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Walkerville Theatre

November 26, 2007
Yesterday was the 5th annual Walkerville Holiday Walkabout. One on Wyandotte Street’s grandest buildings was even open. The Walkerville Theatre designed by renown theatre Architect C. Howard Crane in 1918, and built in 1920, had it’s doors open to the public for the first time in a while. The photo above comes from the May 1921 issue of The Michigan Architect and…
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2008 Detroit Historical Photo Calendar

November 23, 2007
If you are looking for that unique gift for that local history fan on your list (or just a great gift for yourself), don’t look any farther than Rob’s 2008 Detroit Historical Calendar. This is one of those projects that has been started by a local history fan…
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Bridge Tavern

November 22, 2007
The westside landmark Bridge Tavern was recently closed down, after liquor inspectors discovered they were operating without a license. It’s always sad to see a long time business close its doors. I’m not sure how long the Bridge Tavern has been around, but it…
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1975

November 19, 2007
Here are few more old transit photos from the Bernie Drouillard Collection, digitzed and passed along by John Stefani. A big thank you is owed to both of them for helping to digitize and share such a massive collection. Today’s shots are both dated 1975 and were taken…
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Viscount Hotel

November 17, 2007
Regular reader Darren was kind enough to send along this crop of an image that he took in the early 1980’s. In it you can see the former Viscount Hotel (marked with a red dot). He apologized for the lousy quality, but any photo is better than none at all. So a big thanks to Darren for sending the photo. Below find a scan from a mid 1960’s ad in the Windsor Star… As you can see…
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