Tuesday, December 16, 2014

Another Flint Mystery Photo

Anyone recognize this spot?


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  1. ? 900 block of third ave. between wolcott st. and prospect st.

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    1. I think you are right! I used to live in that area. Is there a definite answer somewhere? Just curious.

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  2. I don't know, but what that last photo was to the color white, this is to pale yellow.

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  3. Detroit and Page St.?

    I just streetviewed Stockdale St. east of MLK... weird, it looks strangely occupied and normal, much how I remember it 30 years ago...

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  4. I think this Shell station was located at Lynch Street and Davison Road across from Hans Bros. grocery store.

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    1. Fredericks of New Port RicheyDecember 30, 2014 at 9:20 PM

      Probably not. Houses around that part of the Eastside are/were generally smaller and more shack like. Big houses like that were closer to downtown.

      https://www.google.com/maps/@43.0334802,-83.6600366,3a,75y,270h,80.13t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1snv7M7iSg53ZOkYrLBPW9uw!2e0

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  5. If this is the corner of Witherbee and Avenue A, I lived in the house in the background as a child. This would be Elmer Loudon's station.

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  6. Not Elmer Louden's spot... there are a surprising number of still standing structures on that corner to reference. Then again, maybe they were on the north side of Witherbee. Who cares.

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  7. This looks like the service station on 3rd ave. just west of Atwood Stadium.

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    1. That's exactly what I was thinking.

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    2. I believe the building is still there....

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  8. Chevrolet and Flushing across from Rubes ?

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  9. i agree w/ chevrolet & flushing.
    as an ex GMer i used to stumble home from rubes every night to my home in mott park.
    it was the late 80s/early 90s tho... memory is CRUSTY!!!!

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  10. Definitely Cheverolet and Fiushing, I lived a few blocks away on Flushing Rd for about 20 yrs and used to go there for service. The owners Dad had the station that started a block north on the northwest corner. Same side of the street as Rubes now, but, Rubes was originally on Flushing Rd west of Cheverolet. There used to be a Women's clothing store on the corner and Rubes was just west of that, last time I was through there it was a Flower shop.

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