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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

marmar

(77,081 posts) Sat Nov 15, 2014, 10:49 AM Nov 2014

My pic of construction of the M1 light rail line in downtown Detroit .........

........ Poetic justice in the Motor City, where the auto barons worked so hard for decades to destroy public transit.

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My pic of construction of the M1 light rail line in downtown Detroit ......... (Original Post) marmar Nov 2014 OP

Great picture. spartan61 Nov 2014 #1

Yep, it's the Kern clock, restored. marmar Nov 2014 #2

spartan61

(2,091 posts)

1. Great picture.

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 12:39 PM

Nov 2014

Is that the clock by the old Kern's department store on Woodward? When I was just a young kid I remember that was where people would meet. "Meet you at Kern's clock." Everyone knew where it was. I miss the Detroit of my youth.

marmar

(77,081 posts)

2. Yep, it's the Kern clock, restored.

Reply to spartan61 (Reply #1)

Sat Nov 15, 2014, 12:45 PM

Nov 2014

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