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Occulus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-02-09 06:28 PM
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14. My roommate, who is from Detroit, says he thinks the statue toward the right is still there.
Edited on Wed Dec-02-09 06:44 PM by Occulus
It says it's a picture of Woodward Ave., which goes a long way.

We're both wondering what the cross streets are. Seems to me those would still be there, at least...

Edit: Found it! I don't know what the exact address is, but the area in the old photo still exists today as what seems to be a park. What I believe to be the statue in the 1917 photo is in the red circle. I went to Google Earth's street level view and found the exact angle from which the 1917 photo was taken. I'll not post that view due to size concerns, but that statue is definitely still there, and the general area is still one of commerce; First National Bank is in the building immediately above the statue, as shown here:
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  -Go back in time: Bustling Downtown Detroit - circa 1915 dmr  Nov-12-09 10:55 PM   #0 
  - "Detroit Creamery Milk is Health Insurance"  GreenEyedLefty   Nov-14-09 09:29 PM   #1 
  - When I go to Tiger games at Comerica Park  BeatleBoot   Nov-15-09 08:31 AM   #2 
  - That sign that says  SharonRB   Nov-15-09 09:47 AM   #3 
  - I love this photo  1gobluedem   Nov-16-09 11:58 AM   #4 
  - So do I, & I keep going back to it. I noticed they changed the circa to 1917  dmr   Nov-16-09 05:33 PM   #5 
     - Wouldn't be a vet; the US didn't get into WWI until 1917  1gobluedem   Nov-17-09 03:22 PM   #7 
  - How many of these do you remember?  spartan61   Nov-16-09 10:00 PM   #6 
  - I remember most of them  1gobluedem   Nov-17-09 03:24 PM   #8 
  - There are only a few that I don't remember  SharonRB   Nov-21-09 04:03 PM   #11 
  - I remember lots of them!  JNelson6563   Nov-20-09 08:10 PM   #10 
  - I loved Gantos  LisaM   Dec-01-09 02:38 PM   #13 
  - Do any of these building still exist?  skipos   Nov-20-09 11:38 AM   #9 
  - It seems some of them must still be around.  SharonRB   Nov-21-09 04:05 PM   #12 
     - My roommate, who is from Detroit, says he thinks the statue toward the right is still there.  Occulus   Dec-02-09 06:28 PM   #14 
        - I looked at the old picture again and see that the Detroit Opera House is in it  SharonRB   Dec-04-09 09:58 PM   #15 
        - It's the Michigan Soldiers' and Sailors' Monument (Civil War)  dmr   Dec-05-09 01:36 AM   #16 
        - The Soldiers and Sailors monument has been moved a few times.  GreenEyedLefty   Dec-13-09 10:12 AM   #17 
  - whoa - time warp...made me dizzy for a moment!  debannbull   Dec-13-09 01:45 PM   #18 
 

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