Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg
Post Number: 2004 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Monday, October 20, 2008 - 10:17 pm: | |
"Art Exhibit at Broadstreet Park, Detroit, June 21, 1959" [Russell Woods Park] (full size)
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Jtf1972 Member Username: Jtf1972
Post Number: 69 Registered: 08-2008
| Posted on Monday, October 20, 2008 - 10:28 pm: | |
Nice... |
Eastsideal Member Username: Eastsideal
Post Number: 4 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 1:08 pm: | |
Almost exactly 2 months before I was born. |
56packman Member Username: 56packman
Post Number: 2491 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 5:00 pm: | |
Four months after I was born.......... |
Gumby Member Username: Gumby
Post Number: 1851 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 6:00 pm: | |
Lots of years before I was born. My mom was 3 1/2. |
Stinger4me Member Username: Stinger4me
Post Number: 330 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 6:11 pm: | |
Where is(was)the park in the images? |
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit
Post Number: 2036 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 9:31 pm: | |
20 years before my time :-D My dad was 8 |
Mikeg Member Username: Mikeg
Post Number: 2007 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 10:27 pm: | |
quote:Where is(was)the park in the images? The caption written on the slide frame says "Broadstreet Park, Detroit". I'm pretty sure that is a reference to today's Russell Woods Park, which is sandwiched between Broadstreet Ave. and Livernois, six blocks south of W. Davison Ave. |
Mschievous Member Username: Mschievous
Post Number: 288 Registered: 04-2008
| Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 10:30 pm: | |
Damn, I was almost 11! Great memories though. Thanks (Message edited by MsChievous on October 21, 2008) |
Trstar Member Username: Trstar
Post Number: 31 Registered: 05-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 10:34 pm: | |
3 years before we moved into the neighborhood. |
Eastsideal Member Username: Eastsideal
Post Number: 5 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 10:39 pm: | |
The houses in the background look like the Russell Woods area. Anyway, that's the only park along the length of Broadstreet. |
Bulletmagnet Member Username: Bulletmagnet
Post Number: 1611 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Tuesday, October 21, 2008 - 10:42 pm: | |
Thanks for answering the question I was just about to ask you Mikeg. I didn't know where the Broadstreet Park was located ether. It’s nice to know that at one time an art show could be held in a neighborhood park in Detroit, and be well attended. I am a little curious about the art itself: could these be some early works by Lowell? |