Search:

> Princeton Enterprises, whose founder and CEO is Matt Lester, put the building up for auction last year [[it did not sell) Maybe one reason it did not sell is because the new owners would be...

I remember a few years ago there was some controversy about calls to prayer from the mosques, their timing, volume, intrusiveness, etc. Is that still an active issue and could this new majority...

I can remember, in the 50's, when it was "aged 7 years in wood," then "aged 4 years in wood," then just "aged in wood." Sic transit gloria mundi.

As a kid in the 50's, I loved Faygo Rock-n-Rye, with chips. The name was strange, and I had [[still have) no idea what was in it, but it was tasty. I now live in a Faygo-free state, and have no idea...

CassTechGrad: Wow, you are certainly better documented than I-- all I have are some memories of questionable reliability.
I knew Elizabeth Frishcosy and her older brother Frank. They lived in the...

Thanks, CassTechGrad, for the wonderful old photos/documents. I never thought I would see a photo of Mrs Cass and a classroom scene from those days. It brings a lot back.
When I was attending KB...

I do not believe there is any connection to EB White's wife. Katherine B White was a Detroit educator in the early part of the 20th century.

In the late 50's, I went to Katherine B White Elementary school on Charles St. near Bloom St. on the East side of Detroit. It was a big building, built in 1920, divided into two parts, "White...

I don't remember the water, but now I recall getting surplus canned heat there in little OD cans.

Oh, yeah, I had some of those.

When I was a kid, in the early 1950's, on Dorothy Street near Hamtramck, there would periodically come a junk dealer through the alley on a horse-drawn wagon, blowing a tinny-sounding horn. Everyone...

I went to Resurrection Catholic church / school in the early 50's, took my first communion there. We lived just behind the church, on Dorothy st. It was in Detroit, right near the Hamtramck border....

Hey, we're related, that was my grandmother.

As a young child, I attended Resurrection church and school in the early 50's, and took my first communion there. We lived on Dorothy st, right...

Yes, that's the place. Near Mt. Elliot. Web says that Silverstine himself died in 1968, but I don't know if the place closed before or after that.

My dad worked at Silverstine's Army Surplus on McNichols back in the 50's. Sometimes he was the guy who gave out free toys to kids.

To a kid like me, that place was a wonderland. They had...

Let's see if there's any life left in this thread...

I lived in the Buffalo / Charles housing project from 1955-1959 and attended KB White school. Here are some memories of that time:

Layout:...