Woodward Ave- Old Day Photos

HotRodGirl · 08-28-2008, 07:10 PM

Great e-mail sent by my mom with pics of Woodward Ave in the old days along with homes in Detroit of famous persons.....

If you read the WDC 2008 Photo Album...I gave bits and pieces of Woodward Ave's history......these pics go well with that information.

Pic 1
Woodward between 6 and 7 mile roads (1908)

Pic 2
Same stretch of road between 6 and 7 mile roads (1909)

Pic 3
Busiest intersection in the World; Michigan and Woodward (1920)

Pic 4
Shoppers wait for the streetcar on Woodward at State Street, Nov. 25, 1949

Pic 5
Highland Park at Woodward and Puritan (1956)

HotRodGirl · 08-28-2008, 07:15 PM

Woodward Ave Continued..........

Pic 1
Newly opened to help ease traffic on Woodward at 8 Mile (1965)

Pic 2
Hudson's building circa 1983, building was imploded in 1998.

Pic 3
Campus Martius has been a gathering place for Detroiters for two centuries (Jan 2007)

Pic 4
Bob-Lo Island (1964) (Celebrated my 8th Birthday here and was stuck on a Ferris Wheel for 3 hrs)

Pic 5
Bob-lo Boat (1970)

BlueStreak · 08-28-2008, 07:17 PM

A lot of change in those pictures.

HotRodGirl · 08-28-2008, 07:20 PM

Famous Persons former homes in Detroit & Michigan............

Pic 1
Gladys Knights former home on LaSalle

Pic 2
Henry Ford's former home on Edison

Pic 3
Marvin Gaye's former home on Appoline

Pic 4
Malcolm X's childhood home on Keystone

Pic 5
Florence Ballard's former home on West Buena Vista

HotRodGirl · 08-28-2008, 07:26 PM

Famous Persons former homes in Detroit & Michigan............

Pic 1
Smokey Robinson's home former home on Belmont (My dad went on a service call for heating in this home....met Smokey but never got an autograph)

Pic 2
Stevie Wonder's former home on Greenlawn

Pic 3
In 1957, Mike and Marion Ilitch lived in this house on Chalfonte (Detroit Red Wing Team Owner)