Nortown 7 Mile & van Dyke
I remember all of this. I grew up on Brentwood, behind the National Food Store on 7 Mile road between Packard and Rogge, just west of Van Dyke. I attended Queen of Heaven from 1st through 8th grade, graduated in 1962. Attended Grant for K grade and 9th grade then off to Osborn HS. We bought all our bakery needs at Nortown Bakery and meat at Kowalski or Jaworski. Shopped Kresge and Cunningham Drug store at 7 & Van Dyke. Movies at Nortown Show. I worked selling 45 rpm records at Nortown TV across from National Food Store for about 3 years starting in 1963. I remember when the K-mart first opened. I would walk there with my girl friend and I would buy her a bag of chips coke at the cafe. It was a nice and safe area back then.