8670 Grand River, Then, When, and Now.

During my Mackenzie High school days [[1950-1954), I worked at Fromm's Hardware at 8670 Grand River. I learned more in that hardware store than I ever did in my subsequent years at WSU. Been a home handyman all my life thanks to employment by the late Eric Fromm and store manager Harold Monk. Anyway, here are three photos. The first from the mid fifties, as I remember it; the second from about 1990; and the last as it is today. I'm sure you'll all agree that the grafitti has just turned it into an outstanding representation of Detroit, won't you?

We're a city of artists.

This is stunning! The only thing I recognize are those classy porcelain tiles along the roofline. They really built things with style back then.