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Northland Center, one of four new suburban shopping malls (the others were Eastland Center, Southland Center, and Westland Center) which opened 1954, was built by J. L. Hudson Company, a major upscale Detroit-based department store chain. The Jefferson Avenue line streetcar line was converted to buses in 1954, then the Michigan Avenue in line 1955.
All across Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park, indie bookstores are finding ways to open and stay open.
The QLINE is a 3.3-mile-long (5.3 km) streetcar system in Detroit, Michigan, United States.Opened on May 12, 2017, it connects Downtown Detroit with Midtown and New Center, running along Woodward Avenue (M-1) for its entire route. [4]
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 ...
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.
University District is also seeing a surge in the number of LGBTQ families moving into the neighborhood, which engulfs and relives the history of the district. The University District was the first organized neighborhood in the City of Detroit to recognize, embrace, and support Gay and Lesbian persons, dating back to the 1950s. [2]
The full marathon course map for the 47th annual Detroit Free Press Marathon presented by MSU Federal Credit Union. Once the race returns stateside, runners will go down Washington Blvd. to Grand ...
The track between Grosvenor and "Corbus" (west of Deerfield, Michigan), in the middle of the line, was abandoned in 1893. The line between Corbus and Dundee, Michigan, was abandoned in 1897, and the Detroit and Lima Northern Railroad acquired the eastern end of the line, except for the last half mile to Slocum Junction, which was abandoned. [8]