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Retro Motor City: Check Out Detroit’s Talking Police Car From 1936

Apr 7, 2017 by Jer Staes

Imagine a 1930s police car with a ridiculously sized horn on top, politely but firmly giving orders on Detroit's streets. Well, that was Detroit's "Voice of Safety," or their talking police car …

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Filed Under: City Of Detroit, History, Video Tagged With: detroit history, History, old Detroit, old police cars, Police cars, retro, Talking police cars

A Ghost Story From Detroit’s Past You’ve Probably Never Heard

Sep 4, 2015 by Joel Gullickson

Detroit’s history is full of bizarre stories and fascinating characters, yet many of the strangest still lurk in the faded clippings of old newspapers, lost amid the forgotten of pile media …

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Filed Under: Culture, Staff Picks Tagged With: Detroit, History, old Detroit, Spiritualism, Thomas Lynn Bradford

WATCH: The Metro Detroit Of 64 Years Ago In Three And A Half Minutes

Feb 28, 2015 by Daily Detroit Staff

In the 1950s, Detroit was a different place. The city started the decade with more than 1.8 million people. Our "Arsenal of Democracy" had just won World War II. This video making the rounds by …

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Filed Under: Lifestyle, Video Tagged With: 1950's Detroit, Detroit, Detroit in 1951, old Detroit

View the stark contrast of Detroit’s modern day Parking Lot-A-Palooza compared to 1933

Sep 22, 2014 by Jer Staes

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The other day while doing errands we were reminded of just how much the sea of surface parking lots in Downtown Detroit look like blight. Although there are some plans for parts of these spaces, and a …

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Filed Under: Development, Staff Picks Tagged With: 1933, old Detroit, Reddit, surface parking lots

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