Boy you really hit the "nostalgia button on the head" for me EastsideAl.... is Tim still at the Cost Plus location, or has he retired and let others [[his son?)... run the place?
As for Gibbs, they still are located in Detroit... at the Pointe Plaza location on Moross. I just talked to the owner last week.
I too used to go to Alexander & Hornung's with my parents every Saturday for German meats many years ago. Also used to go to Montgomery Ward's up near 7 Mile & Gratiot, I can still remember the building and its' 1 story annex. And across Gratiot was Old Country Imports where the old German lady [[Lucy Evans), who always had alcohol on her breath, always wanted a kiss on the cheek from the kids. Also remember Robert Hall clothiers a block over.
I too liked that yellow facade to Gibbs. So it was porcellain... it almost looked like Vitrolite to me...
And then there was the Ramona Theatre, and the City Barber College.
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