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Hudson Motor Car Co. had the contract from the US Navy Dept. to operate the ordnance plant when it opened in Oct. 1941. Westinghouse took over the contract in Oct. 1943 and relinquished it to the US...

A few years ago I was given access to the WW II photo scrapbook that was created by Detroiter Fred Oselett, who was a Yeoman Second Class aboard the USS LST-726 in the Western Pacific during...

During June of 1942 and May of 1943 there were work stoppages over "racial issues" at the US Naval Ordnance Plant [[Nine Mile and Mound Rds., Center Line mailing address).


Read the summary...

I remember listening to that game on 10/24/1971 while digging up a clogged septic tank in my future father-in-law's back yard. I couldn't believe what I was hearing.

It was probably 10 years...

After Chillers it was known as Mitchell O'Brien's.

Chiller's Grill & Chill, circa 2000-2005.
Old listing:
https://www.yellowpages.com/warren-mi/mip/chillers-grill-chill-inc-22327401

Detroit Free Press, Friday, Feb. 4, 2000:
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EastsideAl - that's a terrific story about the bell ringing!

As far as I know, there are no other public monuments or markers that commemorate the American North Russia Expeditionary Force. In...

On this 100th anniversary of Armistice Day, I invite you to click here and read the Discuss Detroit thread I wrote 11 years ago to recognize the 89th anniversary of Armistice Day in Detroit, and...

Here is the Great Lakes Water Authority's map showing which areas are served by their water treatment plants: http://www.glwater.org/water-system/water-map/

The link for segment 7 in my original post wasn't working and I have since corrected it. Here it is again: http://grobbel.org/misc/7_Detroit_downtown_and_Windsor.jpg

The key is at the bottom of segment 7:
http://grobbel.org/misc/7_Detroit_downtown_and_Windsor.jpg

Here is a Detroit city street map from the late 1930s that was scanned in high resolution by forum member Hornwrecker. It is broken into eight segments:
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Cerveny alum Pamela Peak produced and directed the 2005 release "ColorBlind".
http://www.colorblinddocumentary.com/

Thanks everyone!

A couple of us are having a discussion over the correct local pronunciation of Erskine Street, so I thought I'd throw it out to the experts here in DetroitYes.

Which is the most common local...

This is the Chlorination & De-chlorination Facility for the DWSD Waste Water Treatment Plant [[WWTP).

The original chlorination facility at the WWTP was located underneath the cafeteria in the...

Here are the actual messages sent to all US Navy, Marines and Coast Guard personnel in the Atlantic Theater upon the unconditional surrenders of Germany and Japan.

VE Day:...

Here are links to microfilmed images of the documents.

1930 US Census:
Richard A. Thompson [[line 3)
Harry B. Thompson [[line 100)

Marriage License [[issued on July 15, 1936 in Wayne Co., MI)...

From the 1940 US Census:



Name:
Richard Thompson


Age:
31

http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=genpub;idno=ACS8107.1928.001

Home values in the city of Detroit are negatively impacted by the city's high property tax rate.

Property taxes are capitalized into house values because of simple economics: all else being...

About 110 mph [[175 kph) on the E-40 autobahn in Germany. I was driving a Cadillac Catera.

The earth really did move in Climax, MI:



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Interesting part of your family history, Ray! Their religious beliefs might seem kind of wacky to me, but I'm sure that others feel the same way about mine. I must say that all of the Mormons I've...

Back on Jan. 6th, John Hinderaker asked the question on the Powerline blog, "OK, So What Really Happened to Harry Reid?".

Ever since then, it has been "crickets" from the national news media. ...