Growing up in Detroit

[CFABDETROIT]

What part of town where you born/ brought up in?
For me it was the SouthWest side. Michigan Ave. and Central Area then later to Vernor. Oakdale/Green.
Born in Hutzel hospital

[Maof]

East side, born at St. John Hospital, lived on Manistique and Mack then Harper Woods

[jcole]

Northeast side. 7 Mile and Kelly. Born at Art Centre Hospital on Woodward.

[Maxine1958]

I was born in Hamtramck - St. Francis Hospital - now the City Hall Bldg.

I was raised on the Eastside - Gratiot & Conner area.

[Ray1936]

West side. Grand River and Meyers area, except for the WW II years in east Dearborn across from Fordson HS.

[WKL]

East side. Born at Bon Secours in Grosse Pointe but raised on the corner of East Outer Drive and Waren.

[Philbo]

Born in Durham N.C. Grew up on E. side around Harper and Van Dyke. Nice area at that time.

[ptero]

West side. On Ardmore two blocks south of Sam's Drugs on Fenkell. From birth through high school.

btw, the pinball thread talked about Marvin's toy stuff. Sam was his brother [[I think). Anyway, the family ran the drugstore. Marvin had a toy shop in one of Sam's' storefronts [[before they made it all one space). I just remember it as a strange dark place. You were usually the only one in there, aside from him. Don't know what that means.

[reddog289]

For not having really ever grown up, I can say my 3 yr stint around Lexington & Green made me a little more mature.

[Alfie1a]

For the most part, Grand River Meyers area. Then Outer Drive Greenfield area. Born in Brent General, Detroit.

[ronaldj]

On Junction, between Herbert and Horatio. Also born at Art Center. St Hedwig ice skating, altar boy at St. Francis di Assisi, baseball and work at the Bloomer Building Boys Club at Livernois and Michigan. Walked the alleys to get there.

[Ragtoplover59]

Born at Detroit Memorial on St Antoine.
In 1959 we were living on Central @ Dix, [[Next to the Fire Station.)
Also lived on;
Beard @ Lafayette [[ next to long gone gas station)
Hubbard off of Vernor. x2
Lafayette between Green & Beard.
Rademacher at the corner of Lafayette [[corner of Beard School Playground)
Central between Lafayette and the Railroad Viaduct. x2

Dad was a life long Renter, always enjoyed getting a new yard to play in!


Reddog289, I was Safety Patrol 1 yr at Lexington & Green, 1970
and also 1 yr at Lewerenz & Lafayette.

[Big Dog]

Van Dyke between 7 mile, Outer Drive and 8 mile and points in between. Lived there between 1948 thru 1960.

[caldogven]

I was born in a house on St. Joseph Street at Gratiot. We moved to Pennsylvania and Warren in 1949. I married in 1960 and moved to Roseville until 1977. Been in California ever since.

[Bluenote132003]

Born in Detroit Recieving 1963. Lived from '63 to '83 at Harvard and Frankfort, near Warren/Cadieux, across from Finney/Cannon Rec Center. Couple more years near I-94 and Cadieux before leaving for the 'burbs.

[Margarite]

I was born in a house on St. Joseph Street at Gratiot. We moved to Pennsylvania and Warren in 1949. I married in 1960 and moved to Roseville until 1977. Been in California ever since.

I guess it's true. It is a small world. I was also born in a house on St. Joseph Street but at St. Aubin. Lived there until the late 60's, then we started moving east until we ended up in Harper Woods about 10 years ago.

[EastsideQT]

I was born at Kirwood Hospital in Detroit...I grew up on Conner between Jefferson and the River...I attended Keating Elem., Jackson Jr High, Southeastern High, received BA & MSW from University of Michigan in Ann Arbor..currently live on the Riverfront.

[tarkus]

Grew up on Devonshire near E. Warren and Outer Dr. Went to Stellwagen Elem 70-74, St. Matts 75-79, and DeLaSalle 79-83. Moved to GPP SCS now in Warren.

[EMG]

I've added several additional pictures of eastside Detroit [[mostly of the St. Jude church area) to the "St. Jude Nostalgia" thread in the Detroit forum.

[CornBot]

Born @ St John's in 1954... lived on Georgia St across from Patronage of St Joseph. Attended K @ AL Holmes and went 1st through 8th grade at PSJ. 9th grade was at Regina HS; grades 10 through 12 @ East Detroit HS, where my parents moved in 1968.

My first apartment was on Laurel, near Houston-Whittier & Dickerson. Moved around a bit as was convenient to ladder-climbing with jobs, first real one [[not counting Kmart and Federal's) was with JTBarnes & Co in the 1st National Building. Moved to the north 'burbs when I took a job in Southfield, then was back living on the east side when I started working at NBD.

Bought our first house in Warren... bought our 2nd one 160 miles west, near Kalamazoo, been here almost 20 yrs now.

[kathy2trips]

Born August 1956 at Holy Cross Hospital. Was supposed to move into the house my dad was building on Alstead near Moross with my mom & grandparents but the house wasn't finished until October. Lived in my parternal grandparents' 3-story house on E. 8 Mile [[Warren side) across from Crown Furniture. [[Where was that?). My dad, uncle and grandpa built that house, though I don't know when. There was a huge sour cherry tree right in front of the house. Yumm!

[VixN]

East side, near 8 Mile.

[karen8824]

Came from Hamtramck to Detroit when I was 6, lived on Eastwood and Kelly.

[tapstevenson]

I grew up on St. Marys st. and Santa Maria on the northwest side. Close to 6 mile and Outer drive. I went to Isaac Newton School. Started school in 1964. What a great neighborhood it was. I really mean that, it was a great place to grow up back in the 60's even though a lot of bad things were happening in Detroit. I miss it and I think about it often.
Patrick Stevenson

[Switchmanjim]

I grew up on the Southwest side, Vernor - Wendell. Born at Womens Hospital,