 
Gistok
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Username: Gistok
Post Number: 3554
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 11:32 pm: |    |
Well there really are a lot of far eastsiders on this forum. So I thought I would start a thread, just in case some of us are long lost acquaintances.... (Jjaba, this is not for westsiders!  )
So here goes...
Gistok:
Lived: in 5900 block of Marseilles near Berden.
Marquette School: 1960-66.
Finney Jr/Sr High School: 1966-71.
Favorite teacher: Mrs. Pagoto at Marquette (still alive and living in Harper Woods!)
Favorite stores: Coins & Stamps @ Mack & University, Earl's Bike Shop @ Harper & Audobon, most all the stores at Mack/7 Shopping Center.
Theatre Hangouts: Vogue, Woods, Alger.
First Job: Cashier at Chatham Supermarket #8 (Morang & Kelley). |
Imperfectly
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Username: Imperfectly
Post Number: 186
Registered: 06-2004
| | Posted on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 - 11:56 pm: | |
Gistok we shopped at that Chatham. But I was born in 1976 !
Grew up on Mckinney across from Dominican HS.
Never was inside the Alger , but i did see Return of the Jedi at the Civic Theater there at Whittier and Kelly. |
Kathleen
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Username: Kathleen
Post Number: 1899
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 6:23 am: | |
Lived: in 4100 block of Three Mile Drive between Bremen and Waveney.
Clark Elementary (for Kindergarten): 1962-63
St. Clare of Montefalco: 1963-71.
Bishop Gallagher High School: 1971-75.
Favorite stores: Carra's (Three Mile & Mack), A&K Oriental (Audubon & Warren), Lippert's Coins & Stamps (Mack & University), Kaleidoscope (Bedford & Mack), Kresge's (Warren w. of Outer Drive).
Local Theatre: Alger, Civic (with fond memories of the Vogue and the Woods as well)
Local Hangouts: Jefferson Branch, Detroit Public Library; Cannon Recreation Center; Balduck Park.
Local Job: Housekeeping Department at Bon Secours Hospital. |
14509glenfield
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Username: 14509glenfield
Post Number: 304
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 7:08 am: | |
Lived: Glenfield and Leroy thru HS
Robinson Elementary-Kindergarten
Guardian Angels-'52-'60.
Servite High School '60-'64. WSU and EMU 64 thru Jan '69.
Favorite stores: Anything in The Civic Center or close by.
Local theatre: Civic-particularly 25cent mid-afternoon Wed and Sat matinees
Hangouts: Civic Center, Ritter's / Denby Bowling, Ed's Pool Hall, Volcanoes Pizzeria, Joe's Party Store (Chalmers & Glenfield)/Dailey's Pharmacy & soda fountain, Dunkenburgers. Eastwood Park, Jefferson Beach, St. Clair Beach and Olsen Beach. Fishing at the foot of Alter after a long bike ride. Motor City and Mt.Clements ovals.
Untaxable income: Shopping News, Night Free Press Route on Wilfred (Gratiot to Hayes)
Taxable: K-Mart Foods (Outer Drive and Sherwood). |
Jams
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Username: Jams
Post Number: 4662
Registered: 10-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 7:18 am: | |
So is it eastsider or Eastsider for the rest of us who are obviously "geographically undesirable"? |
14509glenfield
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Username: 14509glenfield
Post Number: 305
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 7:38 am: | |
On the eastside the sun rose a millisecond earlier. But lost those fleeting sun rays later. Hey WEST SIDE STORY. Play and silver screen productions. Nice Smiley Face. Very DESIRABLE. A City with a pulse. |
Detroitej72
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Username: Detroitej72
Post Number: 480
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 9:21 am: | |
Lived in the 14000 block of Novara until 1989.
Lived in 6300 block of University until 2001.
McGregor Elementary, Burbank Middle School, Tower High.
Movie theater: Civic on Kelly at H-W.
First job: Heisler's Pharmacy Gratiot north of St. Fair.
Hangouts: Electric Palace Arcade at Lappin & Gratiot, Pointe Billiards on E. Warren, all the bars at Harper/ Cadiux, and Mack between Beaconsfield and Devonshire.
BTW Gistok, ever notice how there was a Chatham's at Hayes south of Houston- Whittier, H-W just east of Hayes, and Morang/ Kelly? Why have 3 stores within a mile of each other, as well as one on Kelly just north of Morross? |
Carm
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Username: Carm
Post Number: 10
Registered: 01-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 9:23 am: | |
Nottingham between Berkshire and Haverhill.
St. Matthew School 1979-1988
Saw movies at the Civic Theater and Woods Theater. Shopped at Kresges on Houstin Whitter. My parents bowled at East Warren and Maple Lanes. Played ball and went sledding at Balduck. Hung out at Eastland Mall. |
1953
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Username: 1953
Post Number: 1280
Registered: 12-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 9:30 am: | |
My great grandparents lived on Wayburn between Warren and Chandler Park Dr. for decades. When they died, several family members later inhabited that house, including my parents, briefly. My other set of great grandparents lived on Nottingham for an equally long period of time, also between Warren and Chandler Park Drive. I like to think this makes the Eastside my ancestral homeland. Living in Hamtramck now, as I do, I feel somewhat as a Palestinian must feel. |
Walterwaves
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Username: Walterwaves
Post Number: 62
Registered: 01-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 9:37 am: | |
Lived on Kirby and Moran until 1985.
