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All across Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park, indie bookstores are finding ways to open and stay open.
Founded by Milton and Lenore Marwil in 1948, Marwil Bookstore was Detroit's oldest independent bookstore. The store was family owned until 1983, when it was sold to Lily Kramer. The original location on Woodward was left behind in the early 1970s in favor of a new space on Cass and Warren housed in a 3,000-square-foot (280 m 2) retail storefront.
The store was established in Dearborn, Michigan by John K. King in 1965. [10] In 1971 it was moved to the Michigan Theatre in downtown Detroit. [10] In 1983 King purchased the abandoned Advance Glove factory, which has since housed the store's collections.
A western wing with Mervyns was added to the mall in 1988, and shortly afterward, the eastern wing was renovated to include a movie theater and food court. [5] In 1997, the F. W. Woolworth chain closed the last of its stores, leaving a large vacancy in the northern wing. Three years later, Montgomery Ward closed the last of its stores as well.
The Westin Book Cadillac Detroit is an historic skyscraper hotel in downtown Detroit, Michigan, within the Washington Boulevard Historic District.Designed in the Neo-Renaissance style, and opened as the Book-Cadillac Hotel in 1924, the 349 ft (106 m), 31-story, 453-room hotel includes 65 exclusive luxury condominiums and penthouses on the top eight floors.
After opening, Vaughn's Book Store became a valuable resource for hard-to-find books as well as a cultural meeting place for the Black Detroit community. The store initially survived the start of the 1967 Detroit riot, but was later ransacked, reportedly by officers of the Detroit Police Department. However, the store restocked and prospered ...
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Construction began on the wings in 1957 after Common Council authorized the first issue of library bonds for financing. [1] The north and south wings opened on June 23, 1963, and added 240,000 square feet to the building. [1] The wings were connected along the rear of the original building and a new entrance created on Cass Avenue.
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