The Canals-what happened?

**Eastside** · August-03-10, 01:08 PM

Originally Posted by Jimaz

Respectively,

Not sure the year these were taken, but I'm stuck by the amount of open land!

Truly amazing!

Thanks for posting.

**MikeM** · August-03-10, 01:25 PM

Those pictures and more were posted in the Lakeside Trailer Parkt superthread a few years ago:

http://atdetroit.net/forum/messages/5/36342.html

However, the thread is a mess, with several sub-threads, many of which are out of order, but there are a lot of stories from residents throughout.

**Packman41** · August-03-10, 01:42 PM

@Jimaz: Thanks for printing out the photos to the links I supplied.

Yes, the amount of vacant land is amazing. As to the timeline, I think it is in the middle teens. Packard Motor Car Company used Klenk's Inn as a background for several PR photos in that time period.

When I first saw this set of photos on the WSU website there was a series of earlier photos in the sequence just downriver from Klenk's Inn. In one of those photos there was an image of early airline service between Detroit and Cleveland. but I could not find that image on their website today.