A list of every former retail chain location in Detroit

[mtburb]

Tonight, I launched a new site where I plan on listing every former location of retail, bank, gas station, hotel and motel chains in Michigan. It's located at https://sites.google.com/site/formermiretailers/.

I would like to know if there's anything you want me to added on my site. Right now, all I have on there is a list of the locations Ames had in Michigan, which is very little.

[313WX]

Farmer Jack:

9731 Harper Ave, Detroit, MI 48213
500 Warren Ave E, Detroit, MI 48207
Bel-Air Centre [[9810 E 8 MILE RD, DETROIT?)
11250 E Jefferson Ave, Detroit, MI 48214
8000 West Outer Drive, Detroit, MI
19150 Telegraph Rd., Detroit, MI
19195 Livernois Ave, Detroit, MI 48221
700 Chene St, Detroit, MI 48207

Kroger:

14383 Gratiot Ave, Detroit, MI 48205

Kmart:

19990 Telegraph in Detroit, Michigan 48219 [[soon)
18211 Plymouth Rd, Detroit, MI 48228
3900 E. Outer Dr., Detroit, MI 48234
18700 Meyers Road, Detroit, MI 48235

Target:

Bel-Air Centre [[8500 E. 8 Mile Road, Detroit, MI 48234)

Toys R US:

Bel-Air Centre [[10000 E. 8 Mile Road, Detroit, MI 48234)

Kids R Us:

Bel-Air Centre [[9800 E. 8 Mile Road, Detroit, MI 48234)

AMC Theatre:

Bel-Air Center [[10100 E 8 Mile Rd, Detroit, MI 48234)

Builders Square/HQ:

Bel-Air Centre [[8400 E 8 Mile Rd, Detroit, MI 48234)

[313WX]

Montgomery Wards:

14455 Gratiot Avenue, Detroit, MI 48205
15406 Grand River Avenue, Detroit, MI 48205

7-Eleven:

10251 Chalmers St., Detroit, MI 48213
13547 E 7 Mile Rd., Detroit, MI 48205
15500 E Warren Ave., Detroit, MI 48224
11050 Morang Dr., Detroit, MI 48224
11710 E McNichols Rd., Detroit, MI 48205
11341 E McNichols Rd., Detroit, MI 48205
17651 E Warren Avenue, Detroit, MI 48224
10542 Whittier St., Detroit, MI 48224

[313WX]

NBD Bank [[National Bank of Detroit) /Bank One/Chase:

16530 E Warren Ave., Detroit, MI 48224
13771 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, MI 48205

Comerica Bank / The Detroit Bank & Trust Company / Manufacturers National Corporation:

11034 Gratiot Ave, Detroit, MI 48213
12300 Morang Dr., Detroit, MI 48224
12300 E 8 Mile Rd, Detroit, MI 48205

Charter One / First Federal Bank of Michigan:

8121 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, MI 48213
16530 E Warren Ave; Detroit, MI 48224

Michigan National Bank / Standard Federal / Bank of America:

1509 Woodward Ave., Detroit, MI 48226 [[?)
10230 Gratiot Ave, Detroit, MI 48213
14858 E 8 Mile Rd Detroit, MI 48205
18901 Kelly Rd., Detroit, MI 48224-1061
17040 East Eight Mile Road, Detroit, Michigan 48205
20000 Van Dyke Ave., Detroit, Michigan 48234

[313WX]

76 / Phillips 76 / Union 76 Gas Station:

13033 E 7 Mile Rd., Detroit, MI 48205-2219
7353 Kercheval, Detroit, MI 48228
5002 Van Dyke St., Detroit, MI 48213-2857
13613 E McNichols Rd., Detroit, MI 48205
10070 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, MI 48213
7931 Michigan Ave, Detroit, MI 48210

Total S.A. Gas Station:
6811 Gratiot Ave, Detroit, MI 48207

[313WX]

Blockbuster Video:

13881 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, MI 48205
16701 Harper Ave, Detroit, MI, 48224
18445 Grand River Ave., Detroit, MI 48223
3496 East Jefferson Ave., Detroit, MI 48207
22327 Moross Rd, Detroit, MI 48236 [[Grosse Pointe mailing address)
19111 Telegraph Rd., Detroit, MI 48228

[Danny]

Wrigley's Supermarket:


16400 Plymouth Rd. Detroit MI. 48227

Kroger Supermarket:

16231 Plymouth Rd. Detroit, MI. 48227

[FormerDetroiter]

Perhaps it would be easier to list what's still open.

[313WX]

Perhaps it would be easier to list what's still open.

I think the purpose of the OP's link is to archive places that once were, likely for nostalgia and record-keeping.

[mkhopper]

Huge list of all the former Chatham grocery stores in the area.

http://www.connellcreationsunlimited...tores1980.html

[313WX]

BTW OP, don't forget that a lot of the Standard Oil / Amoco gas stations were converted to BP gas stations about 15 years ago.

