I really enjoy watching the Red Sox games broadcast from Detroit. I only caught the end of last night's game but that's usually when Don and Remy start wandering in their announcing and talk about random stuff.
So I get to hear a little about Detroit.
In the case of last night, they started talking about the Fox Theatre.
This is a grand old movie theater that is now a venue for performances. According to Wikipedia, it and its twin in St. Louis are the second largest theaters in the country (after Radio City Music Hall).
I have many memories of attending concerts at the theater: U2, The Police (when they were, if you can believe it, opening for the Go-Gos) and others.
Apparently the place was restored in 1988, after I had moved to Mass.
Don and Jerry also were talking about Woodward Ave., the major bi-way on which the Fox 'lives.' Comerica Park is also on Woodward, I believe. The Red Sox announcers, however, referred to it as something like, "that big road that goes to downtown."
From Wikipedia: In 1909, the stretch of Woodward Avenue between Six Mile and Seven Mile roads became the first mile of road in the world to be paved with concrete.
If you're ever in Detroit and have the time to drive up Woodward Ave., I'd recommend it.
Also on the road are the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Detroit Zoo.
Further north, almost to Pontiac, is/was the restaurant (Machus Red Fox) from the parking lot of which Jimmy Hoffa in 1975 disappeared. To the east and west of Woodward Ave. heading out of Detroit are the luxurious neighborhoods built around the mansions of the auto pioneers.
I hope it's all still there.
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