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Saw it last night for the first time. I like it.

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Unintended Consequences - Plan To Boost E15 Gasoline Will Have Big Impact On Refiners, Retailers, Drivers



Michigan is not one of...

And the response is to clear-cut all the trees and pile two feet of dirt over the entire park. Ridiculous.

3 hours to go 16 miles on 75 from Detroit Avenue in Toledo to Exit 9 in Michigan.

Anyone have memories of the super tornado outbreak, 50 years ago today? In the local area, Windsor suffered the most when the roof and walls of the Windsor Curling Club collapsed, killing 8 people. ...

Everyone on the eastside this morning is reporting the strong smell of gas/chemicals, but most suspect it's the Stellantis plant. Maybe the parking garage attendant is smoking weed?

And syphilis!

From the Detroit News:

"Mirroring national patterns, the number of syphilis cases doubled in Michigan between 2017 and 2022, according to the Michigan Department of Health and...

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The only mention of Goodwill Barbershop I could find in any source was the obit of the owner, Phillip Koufos, who died in 2020 at age 89. It said he owned it for over 20 years. A search of his name...

I am familiar with seeing it from that vantage point quite often. Your photo must have been taken between 2012 and 2015. The plant's two original, taller 800' stacks were dismantled over that period,...

Cool view, which demonstrates the disorienting geography of the area. The three stacks on the right are DTE's Monroe power plant - the most distant of the three plants. River Rouge would be off the...

Definitely not DFD Academy. Wilbur Wright was a good guess but I agree, it doesn't match. Feels like westside and more like a tool shop or light industrial than public institution.

The first mention of the dance I've found in local papers is from August 1978:

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The Freaky Deaky was hazardous to your health.

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March 11, 2020 to May 11, 2023 = 3+ years

And the follow up story from July 28th:

Initial story from the Detroit Free Press, July 16, 1972:

Macomb County is way too dumb to comprehend roundabouts.

Last post here: 6 Digit Telephone Numbers - What years?

Stumbled across this today. It was not on John R. It was located at the intersection of Grand River and National [[renamed to Cochrane Street in 1962). Address in directories is 3745 National and is...

Also lost for the Wayne Street widening, just north of the Owen building:
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The widening of Gratiot downtown in the 1930s was a decade long battle around funding, width, condemnation, alternate routes, etc. involving the state, the courts, the WPA, land owners, mayor, city...

Nice find. Looks like the building was being disassembled. Not sure what happened to the Owen & Co Furniture business...no mention of them after 1929, but a Washington Furniture Co occupied the...

That one back in May now shows up on Google Maps:

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42901Detroit Free Press, Oct 14, 1984