Woodward turns 200
Woodward Avenue is a large part of Michigan’s history, and a large part of mine, too. When I was sixteen, I took Woodward to Royal Oak and Birmingham to shop and hang out with friends. When I was 18, I had two jobs off of Woodward - one in Royal Oak and one in Pontiac - and one fateful summer day I learned about the Woodward Dream Cruise as I tried to get from one job to the other. It was raining on our wedding day from the time the service ended until the reception started, so our limo drove our whole wedding party up and down Woodward trying to find someplace we could take pictures with our photographer. We stopped at the Woodward Avenue Brewery in Ferndale, and those are some of my absolute favorite pictures of the day. We’ve lived off Woodward for years now in Pontiac, and I work off Woodward in Detroit (my fifth job right off Woodward Avenue).
I was happy to stumble upon the Free Press’s series of videos on Woodward Ave. It interviews Papa Joe of the Majestic/Garden Bowl (where I work), Dan of Showtime Clothing, Eugene of Defying the Law Bike Club, and a lot of other great groups and places on Woodward Ave.
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