but this was during Detroit's first huge growth period.

Ahhh, not so difficult to get around that. Just park for free in the neighborhood a few blocks away and walk to the theater. Or use one of the metered lots, or the parking structure on Center St.

This is the strategy that ALL areas should follow, especially those experiencing increased property/personal crime and ordinance violations. Residents and community leaders shouldn't tolerate a...

Actually, there IS a lot of old documentation referring to the building as Michigan Central Depot. Both names [[MCS and MCD) have been used for the structure over its lifetime.

Gistok, some parts of Shelby and especially Washington townships have retained a degree of country-like scenery, and that's great... but... those two places are the main strongholds of the mob, too! ...

No, it's simply more obvious than ever that we need to diversify our industrial base [[and therefore our economy) to survive. You can't go back to the economic structure of the '50s and '60s. It's...

My biggest problem with Macomb is the corrupt power structure and rigged court system. Macomb is also the home of the Detroit mob, which may have something to do with the taint. If you can live...

No mention of many important acts and genres in this unbalanced piece. As usual, the Brits are trying to rewrite Detroit music history without having lived through it and without having experienced...

People used to buy less groceries per visit and make more frequent visits. That way, there was a better chance of your goods staying fresh. As mentioned, most didn't drive to the market. They'd...

Srodek's are glazed, and obviously made with lots of eggs, butter and vanilla. The dough is not overly sweet and the texture is "right." Not just powdered-sugar-bombs at all.

That's good, Ray, but I would revise Detroit's seasons as: Nearly winter, winter, mud, road construction.