Schools: Ferry Elementry, Greisal 1 year(closed) then had to commute to schools in Hamtramck because all my nabe schools shut down including Northeastern.
Movie theater: 3 for a $1 Karate movies and Blaxploitation flicks at the Fox,Adams,GrandCircus and all the other downtown theaters.
New movies at the Ren Cen saw Scarface there. YAY!
First job: Pacifico's Cafe (also selling stuff I shouldn't have been selling)
Hangouts: Fast Eddie's Arcade in Windsor, Greektown, Nikki's Old Detroit, Hart Plaza Ethnic Festivals and my hood of course, TC's, Clarence's,Old Joe's,Huey's,ah,,,christyl,chr issy,casey,shelley,
heather and hanging out on weekend nights in Rochester in their hangouts.
ah, the ROT lolol
Favorite thing about Detroit? the great memories |
Harmonie
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Username: Harmonie
Post Number: 672
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 9:49 am: | |
Lived: 4140 Audubon between Mack and Warren, from my birth in the house in 80 till after college. My parents bought it from R.J. Hirt's daughter's estate when she passed in 1979.
St. Ambrose 1984-86; and St. Clare of Montefalco 1986 - 1995
Regina High School 1995 - 1999
Favorite spots: Woo's Chinese Food on Warren and Mr. C's on Warren.
Theatre Hangouts: The Woods Theater and Eastland
First Job: Cashier at the One and Only Yorkshire Market
Cannon Baseball at Finney; Sledding at Balduck; Swimming at Heilman; borrowing friends passes to get into the Grosse Pointe Parks in the summer
Oh...and the Ashland Bump for a pick me up on boring nights! |
Walterwaves
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Username: Walterwaves
Post Number: 65
Registered: 01-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 9:52 am: | |
oh now thats a surprizing revelation to me. Grosse Pointes parks were private for town residents only?
Or did I misunderstand that?
wow! talk about seperation according to class |
Hysteria
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Username: Hysteria
Post Number: 2357
Registered: 02-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 9:57 am: | |
quote:Grosse Pointes parks were private for town residents only?
I believe they still are. |
Wkl
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Username: Wkl
Post Number: 97
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 10:05 am: | |
Lived at the conner of E. Outer Dr and Warren.
St Matts '70
De La Salle '74
WSU '78
First job - stock room at Kressge on Warren. When that closed, it was over to the Alger. When that closed, I worked the Vouge. When that closed, I went over to the Eastland 2. then I graduated and had to get a real job. So the Eastland closing wasn't my fault.
Ditto to most of the above for hang outs. |
Walterwaves
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Username: Walterwaves
Post Number: 66
Registered: 01-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 10:07 am: | |
quote:
Grosse Pointes parks were private for town residents only?
I believe they still are.
I say: WOW! tsk tsk tsk |
Tarkus
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Username: Tarkus
Post Number: 239
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 10:19 am: | |
Lived 5091 Devonshire b/t E. Waren and Frankfort.
Stellwagon 70-75, St. Matthews 75-79, DLS 79-83.
Hangouts were Cal's Pizza, Zapperz arcade, Mr C's, Balduck woods, playing jet-ball at Stellwagon or next to the Standard gas on Warren and Haverhill, where a homerun was hitting it on the roof of Sanders cleaners. Rays deli, Ninos Market, Kresges and Sanders, Rose and Doms party store. A&K had the best smells. And the Jefferson Library for all the book reports.
Movies: Alger, Woods, Civic, and Esquire for the midnight movies.
restaurants wer BJ's on Warren, Cal's for square pizza, Zeno's for round pizza. Fair Star and Woo's for Chinese. Woo's always had burnt buns. Genevas for sliders.
First job was 7-11 on Warren and University schlepin slurpees, I haven't had one since. |
Pam
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Username: Pam
Post Number: 986
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 10:55 am: | |
I don't know this area at all, will Gistok and Kathleen be offering walking tours?
(West Bloomfield High School class of '80.) |
14509glenfield
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Username: 14509glenfield
Post Number: 308
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 11:59 am: | |
Walking tours ... (not a slam) West Bloomfield in 1980 .... a different planet. Hell I was in Colorado. The geographics defined DETROIT CITY LIMITS long before 1980...(again, non offensive, different times. I/and others cannot relate how we grew up). Hope you understand and appreciate. Are blogs only for the older farts when relating to "WHEN"? |
Willmess01
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Username: Willmess01
Post Number: 1
Registered: 02-2007
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 12:08 pm: | |
Lived on McCormick off of Moross. Walked to St. Brendans grade school.
