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Protected from demolition during urban renewal for Comerica Park, the newest home of the Detroit Tigers, the Gem Theatre and Century Theatre were moved five blocks on wheels to its new location at 333 Madison Street on 16 October 1997. At a distance of 563 meters (1,850 feet) it is the furthest known relocation of a sizable building. [3]
The Gem Theatre and Century Theatre, both housed within the same building in Detroit, were moved five blocks on wheels to its new location at 333 Madison Avenue on 16 October 1997, because of the development of the Comerica Park area when it became home of the Detroit Tigers.
The Gem was conceived in 1948 by the Bijou Amusement Company of Memphis, Tennessee and opened in 1951. Having a theater specifically for African-American residents in their own neighborhood meant that customers weren't relegated to one section with inferior amenities, like in segregated theaters that were ubiquitous at the time. [ 1 ]
Area codes 647 and 437 are additional area codes for the same numbering plan area (NPA), forming an overlay numbering plan. The incumbent local exchange carrier in the numbering plan area is Bell Canada. Almost all Toronto Bell Canada landlines have area code 416, with 647-numbers allocated disproportionately to a growing mobile telephone ...
By the mid-1960s, there were reportedly more than a million GEM members throughout the U.S. and Canada. GEM announced plans in December 1965 to merge with Parkview Drugs, a Kansas City-based chain, creating a new parent company called Parkview-GEM. [7] [8] The merger was finalize five months later. [9]
President-elect Donald Trump listens to Elon Musk as he arrives to watch SpaceX's mega rocket Starship lift off for a test flight from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas, Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2024.
PHOTO: Defensive end Dylan Horton #92 of the Houston Texans gets set during the first quarter of an NFL football game against the Detroit Lions at NRG Stadium on Nov. 10, 2024 in Houston.
From January 2008 to December 2012, if you bought shares in companies when Ernesto Zedillo joined the board, and sold them when he left, you would have a -7.6 percent return on your investment, compared to a -2.8 percent return from the S&P 500.