8-Mile & Woodward: GO! Warren

joel — Wed, 29 May 2019 10:18:46 +0000

Vol 12

North, south, east or west, the people and communities that have a connection from this iconic crossroad of Detroit is amazing. There are histories, cultures and great stories that stretch far beyond the place we call home!

As we take a drive through the towns that line these two world-renowned roads, we’re going to tell a little story about their connection to Detroit. So, Here it goes!

8 Mile & Woodward: GO!

Headlight on: Warren, Michigan 48088, 48089, 48090, 48091, 48092, 48093,48097

Head east down 8-Mile about 2 Miles from Woodward and you arrive in Warren, Michigan’s 3rd most populous city, behind Detroit and Grand Rapids. Its first inhabitants date back to the 1780s, where several Christian Delaware Indians, escaping from an endless pursuit of marauding American militia, sought refuge on the Clinton River on land granted by the Chippewa. They were ministered to by the Moravian missionaries and constructed a plank road. The Moravian Plank highway, now Moravian Road, was the first interior road in Michigan, was laid out in the winter of 1785-1786 and connected the village with the fort at Detroit.

Today, big business mingles with working-class subdivisions in Warren. The General Motors Tech Center, an architectural marvel, was personally dedicated in 1956 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. Over 17,000 employees strong, this is the engineering epicenter for one of the world’s largest automotive companies.

The greatest hip hop artist of all time, Eminem attended Osborne Middle School and Lincoln High School in Warren, near 8 Mile Road.

Eminem, aka Marshall Mathers who lived on the Detroit side of 8-Mile played himself in the hit 2002 movie 8-Mile (Photo from IMBd)

Beyond the Intersection: I Do. Warren was named for War of 1812 veteran, and frontier cleric, Rev. Abel Warren, the first licensed preacher in the State of Michigan. Rev. Warren was a traveling preacher who, as well as establishing congregations and preaching, went throughout the present-day Macomb, Lapeer, Oakland, and St. Clair Counties, baptizing, marrying, and burying pioneers of the area.

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8-Mile & Woodward: GO!

joel — Wed, 27 Feb 2019 00:58:48 +0000

North, south, east or west, the people and communities that have a connection from this iconic crossroad of Detroit is amazing. It’s 8 Mile and Woodward. . . There are histories, cultures and great stories that stretch far beyond the place we call home!

As we take a drive down these two world-renowned roads, we’re going to tell a little story about their connection to Detroit.

So, Here it goes!

8 Mile & Woodward:GO!

Headlight on: Highland Park, Michigan 48203

This town is the only one that you travel south of 8 Mile on Woodward to reach, a fitting place to begin our journey.

First incorporated as a village in 1890, HP, as it is affectionately called saw a dramatic rise in population when, in 1907 Henry Ford purchased the land north of Manchester and Woodward to build the Highland Park Ford Plant, the first factory in history to assemble cars on a moving assembly line.

In 1913, to curb a high worker turnover rate Ford introduced the $5 a day wage, far above the going wage at the time. This allowed ordinary people a real, living wage and the birth of the middle (working) class. Highland Park’s history is forever sealed as it was right here where a culture of American abundance for the next century began!

Beyond the Intersection: Highland Park will be familiar to anyone who’s seen the 2008 blockbuster Gran Torino starring Clint Eastwood! The hit movie was mainly set in Highland Park and was the first American mainstream movie to feature Hmong Americans. “Get Off My Lawn!”

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