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Financial Companies

April 6, 2023April 13, 2023By admin2 min read

Financial Companies in the Southern Metropolitan Detroit, Michigan The southern Metropolitan Detroit, Michigan area is home to a diverse range of financial companies. Whether you’re

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Photostory KMART

April 6, 2023April 13, 2023By admin9 min read

The K-Mart corporation had its beginnings as a discount off-shoot of Detroit-based S.S. Kresge Company. For many years, the original K-Mart logo above was seconded

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Pinnacle Racecourse

April 6, 2023April 13, 2023By admin14 min read

Horse racing signaled a ray of hope for airport aerotropolis The main building of the former Pinnacle Racecourse in Romulus sits vacant, barely five years

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Financial Institutions

April 5, 2023April 7, 2023By admin3 min read

Detroit was the fourth-largest city in the United States by 1920 and a global industrial powerhouse due to the expanding auto industry and immigration. Until

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Henrys Rail Arches

April 5, 2023April 13, 2023By admin3 min read

A set of railway arches bordering southern Allen Park. A set of double arches closer to the River Rouge facility; this set borders Allen Park

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Early History 1941

April 5, 2023April 13, 2023By admin13 min read

Chamber of Commerce excerpt, from publication “Down River Business and Trade Exposition” It is rather obvious to note that the tone of this documentation was

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Brand Name Businesses

April 5, 2023April 13, 2023By admin12 min read

These familiar brand names were located within the boundaries of Downriver at one time or another during the last fifty-plus years.   The businesses may

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Battle of the Overpass

April 5, 2023April 13, 2023By admin5 min read

The United Auto Workers gain traction at the Rouge Factory Complex, 1937 Henry Ford, undated. In spite of Henry Ford’s groundbreaking changes to the workday

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Geography and Stats

April 5, 2023April 13, 2023By admin4 min read

GEOGRAPHICS: PARTICULARS: Population   356,448 Downriver is the unofficial name for a collection of 18 suburban cities and townships in Wayne County, Michigan, south of Detroit along

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Islands and Lights

April 5, 2023April 13, 2023By admin7 min read

To be included in this future list are the following: Mamajuda Lighthouse and Island Grosse Ile North Channel Front Range Lighthouse During the 19thDuring the

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