The owners of the Himmelhoch Building, Fourmidable of Bingham Farms, have evicted a group of current retailers. Most of the ground floor was leased by Larry and Dianne Mongo [of Cafe de Mongo fame]. "The husband and wife ran everything from beauty shops to restaurants in the Himmelhoch" for the past three decades reports the Detroit News.


Himmelhoch Brothers and Company building in 2003^

With the adjacent now upscale Whitney/Aloft opening its doors and filling with well-heeled residents and joining the similarly filled Broderick Tower across the street, moves on surrounding properties should not be surprising as the wave of downtown gentrification builds.

As Larry Mongo put it, "It's not the bad times that killed us, it's the good times."

Maybe Detroit IS the next Brooklyn.


Himmelhoch Brothers and Company building in 2010^