I walked by this place yesterday and noticed some stools, chairs, a coffee machine, and what looked like maybe some kitchen equipment inside. Are there any stories/rumors out there as to something happening in that locale?
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I walked by this place yesterday and noticed some stools, chairs, a coffee machine, and what looked like maybe some kitchen equipment inside. Are there any stories/rumors out there as to something happening in that locale?
I hear Target is moving in there. Well its a rumor! :rolleyes:
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Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner
Word on the street is this is a new concept store for Target. They will take over the old Tall-Eez and rename it Tar-Heel and cater to tall men and special size shoes. ;)
And alums from the University of North Caroline. <drops mic and exits stage>Quote:
Originally Posted by canuck
As having a size 14 shoe and being only a few blocks away, I approve!Quote:
Originally Posted by canuck
I heard it's going to be a Cheese Cake Factory.
I thought it was going to be a 7-11.:p
Perhaps now they will FINALLY take down the Tall-ezz sign!
Maybe not. How about "Tall-ezz Party Store"?Quote:
Originally Posted by Zacha341
Gilbert owns it right?
You've got jokes.... perhaps Tall-ezz Bail Bonds!
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Originally Posted by Honky Tonk
"We have bonds to fit anybody...." A coffee shop? "what'll you have? small, medium, large, or our Tall-ezz?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Zacha341
Is there anything he doesn't own, or at least operate, on Woodward downtown?Quote:
Originally Posted by mikeg19
Enough with the rumors, it flies! I heard this, I heard that. Tall-eez Shoes has been closed for over 6 years. The building will continue to stay vacant until Dan Gilbert can put one of his pop-art stores in that building. He can put a Apple Store if wanted to. Right now there is no quick development of any clothier, restaurant or Radio Shack in Woodward Business corridor from Grand River to Grand Circus Park, other than a liquor store, Woodhouse Spa, Himelhocks, and new yuppified apartments, condos and tech job ventures. If I see primier development opportunity a sign in front of the vacant Downtown Detroit storefront or steel fence with new business sign will let me know. until then enjoy what Gilberttown has to offer.
This one is my favorite!Quote:
Originally Posted by Zacha341
How about Tall - EE Z Chixs on Woods strip club? "Home of the free Target shoe voucher with every 20th lap dance."Quote:
Originally Posted by Honky Tonk
Now is the time to re-launch her business. The store has gotten a decade of free advertising at no cost, prior to the grand opening. This is unheard of!
Maybe it could be a shoe store for tall atheletes
so, why was the store named "Tall-eez Shoes" to begin with?
Tall-eez shoes is owned by the Tatarians, who also own the old oslo building across the street, and the Singer building down the block. They've had it for quite a while and seem to be waiting for a buyout; perhaps these rumors come from a Gilbert offer? The Tall-eez shoes building is sorta messed up inside, scrappers ~10 years ago throwing radiators down the stairs and such.
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Originally Posted by Hypestyles
It sold shoes for tall women. Most don't have an easy time finding shoes.
http://www.yelp.com/biz/tall-eez-shoes-detroit
I guess Tall-eez sounded better than "Shoes for Women with Big-Ass Feet"Quote:
Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner
Both tall women and tall women look-alikes.Quote:
Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner
Yes, they were a first in that. Before then it was hard to find shoes if you wore over size 9. They also carried wide large sizes too. Over time the price was just too high, especially as other stores began to offer larger sizes and online options began.
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Originally Posted by DetroitPlanner
You heard it right here - write it down!Quote:
Originally Posted by DetroiterOnTheWestCoast
At least he didnt come up with "Women with Bigfoot Asses". Now that would have sounded gross. I can't wrap my head around that concept.Quote:
Originally Posted by Smirnoff
I got to know the manager Steve in the late 80s when I worked nearby. They were across the street and a block down at the time, north of what is now Bleu. Steve may have been a Tatarian, not sure. I got the impression he was involved in ownership of the business.Quote:
Originally Posted by samn
This was in the years after Hudson's closed and many folks not familiar with the city had already written off Woodward. Perhaps some of that was ignorance because the clientele was mostly black, but that stretch of Woodward still had an active retail business, especially on Saturdays when the foot traffic would rival any suburban mall.
A few years before I met Steve they had opened a store in the Northland Mall. Northland was still drawing a crowd back then and hadn't declined to the point where it is today. But Steve said they closed the store after a few years because it couldn't rival the sales at the downtown store.
Aretha Franklin was a regular customer.