Graduated from Bishop Gallagher H.S. in the closing years...
I have many memories of going to Beacon East theater and Eastland mall to get my birthday present at Hudson's.
I really do love the city.....I wish I personally had the $$ to make a bigger impact! |
Detroit313
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Username: Detroit313
Post Number: 282
Registered: 02-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 12:10 pm: | |
Trace my roots back to Chalmers/Jefferson. Raised on 8-Mile and 75. Lived on Fairview (now the only red house on the block, n. of Jefferson)313 |
Hysteria
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Username: Hysteria
Post Number: 2360
Registered: 02-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 12:10 pm: | |
quote:(West Bloomfield High School class of '80.)
That explains everything. |
Mackinaw
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Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 2377
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 12:11 pm: | |
Did W. Bloomfield even have paved roads in the 1980s? Let alone sidewalks...
Eastside/GP: where it's at.
St. Clare Parish (not anymore)
Grosse Pointe South High (aka Grosse Pointe High School)
Mack/Warren landmarks for me: Balduck Park, East Side Tennis, Yorkshire Food Market, Captain's Restaurant (out of business, now "Bogarts"), Mr. C's deli, the Pointe After sports shop. Born at St. John's. First car from Bob Maxey's used lot. I spent a little time at our lakefront park, but you all don't want to hear about that. I would have gotten you all in as guests...just know that. |
14509glenfield
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Username: 14509glenfield
Post Number: 309
Registered: 05-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 12:15 pm: | |
In consideration POINT MADE (no offense)
....different in the City...than Bloomfield hills
(Message edited by 14509glenfield on February 01, 2007) |
Jjaba
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Username: Jjaba
Post Number: 4808
Registered: 11-2003
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 12:15 pm: | |
Thanks. jjaba is reading and lurking.
It is hard to believe all of this refers to Detroit. Sure ain't mine.
jjaba, Proudly Westside. |
Hysteria
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Username: Hysteria
Post Number: 2361
Registered: 02-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 12:15 pm: | |
quote:I would have gotten you all in as guests...just know that.
You betcha! |
Pam
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Username: Pam
Post Number: 987
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 12:29 pm: | |
quote:That explains everything
??
quote:Did W. Bloomfield even have paved roads in the 1980s? Let alone sidewalks
Yes. What's with all the attacks? I only mentioned it to illustrate my unfamiliarity with the eastside area. |
Hysteria
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Username: Hysteria
Post Number: 2362
Registered: 02-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 12:33 pm: | |
Mine wasn't an attack, Pam. I was referring to your knowledge of the music of that era (from another thread). |
Mackinaw
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Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 2378
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 12:42 pm: | |
And I'm just playing off the cross-town divide. (and W. Bloomfield sucks...but that doesn't mean you do, Pam). |
Pam
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Username: Pam
Post Number: 988
Registered: 11-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 12:47 pm: | |
quote:and W. Bloomfield sucks...but that doesn't mean you do, Pam).
Thanks. Yeah I know it sucks, I used to live there. |
Mackinaw
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Username: Mackinaw
Post Number: 2379
Registered: 02-2005
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 12:48 pm: | |
Thanks for playing along. |
Gistok
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Username: Gistok
Post Number: 3559
Registered: 08-2004
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 12:58 pm: | |
Detroitej72, yes there were 3 Chathams Supermarkets all along or near that stretch of Kelley.
The small Chatham store several blocks east of Moross was Chatham #1, the first store in the chain which was established in the 1940's (IIRC) by the 4 Weisberg brothers. Then they expanded, and built Chatham #2 over on Hayes near Houston-Whittier. Then they built several more on the east side (such as Chatham #7 at 8 Mile & Gratiot) before they built Chatham #8 at Morang & Kelley. Chatham #1 was much smaller than the others, and I believe the building is extand, a Vegas Grocery store IIRC.
Kathleen, are you sure about Lipperts? Lipperts Coins & Stamps was located at E. Warren & Harvard, and later moved to 9 Mile & Greater Mack in SCS, and is today located at 8 Mile where Vernier branches off from it (across from Eastland). The Mack & University "Coins & Stamps" was owned by Roman Lester and Bill Fiscus until the 1980's.
Jjaba, you are always welcome to come to the east side!
One interesting note about the far east side... although the businesses in that are have changed dramatically over the last 5 decades, and all the great Elm trees have long disappeared (in the 1960's), the residential stock of houses is surprisingly intact. I can only think of one derelict house in that area that has been torn down in all that time (at Morang and W. Ford Service Dr.). And then there's the house at Southampton & University (2nd house from corner) that blew up in the 1960's in a natural gas explosion... ditto for another along Cadieux between Warren & Mack in the last 10 years. |
Michmeister
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Username: Michmeister
Post Number: 87
Registered: 10-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, February 01, 2007 - 3:30 pm: | |
I`m a native eastsider, being born on Annott, moved to Hampshire for about a year then off to the westside arround `68, where I turned 6 years young. |