eight mile monotony

[Willi]

Let's jump straight to the Immigrant Gateway and the bigots, racists, ignorant state of mind

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[edgar_rhode]

thanks all for the replies. the information about the state fair was news to me. likewise, the earth community / hippie house thing was a hoot. and yeah the wwj building qualifies as the sort of architectural landmark i was referencing. are there any images of the bel-aire drive in? i liked poobert's imagery of the repeating “scooby do” background loop. too much of america seems to be modeled after that cookie cutter fast food / retail chain, rosary bead rhythm of strip mall “architecture”. thanks again.

[Brock7]

There are some photos of the Bel-Air here: http://waterwinterwonderland.com/dri...x?id=29&Type=1
Ted Rogvoy was the architect.

[Cincinnati_Kid]

Everyone in the area seems to drive like shit. Phone or not.

You think it's bad here, try driving in Houston, Texas.

[hhockey]

In the early 50s John F Ivory polo grounds where located at 8 Mile and Lahser road. At one time the old club house still stood behind what is now a vacant furniture store. We also had the West Side Drive In at 8 Mile and Greenfield.

[Pam]

I took Van Dyke from Detroit up to 30 mile-or-so for a wedding 5 years ago. It was like the background of a Scooby Do cartoon repeating itself over and over. I thought, "How could there be a God that would allow this to happen?" It's all so bland and crappy. Then it makes people think someplace like is Ferndale is cool, just because it isn't that.

There are a couple of interesting buildings on Van Dyke that I've been to:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loren_Andrus_Octagon_House

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Packard_Proving_Grounds