The Detroit News put up a photo history of Michigan Avenue. Very cool.
http://apps.detroitnews.com/apps/mul...y.php?id=17758
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The Detroit News put up a photo history of Michigan Avenue. Very cool.
http://apps.detroitnews.com/apps/mul...y.php?id=17758
Great post & photos. Some of them bring back a lot of memories of my old 'hood. I don't think #40 was in Dearborn, though, it looks like Woodward to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by noggin
Some of the St. Patrick's day parade photos were taken on Woodward. It did not move to Michigan Ave until the mid-1980's.
Cool collection though.
The first Parade was in Dearborn.
You sure Hubbard would allow the Irish in Dearborn? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by preserve
Yeah, I doubt WIG LAND was in Dearborn.Quote:
Originally Posted by Honky Tonk
#40 was the Kern Block. Hughes and Hatchers stood and looked the same until about ten years ago when it was replaced by CVS, Slices, and the PCS phone outlet. To the left was the flagship Sander's store. To the right is wrought--iron B Seigel's which burned down in the late 1980's. http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/det1994011785/PP/Quote:
Originally Posted by Detroitnerd
https://www.flickr.com/photos/37603091@N02/3528121147/
There were a few little editing problems here. Most Holy Trinity church is not at Michigan and Trumbull as stated in #7 [[that's St. Peter's Episcopal - Holy Trinity is at 6th and Porter). Given the number of motorized vehicles, #9 is from a bit later than "the turn of the 20th century" [[I would guess at least the '20s from the look of the hood of the car from which the photo was taken). As others have mentioned, the St. Patricks Day parade photos and the pigeon feeding photo [[#40) are on Woodward, not Michigan.
Also, what in the world was going on on August 13, 1937 that drew such a crowd to Michigan Central Station? [[Or is the photo perhaps misdated?)
Crowds storming into town to witness the birth of cult film actor Robert Aiken?Quote:
Originally Posted by EastsideAl
I hate spellcheck sometimes. Oh, and the "crown" [[corrected above) can be seen in photo #22.