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Pages in category "1960s in Detroit" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. D. Devil's Night; M.
In 1929, the old structures were demolished and a new store was erected at 1048 Woodward Avenue that was 49.3 m (162 ft) high and contained ten floors. [2] In 1957, the family decided to sell Ernst Kern Co., by then Detroit's third-largest department store, to Sattler's Inc. of Buffalo, New York. Following numerous corporate problems and ...
F. C. Nash & Co. – Nash's (Pasadena), at one time had 5 stores in downtown locations in neighboring small cities during the 1950s and 1960s, founded in 1889 as a grocery store, became a department store in 1921, branch stores were unable to compete with larger chains opening in malls built in the late 1960s and early 1970s and had to be ...
In the 1960s, a small number of Cunningham's were re-branded as Dot Discount, an experiment which did not expand further, but which lasted a couple decades, some years after all Cunningham's had closed in the Detroit area. The chain sold off twenty-eight of its Michigan stores in 1982 to a private company, which re-branded them as Apex Drug. [13]
Parke-Davis is a subsidiary of the pharmaceutical company Pfizer.Although Parke, Davis & Co. is no longer an independent corporation, it was once America's oldest and largest drug maker, and played an important role in medical history.
1956 - Electric streetcar service discontinued on Detroit's last line along Woodward Avenue. [25] 1958 Wayne State University's McGregor Memorial Conference Center built. [17] [26] The Spirit of Detroit statue is dedicated. [27] 1959 - Pavilion Apartments built in Lafayette Park. 1960 Motown Records in business. [14] Cobo Hall convention center ...
[18] [19] In 1999, as a result of unpaid property taxes, the building became the property of the City of Detroit and was re-addressed as 6051 Hastings Street. The building was documented by the Historic American Engineering Record in 2003. [21] In 2022, the City of Detroit mayor Mike Duggan announced plans to revive the building as Fisher 21 ...
1960s in Detroit (10 C, 5 P) E. 1960s Michigan elections (7 C) S. 1960s in sports in Michigan (10 C) Pages in category "1960s in Michigan" The following 3 pages are ...