Originally Posted by
Ray1936
Definately, Spartan. I think when the Michigan Avenue skid row was demolished, the inhabitants just moved elsewhere; mainly the lower Cass corridor, including 2nd and 3rd. Prior to the sixties, it was a decent neighborhood, but it aged quickly. Lot of bars, although I don't recall the great number of loan sharks that had stores in that area as shown in the Michigan Avenue 'row' photo. There were a couple on Michigan between 14th and the Lodge, one owned by the father of that guy who has the TV show from his shop on Greenfield and 8 Mile.....I forget his name. Dumb show; it puts Detroit in a very bad light, IMHO, unlike the Vegas 'Pawn Stars' show.