New York Times laments hard times in . . .

**texorama** · May-10-09, 07:14 PM

Grosse Pointe:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/fa...=1&ref=fashion

**EMG** · May-10-09, 08:02 PM

Wow. Interesting article indeed. I graduated from ULS and lived in Grosse Pointe for almost 20 years and I never heard of "The Tennis Club" myself!!!!

**texorama** · May-10-09, 08:07 PM

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**clermont** · May-11-09, 01:07 PM

although the photo caption indicates the photo is from 1968, the car looks like an AMC Hornet wagon, not available in 68. maybe they meant 1978?

**BShea** · May-11-09, 01:15 PM

I hope the Judge and Mrs. Smales are doing OK. I hear membership is down at Bushwood.

**kraig** · May-11-09, 01:22 PM

Originally Posted by BShea

I hope the Judge and Mrs. Smales are doing OK. I hear membership is down at Bushwood.

Al Czervik told me they serve low grade dog food.

**MikeM** · May-11-09, 01:29 PM

...on both ends of the spectrum:

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/10/we...20evans&st=cse

**Reality_Check** · May-11-09, 03:31 PM

My favorite part . . . a delayed reward for patient readers:

Bloomfield Hills . . . and Birmingham are a bit like a Midwestern and suburban version of the Hamptons. There are modern houses on out-of-sight estates. Grosse Pointe would be more like Nantucket but without scrimshaw.

. . . A handy conversion reference for those Northeasterners who don't know much about what's 'tween the Hudson and Santa Monica Boulevard.

**Paris_of_the_Midwest** · May-11-09, 06:51 PM

Yes, Grosse Pointe is more of a traditional, "urban" suburb. It's somewhat of a model suburb if you are a new urbanist and believe in pedestrian friendly, walkable neighborhoods not defined by large sub-divisions.