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TRAVEL BACK IN TIME? - November 21, 2022

Last night, while researching a particular house in Detroit, I searched my Apple Maps for Little Caesars Arena, since I knew the house I was seeking was near it. When I looked at the map, I saw...nothing. Just vacant land. I did a side eye to myself, wondering why I am not seeing the current arena on the map?  I was not sure what was happening, but I thought I would at the very least move the map around to see what else I could find. I turned on the 3D view and looked at the nearby Eddystone/Park Ave buildings. What, ho? The Park Ave Hotel was still standing! Did I stumble through a vortex into Detroit's past? Did I, perhaps, travel back in time??

Harborlight

What else in the neighborhood still exists?  Oooh, my favorite historic homes on Temple street!!

Temple-Street-Homes

Oh look, before the Alhambra apartment building received that god-awful paint job.

The_Alhambra

Well, my curiosity was piqued. I now had to check out some other locations around the city. Train station? Yep, no work yet (not even a fence!).

Train-Station

Brush Park! Before the Ransom-Gillis mansion was made over by Nicole Curtis. Look how empty the area looks before those (I'm sorry to say) icky new apartments moved into the neighborhood (aesthetically speaking).

Ransom-Gillis-Mansion
Brush-Park

Let's head over to downtown. The Metropolitan building, even before the scaffolding (which we climbed the first time I had gone inside).

Metropolitan

And from the back, alongside the Wurlitzer. The Compuware building doesn't even have the Shepard Fairey art installed yet.

Metropolitan-Wurlitzer

Farwell Building, still vacant.

Farwell

The Book Tower, still grungy.

Book-Tower

The Z Garage has it's unobstructed view of Woodward Ave., when the Hudson's footprint was still a parking lot.

Z-Garage-Parking-Lot

Oh look, it's the Care building.

Care-Building

And lastly, the Joe still stands.

The-Joe

Thanks for coming along on my time travel trip through Detroit. It was a strange experience to say the least. I am not sure what year my map was pulling from. My guess is 10+ years ago. I've since learned you can use Google Earth to "go back in time" but I was just using my regular map app. A mystery to say the least. What do you think?

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