I just got some interesting info on Stanley Hong from my family members. Stanley Hong [[of Asian decent) served in the war with a [[African American) man by the name of Fredrick Potts. They became best friends and Stanley came back home after the war [[I don't know which one) and founded his Stanley's Chinese Food restaurants.
Stanley's Asian-themed home at 961 W Boston.
In 1960, Stanley Hong purchased a plot of land in the Boston-Edison neighborhood on the corner of Hamilton & Boston Blvd. and had his home built from the ground up with stained wood and brick at 961 W. Boston Blvd. [[https://waynecountymi-web.tylerhost....DOCSEARCH582S1)
Mr. Potts Asian-themed home at 18031 Justine
In 1962, Fredrick Potts, like his best friend Stanley also purchased a plot of land on the Eastside, in the Krainz Woods neighborhood on Justine St. & Nevada E and had his home built on a smaller scale but in the a similar "Asian style flat roofed home" with a brick facade as his best friend at 18031 Justine St. [[https://waynecountymi-web.tylerhost....DOCSEARCH582S1)
Mr. Potts passed in a nursing home a few years before the pandemic.
I thought it was an interesting thing that is pretty rare in Detroit.
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