Three different developers promised to build over 460 apartments and 132 hotel rooms across four different city-approved projects downtown amid a building…
Prior to the age of shopping centers, strip malls and plazas, downtowns were the places to shop. Wheeling Avenue, especially within the 700 block, was that place through the mid-1900s.
K-Mart Founder, S.S. Kresge: A Peek Inside His Mansion
Ever wonder how the other half lives?
I m a-gonna show ya.we ll go inside Mr. Kresge s mansion in Detroit...but first, a little background on Sebastian Spering Kresge, founder of K-Mart and the old Kresge s department stores.
Kresge s was more of a 5-10 store like Woolworth s, and Michiganders loved Kresge s just as they loved Woolworth s. The Kresge stores began in 1899 in Detroit and was a place where you could find anything you needed for your home: clothes, toys, housewares, etc.
The first Kresge s was on Woodward Avenue between Grand River and State Street, with all 1,500 items not costing more than 10 cents! Plus, the snack bars and luncheonettes brought in even more customers.
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