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Can anyone verify the correct name of the track when it first opened and the year? Was it 1950 or 1951? And was it B K Speedway or B&K? Thanks for the help.'Debi
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This was my family’s business. The 1978 aerial photo was the year I graduated from Mather High School. Possibly my sister took it, her husband was a private pilot. My sister may have old photos. Peterson was a cousin, my dad helped him build the cabins. He retired there, kept the name because a lot of the customers were repeat business and Alma Peterson was still in town.
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This building is currently being demolished (August 2026).
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Sadly it closed in 2023 after 105 years.
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Those were my grandfather's trout ponds. We used to fish them when we were kids in the 60's. His name was Emmet Robinett. He also had peacocks wandering around the place.
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the racetrack burnt down in 1957. my family watched the fire from our backyard.
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My parents, Edward and Charlene operated this place 1957-1966?
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I have a picture of when my dad raced at the Rolling Hills back in the later 50s
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Hi you have the wrong location for the Ypsilanti Kmart at 3100 Washtenaw. The location you shown in the photo is actually the old bowling alley. The Kmart was across the street and is now athome. [fixed]
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The correct address for this theater is 16 North Main Street.
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Luke's was an Imperial gas station.
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It has since reopened since 2016 as the Highway 2 Community Drive-In, and shows classic movies once a month from May to October. It is now a non-profit drive-in theater.
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They are in the process of rebuilding and are hoping to re-open soon.
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Announced 4/23/26 that Daly's last location in Livonia will close at the end of the summer. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/dining/2026/04/23/daly-restaurant-in-livonia-announces-it-is-closing-in-the-near-future/89748148007/
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There was also one at Warren and Conners for a while.
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thanks for sharing
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Looks like the building survived until about 2015 or so. It was then demolished and replaced by a Whole Foods. That area looks totally different now.
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There was a Fretter at 5800 S. Westnedge Ave. in Portage, MI. After Fretter, it was a Gateway computer store and currently a Guitar Center.
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UPDATE: The Track has closed, been torn down and now a church sits on the lot.
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My dad worked for Claborn AMC/Jeep in the 70's, in the collision/service shop. I have one of his work shirts from then. It's a red button up shirt with a really cool embroidered patch on the back that says, Claborn AMC Jeep Taylor MI. and has a blue & white stripe going down one side of the front. I'll try to get a picture of it & post it. He also worked at South Point Dodge in Taylor on Telegraph Rd. (which became Taylor Dodge, & now Telegraph Dodge). He also worked at Kelel Dodge on Grand River Rd. between Evergreen Rd. and Burt Rd. He then worked at Greenfield AMC Jeep on Greenfield Rd. just south of Schoolcraft Rd.
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The Fenton location is closed, as are the Farmington and Flat Rock locations. Wayland and Chelsea were converted to Culver's. At Crossroads Mall in Portage, Big Boy was across from TE Murches.
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As of 2025, this property is now Ace Hardware, using the former Rite Aid building. Have more to add about other Kalkaska places but will have to wait until this weekend.Deb
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Demolished sometime in the early 2020's.
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Brian Huffman. Did you ever find any pictures of the pine ridge amusment park. Would love to have some. Will park for them. Especially the two legged cow. Thank you
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This article mashes up two distinct movie theater buildings. The Fox Village in Maple Village shopping center. I dimly recall this had 4 screens. It had other names as a dollar theater. Building is now Plum Market on Maple Road. United Artists at Briarwood had 7 screens when I got here around 1990? Later run by Madstone as an art theater. Later run as a dollar theater. Later the theater gave back three screens to the mall, reducing to 4 screens. It may have been run as the "Village Theater" -- the photo you have labeled "Village" looks like Briarwood interior to me. I have a faint memory that the folks who had run the (Fox) Village as a dollar theater brought that name to Briarwood? This space is now retail within Briarwood Mall.
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Now Dockside Donuts.
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I have no new information but my family stayed here at the Rose-Art Lodge in July 1963. We celebrated my Dad's 50th birthday at the park and beach at the east end of the lake. Good memories. I'd like to go back.
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Ottawa County Fairgrounds in Holland? There is an oval there on the fairgrounds and it appears to still be open in 2026
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The building was demolished in the summer of 2025.
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Revived and thriving! ?? In July 2023, legendary racers Bill and John Russell took the wheel at M40 Speedway, rebranding it as Russell's M40 Speedway and igniting a massive comeback. Record crowds, packed fields, exciting new classes, and pure adrenaline have put Jones, Michigan back on the racing map. We're Making Racing Great Again – one lap at a time! Who's joining us in 2026? ?? www.russellsm40speedway.com
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