  Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 5695 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.70.116.85 |
Since were having fun at Elmwood... P.D.J. | ||
Itsjeff Member Username: Itsjeff Post Number: 6370 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 208.27.111.125 |
I've had apartments that were smaller than that. | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 704 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.139 |
Frank Hecker was on the board of directors of Woodlawn, so it's not surprising his tomb is there. He was also the President of the "Peninsular Motor Car Co.". Anyone have any data on that firm? | ||
Jams Member Username: Jams Post Number: 3507 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 68.73.6.167 |
 He was used to having a bit of room. (Message edited by JamS on July 13, 2006) | ||
Hornwrecker Member Username: Hornwrecker Post Number: 1317 Registered: 04-2005 Posted From: 66.19.21.77 |
Ray, railroad cars, not motor ones. Peninsular Car | ||
Livedog2 Member Username: Livedog2 Post Number: 676 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 24.223.133.177 |
Great photo and vignette, Andrew! Livedog2 | ||
Rustic Member Username: Rustic Post Number: 2688 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 128.36.14.165 |
not too shabby hiring McKim, Mead, and White do yer tomb ... not too shabby at all. | ||
Patrick Member Username: Patrick Post Number: 3510 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 65.222.10.3 |
aiw, you said it is located in Woodlawn, yet at the end you write that its the only mausoleum at Elmwood made of marble | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 5697 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.228.200.192 |
Whoops.... | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 705 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.139 |
Thanks for the backstopping, Hornwrecker, shows what happens when I read too fast.  | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4088 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.193.193.49 |
Frank Hecker, a hecker of a guy. Thanks AIW, wherever Frank is buried. Does it really mattah? jjaba. | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 1337 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.251.225 |
The Hecker mansion is now occupied by the Charfoos law firm which spent a mint refurbishing the place. They work in very attractive quarters. The staircase is a real knock-out. The son of one of the partners was married on the staircase. Quite a setting. They turned the carriage house behind the mansion into a replica of a real court room. They have used the court room to "try" a case of theirs that's coming up for trial, even paying folks to come in and act as jurors to critique the lawyer's performance before the case actually goes to trial downtown. It looks like the real McCoy. WSU law school used it for some of their moot court competitions. Originally, the firm sought to negotiate for the Motown Building but got no cooperation with the city. The Hecker mansion turned out to be a much better opportunity and their efforts have certainly been realized. | ||
Rustic Member Username: Rustic Post Number: 2695 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.234.183.131 |
As a kid my sincere intention was to grow up, play centerfield for the tigers and earn enough $ to buy the Smiley Bros Piano Building as my home (maybe I'd hafta buy a Bosendorfer or two to sweeten the deal, I dunno). I could walk to the DIA and Library and ride my bike to Tiger Stadium to go to work. I would keep an airplane at City airport ~10 minutes away to jet off to whereever I wanted to go. My friend wanted to grow up and buy the Tigers and convert the football pressbox on the third deck along the third base line into his home. (Message edited by rustic on July 15, 2006) | ||
The_rock Member Username: The_rock Post Number: 1338 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.251.225 |
Rustic---it's not too late. Go to law school,pass the bar, join the Charfoos firm( I got connections ), and you can have the Hecker mansion as a second home and fulfill your sincere intentions. | ||
Rustic Member Username: Rustic Post Number: 2697 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 71.234.183.131 |
the_rock, naw I ain't cut out fer lawyering ... sunlight and holy water does NOT cause my skin to blister ... | ||
Jjaba Member Username: Jjaba Post Number: 4091 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 71.193.193.49 |
Rustic, The Rock is right. Never too late. Briggs Stadium is vacant and up for sale. Get a job at 7-11 and work really hard. You can do it, your 2,697 posts is proof. We know you can work late. The Rock will help with Health Care Ins. and lawsuits for messing up the Slurpies. jjaba, call me if you need a Jewish lawyer. |
