  Goirish1966 Member Username: Goirish1966 Post Number: 28 Registered: 02-2007 |
does anyone have any information on a braun park in detroit. i am told it was in the mc nichols/dequindre area in detroit during the 1940s and 1950s. thanks jim | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2488 Registered: 10-2003 |
I found several references to boxing at Braun Park in the late 40s, including this pic: http://info.detnews.com/rvmgal lery/index.cfm?project=rvm_box ing&pixnumber=3 | ||
Mikem Member Username: Mikem Post Number: 3473 Registered: 10-2003 |
The address I have is 14285 Dequindre, which places it just south of McNichols, at the bend in Dequindre. Now that I see the location, I assume it is another name, earlier or later, for Dequindre Park, as mentioned in this thread, about a quarter of the way down: Six Mile/Dequindre housing project | ||
Mikem Member Username: Mikem Post Number: 3475 Registered: 10-2003 |
The photo in Kathleen's link is a cropped version of this one from the Virtual Motor City, August 23rd, 1949: Braun Park | ||
Kathleen Member Username: Kathleen Post Number: 2492 Registered: 10-2003 |
Hey, Mikem! I knew you would come through with more complete info!••• Thanks! | ||
Goirish1966 Member Username: Goirish1966 Post Number: 29 Registered: 02-2007 |
thanks miken & kathleen. the ring looks to be set up on the infield of a baseball diamond. | ||
Mikem Member Username: Mikem Post Number: 3487 Registered: 10-2003 |
You're welcome. Yes, there was a baseball field there where minor league teams played briefly. Braun was the name of a large lumber yard on the north side of Davison, just a few blocks west of Dequindre, where I-75 now runs. I assume the park land was probably owned or donated by the company. | ||
Stinger4me Member Username: Stinger4me Post Number: 67 Registered: 08-2007 |
I think the lumber company bordered the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. Davison went under the tracks. It was very close to the start of the Davison Underpass. | ||
Stinger4me Member Username: Stinger4me Post Number: 68 Registered: 08-2007 |
I think the lumber company bordered the Grand Trunk Western Railroad. Davison went under the tracks. It was very close to the start of the Davison Underpass. | ||
Goirish1966 Member Username: Goirish1966 Post Number: 30 Registered: 02-2007 |
i also found out that recreation football and michigan aau hockey (in the winter) were played there in the late 1940s. |
