Detroitderek Member Username: Detroitderek
Post Number: 23 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 2:17 pm: | |
I have passed by this place a few times ( it's an empty field now ) and wondered about it's history. I've had a lot of luck on this site in the past so I figured I'd post the question here to see if anyone knew what stores may have been there and when they opened. I also have a picture of the sign at http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2280/2224765956_d2260f4562_o.jpg if you would like to see it. Thanks again. If I did it right it may appear below this typing as well. DD
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Detroitderek Member Username: Detroitderek
Post Number: 25 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 2:24 pm: | |
Sorry - wrong address for the larger picture. Here's the right one ( and thanks again for everyone's help here on this site ). http://www.flickr.com/photos/d etroitderek/2224765956/ |
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku
Post Number: 1813 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 2:47 pm: | |
how about the Penthouse Golf Club. What is the story with that? |
Detroitderek Member Username: Detroitderek
Post Number: 26 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 2:50 pm: | |
The one on Chene that was torn down in December? I have a picture of that one. |
Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku
Post Number: 1815 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 2:54 pm: | |
yeah i saw the picture, i used to drive by there a lot and thought to myself, where the hell was the golf course? Then I thought about this great urban golf idea i had |
Detroitderek Member Username: Detroitderek
Post Number: 28 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 2:58 pm: | |
I have no idea about the golf course either. I would've loved to have kept that sign. I wonder what they do with them. Probably in some junk yard or landfill somewhere. |
Waxx Member Username: Waxx
Post Number: 275 Registered: 09-2006
| Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 3:23 pm: | |
http://www.flickr.com/photos/t heblacklightstudio/2116312417/ in/set-72157601615276769/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/t heblacklightstudio/2116315073/ in/set-72157601615276769/ These aren't my best, but I plan to have more soon. I even have pix of the new homes on Marlborough between Mack and Charlevoix |
Detroitderek Member Username: Detroitderek
Post Number: 29 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 3:36 pm: | |
I'm hoping to find a picture/listing that shows the buildings that used to be in the shopping center itself. I know somebody here will know. |
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 1446 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 5:55 pm: | |
I thought it was a strip along that corner of shops? |
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 1447 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 5:57 pm: | |
"how about the Penthouse Golf Club. What is the story with that?" If I recall, it was a nightclub. These signs take you WAYYY back to the heyday of Detroit. I wonder why n one tries to preserve them? |
Detroitderek Member Username: Detroitderek
Post Number: 31 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Monday, January 28, 2008 - 10:41 pm: | |
The sign is now in an empty field, on the opposite side from those shops. |
Detroitderek Member Username: Detroitderek
Post Number: 35 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 4:29 pm: | |
I want the sign for myself. |
Mikem Member Username: Mikem
Post Number: 3569 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, January 31, 2008 - 4:35 pm: | |
Thee used to be an S. S. Kresge department store there, along with a few other shops. |
Goblue Member Username: Goblue
Post Number: 1056 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Friday, February 01, 2008 - 5:54 pm: | |
Wasn't there a drugstore on the N.W. corner? Maybe a Cunningham's? |
Pgn421 Member Username: Pgn421
Post Number: 328 Registered: 02-2005
| Posted on Friday, February 01, 2008 - 6:06 pm: | |
Maloof jewelers were there a long time ago |