See Below [[incomplete list):

11155 Gratiot Ave., Detroit, MI 48213
15935 Mack Ave., Detroit, MI 48224
1830 E 8 Mile Rd., Detroit, MI 48230
4125 W 8 Mile Rd., Detroit, MI 48221
4041 E 7 Mile Rd., Detroit, MI 48234
6420 Van Dyke Ave., Detroit, MI 48213
7305 Grand River Ave., Detroit, MI 48204
17804 W McNichols Rd., Detroit, MI 48235

[mtburb]

I think the purpose of the OP's link is to archive places that once were, likely for nostalgia and record-keeping.

Not just in the city of Detroit like most of the locations posted here so far...anywhere in the state of Michigan.

[sumas]

Why dwell on what is no longer. I love history and preservation but mostly these threads seem morbid.

Personally I believe that " things change and we with time", all this seems to be Detroit/Michigan are dead ducks. If you believe that I want to sell you a bridge

[313WX]

Why dwell on what is no longer. I love history and preservation but mostly these threads seem morbid.

I don't see these type of threads as morbid. In fact, threads like this can be very educational.

It's not so much about focusing on what's no longer there, but rather documenting and being able to picture the evolution of the environment we live in, given how rapidly people, places and things can change in life.

Besides the good or bad memories of yesteryear that can be brought up, this knowledge can also help us in collectively determining where we went wrong with our past mistakes and what we can do to prevent from repeating the same mistakes going forward.

[douglasm]

How deep is this list going to go? You could eat up a lot of bandwidth just listing chain shoe stores [[Mary Jane and National Shoes, Thom McCann, Bakers, Chandlers, Father & Son to name a few) that don't exsist anymore.......

[masterblaster]

Saks Fifth Avenue - the New Center Building [[now called Albert Kahn Building)

Lerner's [[now called New York and Company) - Grand River and Greenfield

Sears - Grand River between Oakman Boulevard and Cloverdale

Sears - Woodward and Sears [[in Highland Park)

Holiday Inn - Woodward in Highland Park

[Lowell]

Nice idea mtburb. Out of curiosity and as a test I dumped your Farmer Jack locations into a Google Map using 'fate' as the label. Here is the result.
https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?m...A.kV8VTEdlqXV8

[sumas]

I don't see these type of threads as morbid. In fact, threads like this can be very educational.

It's not so much about focusing on what's no longer there, but rather documenting and being able to picture the evolution of the environment we live in, given how rapidly people, places and things can change in life.

Besides the good or bad memories of yesteryear that can be brought up, this knowledge can also help us in collectively determining where we went wrong with our past mistakes and what we can do to prevent from repeating the same mistakes going forward.

Lists do nothing, just document things gone. I adore when posters talk about new movements and ventures.

[sumas]

Sorry didn't mean to sound short. Lists simply mean nothing. Memories of establishments gone, I find of value. It is the human element that make what is gone still have value.

[EastsideAl]

Saks Fifth Avenue - the New Center Building [[now called Albert Kahn Building)

Lerner's [[now called New York and Company) - Grand River and Greenfield

Sears - Grand River between Oakman Boulevard and Cloverdale

Sears - Woodward and Sears [[in Highland Park)

Holiday Inn - Woodward in Highland Park

You missed Sears at Gratiot and Van Dyke.

Whatever the purpose of this exercise, it seems to me that trying to list every name brand gas station or chain supermarket that has ever existed in a city the size and age of Detroit is biting off a huge amount to chew, and may even be termed a fool's errand.

[MrJones]

I came across this old Sanders candy box that showed locations in the lid.
I though this might be from the 50s. Any other thoughts?

[313WX]

I came across this old Sanders candy box that showed locations in the lid.
I though this might be from the 50s. Any other thoughts?

A Sanders sign imprint can still be seen on the building at the SW corner of Gratiot and Pfent.

I think it closed sometime around the late 1980s/early 1990s?

[jiminnm]

Sears - southeast corner of Mack and Moross
Hughes, Hatcher & Suffrin - immediately south of that Sears, connected by a covered walkway

Cunningham Drugs - northwest corner of Gratiot and 7 Mile

Lipson Super Market - north side of E. 7 Mile between Waltham and Goulburn [[I think it may have later become a Great Scott).

Bur-Lers Five & Dime - north side of E. 7 Mile between Goulburn and Westphalia [[I think there was an Oaza Bakery next door)

[sumas]

Sears - southeast corner of Mack and Moross
Hughes, Hatcher & Suffrin - immediately south of that Sears, connected by a covered walkway

Cunningham Drugs - northwest corner of Gratiot and 7 Mile

Lipson Super Market - north side of E. 7 Mile between Waltham and Goulburn [[I think it may have later become a Great Scott).

Bur-Lers Five & Dime - north side of E. 7 Mile between Goulburn and Westphalia [[I think there was an Oaza Bakery next door)

Such sweet memories; There was a Cunninghams at Mack and 7 too. My Dad took me there for my first ever chocolate soda. My folks were quite frugal and I had to promise my Dad not to tell Mom. Its stories not lists. Huges Hatcher and Sufrin [[sorry bad spelling) 7/mack. My Dad got all his shoes and hats there because a church member worked there on commission.

Stories count not stupid lists

[p69rrh51]

This tells me its a waste of our time!

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