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by mburb1981
24 Dec 2019 15:35
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: Metro Food Center on Warren in Detroit has burned down (former A&P)
Replies: 1
Views: 457

Metro Food Center on Warren in Detroit has burned down (former A&P)

The Metro Food Center Our Family store at 6461 Warren Avenue at the intersection with Gilbert Street has burned down. https://www.wxyz.com/news/region/detroit/two-alarm-fire-reported-at-grocery-store-in-detroit?fbclid=IwAR28nWATV4Wnz9dm_EvZRk9ktXfAo56TzNpAjJVZqG8EM8TadSQrW5xX3PE This had been an A&a...
by mburb1981
29 Nov 2019 15:39
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: Detroit Sneak Preview
Replies: 10
Views: 2161

Re: Detroit Sneak Preview

Was going to post this on my thread , but this will do. For when you add my Downriver communities lists, I have stumbled upon a Kroger that I didn't even know exist: https://www.flickr.com/photos/92760331@N04/48909673236/in/datetaken/ Southgate's very first Kroger store opened at 14803-14807 Dix-Tol...
by mburb1981
15 Nov 2019 20:56
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: Detroit Sneak Preview
Replies: 10
Views: 2161

Re: Detroit Sneak Preview

Amazing job! You've included the entire city of Detroit, and with the enclave cities and the Grosse Pointes too! You sure are accurate in how big Detroit was, as it reached a peak population of almost two million in 1950. I have a few additional notes for your consideration: *Detroit underwent a cit...
by mburb1981
25 Sep 2019 12:36
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: List of Detroit Metro Packer Foods stores from 1964
Replies: 4
Views: 3012

Re: List of Detroit Metro Packer Foods stores from 1964

Packer was basically KMart Foods without the KMart next door. This was quite interesting that you mentioned that, as the Garden City store was an outlot of the property containing a Kmart store - to be specific the very first Kmart. Quite odd that they didn't just put it right next to the Kmart its...
by mburb1981
24 Sep 2019 11:12
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: List of Detroit Metro Packer Foods stores from 1964
Replies: 4
Views: 3012

Re: List of Detroit Metro Packer Foods stores from 1964

Relating to Birmingham, I decided to open up a 1967 aerial image of this suburb and noticed a large enough building on the east side of Woodward just north of 14 Mile between Sheffield and Taunton Roads. After checking address ranges on a couple of nearby north-south streets, this completely confirm...
by mburb1981
23 Sep 2019 12:44
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: List of Detroit Metro Packer Foods stores from 1964
Replies: 4
Views: 3012

List of Detroit Metro Packer Foods stores from 1964

Last night, I, quite by accident, stumbled upon a lucky Newspapers.com clipping - from the Detroit Free Press of December 11, 1964 - of Packer Foods stores that operated in the Detroit metro area. Packer Foods was an older name that was resurrected in the early 1960's as the name for lower-volume Wr...
by mburb1981
17 Sep 2019 18:54
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: Wyandotte, Lincoln Park and other Downriver burbs chain history
Replies: 22
Views: 9858

Re: Wyandotte, Lincoln Park and other Downriver burbs chain history

After another check of the Wyandotte directories on the Bacon Memorial District Library's website, I have revealed another ancient chain that may have been specific to this part of the Downriver area called Wolf's Cash Market, which was ran by a person named Joseph Wolf and had locations in Wyandott...
by mburb1981
13 Sep 2019 14:39
Forum: History: Miscellaneous and Not Region-Specific
Topic: 2 Supermarkets In One Shopping Center
Replies: 68
Views: 97042

Re: 2 Supermarkets In One Shopping Center

I know, two-year bump, but for a good reason. Just a few minutes ago I stumbled upon a Facebook group post displaying this article from the September 16, 1959 Dearborn (Michigan) Press, concerning the groundbreaking of the Taylortown Shopping Center: 70891708_10120270951891804_2554709056614825984_n....
by mburb1981
04 Sep 2019 20:51
Forum: History: Department Store Chains
Topic: Early Kmart closures (PRE-1994)
Replies: 26
Views: 29264

Re: Early Kmart closures (PRE-1994)

*25201 Outer Dr. in Melvindale apparently closed in the 1980s; it's not in a 1991 phone book of the area, and a Storetrax listing from 2000 just says it's a "former Kmart" built in 1967. It's now a megachurch. Yes, I know I'm quoting an almost-decade old post, but for a reason. This exact...
by mburb1981
04 Sep 2019 11:22
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: Dearborn, MI chain grocery/supermarket locations, 1930-59
Replies: 7
Views: 9119

Re: Dearborn, MI chain grocery/supermarket locations, 1930-59

https://www.groceteria.com/place/us-michigan/detroit/dearborn/ http://www.andrewturnbull.net/artifacts/nat-midearborn19.jpg I also now know that this barrel-roofed National at 15219 Michigan Ave didn't even last to 1965 before being shuttered. And with a Kroger opening in the lot next door, it neve...
by mburb1981
27 Aug 2019 19:03
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: Mystery Store - 2004 East 4th Street, Royal Oak, MI
Replies: 3
Views: 2529

Mystery Store - 2004 East 4th Street, Royal Oak, MI

Here is an interesting discovery I came across on Google Street View just east of the downtown area of the northern Detroit suburban community of Royal Oak: https://i.imgur.com/kMgCC5M.png According to Southeast Michigan Council of Governments records, this building was built in 1920 and measures 1,...
by mburb1981
26 Aug 2019 18:21
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: Toledo Sneak Peek
Replies: 6
Views: 3461

Re: Toledo Sneak Peek

* As expected, there was a bit of chain crossover from Detroit...while Meijer didn't sweep in until after 2000. Actually, Meijer already had some Toledo locations by 2000. Here's the dates these stores opened according to a Meijer document that you can download from their vendor website: -Maumee an...
by mburb1981
08 Aug 2019 09:44
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: Wyandotte, Lincoln Park and other Downriver burbs chain history
Replies: 22
Views: 9858

Re: Wyandotte, Lincoln Park and other Downriver burbs chain history

Don Gutz in the All Things Wyandotte Facebook Group has posted this image of a crowd gathering in front Big Bear store in Wyandotte: 68445849_920021108349386_5431557848888770560_o.jpg Was this signage style ever used by the Columbus-based Big Bear chain? This picture was taken facing west on Sycamor...
by mburb1981
04 Aug 2019 21:45
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: Mystery Store - 15031 Middlebelt Road, Romulus, MI
Replies: 4
Views: 3070

Mystery Store - 15031 Middlebelt Road, Romulus, MI

Located diagonally across from Detroit Metropolitan Airport's property at Middlebelt and Eureka Roads: https://i.imgur.com/mhYtA2i.jpg Built in 1960 and measuring 4,600 square feet (if Southeast Michigan Council of Governments [SEMCOG] data is accurate), this is a small but reasonably sized building...
by mburb1981
25 Jul 2019 19:15
Forum: History: USA Midwest/Plains
Topic: Wyandotte, Lincoln Park and other Downriver burbs chain history
Replies: 22
Views: 9858

Re: Wyandotte, Lincoln Park and other Downriver burbs chain history

Added a couple of entries for Dix-Toledo in Southgate on the Lincoln Park list. Both are in the same strip mall, which was built in 1966 with a Bi-Lo (was this part of the Bi-Lo chain?) as well as a Topps discount store and a Jo-Ann Fabrics. Bi-Lo and Topps closed by 1975 and the complex started to ...