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#Detroit, Brush & E Lafayette, 1958-2023. The old Wayne County Morgue was open in 1926, built in the style of ancient Egyptian mausoleums. Prior to its construction, bodies were kept in the basement of the former 1871 city hall. By 1920, with the city population booming and more

#Detroit, 100 E Ferry St, c.1900-2023. This home was built in 1886-87 for dry goods magnate George Owen. After his passing, his wife sold the home and it was deeded to the Merrill-Palmer Institute in 1924. By mid-century, it housed WSU students until purchased by the Detroit

#Detroit, Third Ave, 1964-2023. The Hotel Andoria opened near West Grand Blvd in 1926 as the New Center area was in the midst of a boom. The new GM headquarters had just opened in 1922, and plans for the Fisher Building were in the works. Originally, the hotel had a tea room on

#Detroit, Witherell & E Adams, 1960's-2023. The screenshot images were taken from the back of a DFD Ladder 1 truck cruising through parts of downtown. The images show the old YMCA at the NE corner (where Comerica Park now stands) and the Hotel Wolverine in the distance. Both came

#HighlandPark, Woodward & Tennyson/Tuxedo, 1956-2023. This was the end of the line for streetcars along the Woodward line, as well as for the #Detroit metro area. Buses would be their replacement, and the unused tracks would be ripped up over the next few years. The Wrigley's

#Detroit, Griswold St, 1940's-2022. Watermarked Rocky's Relic elicits more railway nostalgia, though most reading this never saw these cars in action. This Jefferson marked car was making a turn in front of the Penobscot Bldg west onto Larned. In the distance, at the NE corner of

#Detroit, Cass & Times Square, c.1930-2024. Back when Detroit was America's 4th & 5th largest city, it had three large papers, the News, the Free Press and the Times. In 1929, the Times, which began operations in 1900, opened this impressive structure with a corner tower,

#Detroit, Griswold & W Congress, c.1900-2023. The 1899 Hammond Building at far left was a site to behold at the time, drawing visitors from afar to witness it. Prior to the elevator, buildings of such height were impractical. The Union Trust Building was constructed in 1896 next

#Hamtramck, Florian St, 1942-2022. St Florian Catholic Church, constructed between 1926-1928 and whose spire reaches 200 ft, is the tallest structure in Hamtramck, and one of the grandest in the Detroit metro area. It was built to serve the city's Polish citizens, many of whom

#RedfordTownship, Grand River & 7 Mile, 1958-2021. The $3 million Seven Grand Shopping Center opened in 1958, with Federal's Dept Store the anchor tenant. Other stores included SS Kresge, Kroger, Winkleman's, Sherwin-Williams and Cunningham Drugs. The foreground dirt in the first

#Detroit, W Kirby & 7th St, c.1920's-2020. Tilden School opened in 1888 to serve elementary grade students on the growing west side. It would serve the city until it was torn down for the extension of the Edsel Ford Fwy, whose south service road runs along the former path of

#Pontiac, 1988-2021. On this opening night of the #Detroit Detroit Lions season, lets go back to their former home from 1975-2001. It's hard to believe that by 2029, the Lions will have been playing at Ford Field as long as they occupied the Silverdome. After the Lions left in 2002, the

#Detroit, Grand River & Woodside, 1964-2023. Drysdale Buick, which operated from 1962-1974, had locations on both sides of Grand River before moving to Livernois in the late '60's. The sign seen in '64 still stood in 2019, albeit painted over. By 2021, it had been removed. The

#Detroit, 6 Mile & Telegraph Rd, 1920's-2023. Looking east up McNichols/6 Mile, this was before Grand Lawn Cemetery, opened in 1908, would overtake all the land at the NE corner. It's also before Telegraph would be widened with a median. Still visible is the fire hydrant at right

#Detroit, Grand River & Telegraph (Hwy 24), 1920's-2024. This SE view is from 13 miles NW of downtown. At the time, it was considered far outside of Detroit, but the city limits were expanding quickly, reaching its current 139 sq miles in 1926. For a graphic annexation timeline

#Detroit, Michigan Ave, 1982-2023. The original Senate Coney Island was opened in 1937 by Greek immigrant George Hinaris, a nod to the adjacent Senate Theatre. It closed in 1990 after a fire. Given the decline of the area and the renovation cost, it was decided not to reopen at

#Detroit, c.1950-2022. This image, taken from the Ambassador Bridge, shows the Pere Marquette RR roundhouse just below. In the distance are the dual spires of the Basilica of St Anne de Detroit, as well as Michigan Central Station, and 4 miles away in New Center, the Fisher Bldg

#Detroit, Michigan & Second, 1910's-2022. The 1938 Salvation Army building featured last night sat one block north of their first structure in the city. Built in 1906, its roof facade gave it a castle-like appearance, and appropriately housed its Detroit Citadel Church. Once the