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Friday, August 31, 2012

Touch Boutique Remembered

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The scene at the Touch Boutique in September 1972 From far left : unknown, Tom Coy, unknown, David J. Boyd, Bill "Woody" Woods, ...
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Thursday, August 30, 2012

Some Cities Shrink, Some Expand Before Your Eyes

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Move-In Day at UM-Flint

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The Bench Seat Gets Benched

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The bench seats many Flintoids grew up with are fading fast. John Pearley Huffman of The New York Times   reports : The 2013 Cadillac ...
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Wednesday, August 29, 2012

Buick City Mystery

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A post that originally ran way back on December 25, 2007. But it's worth revisiting... Some mysterious photos, an elusive blonde who ...
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Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Just What the Doctor Ordered

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Diplomat Pharmacy, headquartered in Flint, has been named one of the fastest growing companies in the nation by Inc. magazine for the fourth...
Monday, August 27, 2012

Durant Hotel in the Fifties

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Another great shot of Flint in the fifties by Mary Fisher, originally posted September 3, 2008.  In addition to the Hotel Durant, the Flint...
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Ben Hamper: Dealing with Monotony

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It's always good to start a Monday out with a little  Ben Hamper : "The one thing that was impossible to escape was the monotony ...
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Flint Photos: McLaren Hospital in the Fifties

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Photo by Mary Fisher. View some of her other photos of Flint in the fifties here and here .
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Sunday, August 26, 2012

Rare Footage of the Flint Sit-Down Strike and Flood

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Reader JWilly writes: " Sometime after the introduction of 8mm movie cameras in 1932, my grandfather bought one, along with a projec...
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