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No pic.... Can you link to it?

Good to see you, Mike!

I came to the conclusion that the address was bad from the Polks.

1920-21 shows a jump from 11847 to 12158.
1925-26 shows a jump from 11847 to 12025.
1928-29 shows a...

Thanks for giving me a research project. Here's a little of what I found:

The address you mention of 11988 12th does not appear to have ever existed. I'm going to assume you used Google maps to...

Thanks for the suggestion, archfan. Sadly it's not in the VMC or Burton image collection. I've also checked Reuther and Bentley as well. I've been researching Detroit history for over 20 years now...

Hoping I might call on a few old friends here to help me in a hunt for a specific image from Highland Park. Here's what I have to go on....

I originally stumbled on the image while researching...

1929 Sanborn map of the general area. I can provide detailed maps based on the number sections if anyone would like them.

Also included section 93 which shows Greyhaven and a "Reclaimed Land For...

Sad thing is it looks like this was close to the life long residence of its original owner. The pre-1921 address was 536 Third Avenue. The Dau's Blue Book of 1885 lists Mr & Mrs Harry Chandler...

From the Detroit News Archives. Not a box per se, but still on topic methinks.


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A subject that always interested me. There was a blue and red version like the image below at my maternal Grandparents home on the corner of Kenmore and Algonac. Images are from Burton with more...

After screaming incoherently for weeks on end regarding both the removal of the U of M Burton collection as well as the Polk 1928 guide I suppose I can take slight solace from the fact that I am not...

Perhaps it was mentioned in another thread [[my time here is not as robust as it once was) but I have been wondering for a while what became of the acid etched WK logo window panes from the upper...

Here's a DropBox link to the 1925 Sanborn page that shows the building and yard.


Also, hi MikeM!

So I have been trying to nail down an answer to a question which I had assumed would be much more forthcoming:

Did the Merrill Fountain function as it did in front of the Opera House after the...

Rapp & Rapp's 1928 Royal Oak Theater for the Kunsky circuit is probably a contender for this description. It's one of the pre-depression Deco designs that are indeed the exception rather than the...

WOW! Thank you Kathleen for sharing this resource! One more tool in my Detroit research and cross-reference arsenal.

There's a few street level shots and some aerials as well of Woodward and Temple at WSU VMC here.

If you want to call the whole place Building 10 and cast aside the myriad mentions of it being a separate building within the complex go right ahead. The Legacy of Albert Kahn, the Packard Cormorant...

Building #10 of the Packard Plant is a single structure within the greater whole. Khan did not produce a "whole design" for the plant which evolved over decades and in fact he was not even the first...

I am absolutely aware of the Proving Grounds and the rescue of the entrance ways and other items. I simply felt that Building 10 might be more appreciated at the Henry Ford set among so many other...

With all due respect to you, I was making the case for Building 10, and only a portion of that. The building part in question is very small relative to the entire plant.
See the DetroitFunk page...

Whatever happens it would be nice to see some people from The Henry Ford make a move to recover as much of Building 10 as possible for installation in the Village or even the Museum. It fits exactly...

Here's one from 1980. I have some from the 40's around Livernois, Lothrop, and Lasher.
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It's wonderful to see how Mel Washington can generate income off the National by allowing a TV series shoot but couldn't be bothered to put up a damn piece of plywood over the balcony stairwell...

This one is a Sears house. I lived a few doors down.

Not really.... I was good friends with a Southland "Reset" Manager. He was the guy in charge of seizing a poorly performing franchise store and flipping it to corporate. According to him Southland...