  One_shot Member Username: One_shot Post Number: 368 Registered: 11-2003 |
I know its been down for a few years but when exactly did they take it down and why? I remember it being cool the way the lighted letters would "write out" the name. | ||
Andylinn Member Username: Andylinn Post Number: 783 Registered: 04-2006 |
I know. I used to love that as a kid. I had no idea what it even was. I think I thought it was a factory or a dance club. Now that I actually like Canadian Club, I can't enjoy the light show! aawww... | ||
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936 Post Number: 2936 Registered: 01-2005 |
Nothing is forever. Live with it. | ||
Johnlodge Member Username: Johnlodge Post Number: 5875 Registered: 10-2003 |
A HARD dose of reality from Ray! | ||
Leoqueen Member Username: Leoqueen Post Number: 1970 Registered: 07-2004 |
I miss the big red GENERAL MOTORS letters on top of the building on the Boulevard. I also miss the HUDSONS signs around the top of the tower, the VERNOR'S GNOME all lit up, and, finally, the beautiful STONE BURLESK neon sign that used to be on Woodward near I-75. Ah, nostalgia. | ||
Leoqueen Member Username: Leoqueen Post Number: 1971 Registered: 07-2004 |
I am not being facetious. I really do miss these signs. I wish I had photos of them. | ||
Viziondetroit Member Username: Viziondetroit Post Number: 1591 Registered: 11-2003 |
How about we buy the Broderick and place all the old signs everyone loves all over it... like a mini times square lol. | ||
Xd_brklyn Member Username: Xd_brklyn Post Number: 375 Registered: 10-2003 |
Add to the list the WDET sign on the Maccabees and the Stroh's sign on the old brewery. | ||
Aiw Member Username: Aiw Post Number: 6598 Registered: 10-2003 |
The CC Sign was structurally unsound, hence it came down. It was actually the second CC sign. There are photos of both here: http://internationalmetropolis .com/?p=23 | ||
Ed_golick Member Username: Ed_golick Post Number: 951 Registered: 10-2003 |
And the art deco WWJ sign. | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 2145 Registered: 01-2006 |
When I was a wee lad, one of my favorite things about heading downtown was the neon blue & yellow flame flickering over "the gas building." | ||
Downriviera Member Username: Downriviera Post Number: 194 Registered: 02-2008 |
I remember seeing that flame over the gas building when I was a kid, too. Didn't they have a restaurant up there called The Top Of The Flame? | ||
Ravine Member Username: Ravine Post Number: 2153 Registered: 01-2006 |
Downriv, I believe that is correct, yes. | ||
56packman Member Username: 56packman Post Number: 2138 Registered: 12-2005 |
But they can't ever take down the "world's best ROACH KILLER" sign off of the building on Grand River. That would just be wrong. | ||
Walkerpub Member Username: Walkerpub Post Number: 203 Registered: 12-2003 |
AIW knows his Windsor history... | ||
Fury13 Member Username: Fury13 Post Number: 4113 Registered: 10-2003 |
But where was the big GE logo? | ||
Burnsie Member Username: Burnsie Post Number: 1351 Registered: 11-2003 |
The GE logo was near the Lodge and I-94 interchange. | ||
Ongowwah Member Username: Ongowwah Post Number: 26 Registered: 03-2008 |
Probably the nazi's that run MADD made them take it down. | ||
Flyingj Member Username: Flyingj Post Number: 119 Registered: 08-2006 |
What year did the ginormous Dodge Firepower sign come down? | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 17 Registered: 04-2005 |
Does anyone remember a giant Indian Head on top of a bank on Jefferson going into Grosse Pte? I think it was Manufacturer's Bank. I was so scared of that thing that I used to hide behind the seat of the car til we were past it. | ||
Flyingj Member Username: Flyingj Post Number: 120 Registered: 08-2006 |
Jcole-Standard Federal is what you're thinking of-they were taken over by LaSalle Bank...which is ironic since that's what the French did to the Indians anyway... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L aSalle_Bank_Midwest | ||
Angry_dad Member Username: Angry_dad Post Number: 191 Registered: 02-2006 |
How about the AC sparkplug sign over by the fairgrounds or the color changing phone by the Lodge. There was a significance to the color of the phone in relation to the weather. Correct me if wrong but didn't blue mean colder, red hotter, yellow rain? | ||
Thecarl Member Username: Thecarl Post Number: 1228 Registered: 04-2005 |
a_d, here is the rhyme associated with citizen bank's weatherball, as told to me: when the weatherball is red, warmer temperature's ahead. when the weatherball is blue, colder temperature is due. when yellow is the weatherball, there will be no change at all. when the ball blinks in agitation, there will be precipitation. | ||
Grumpyoldlady Member Username: Grumpyoldlady Post Number: 40 Registered: 06-2005 |
Yes, the Top of the Flame was the restaurant located on the 26th floor of the "gas building". Served good food. Unfortunately, too many who worked in the building, (including my boss), spent their lunch hours and breaks at the bar. I remember getting a call from another employee suggesting that I come up and get my boss, who had just fallen off a bar stool. Not long after that it was "suggested" by management that he enter rehab. After the "Top" closed it became more office space for the company I worked for. It seemed funny to have the executive offices located on 25 and general offices on 26. The offices on 25 were super nice...the CEO office had a fireplace and a big bux oriental rug on the floor. There was a tiny office for his valet/driver. Many of the exec offices had full baths with tubs and showers. I believe the flame that others have mentioned was gone before I started working there in 1971. | ||
Gingellgirl Member Username: Gingellgirl Post Number: 160 Registered: 04-2007 |
Remember the Fisk Tire sign? I think it was off of Michigan Ave. Time to "re-tire." | ||
Burnsie Member Username: Burnsie Post Number: 1355 Registered: 11-2003 |
Thecarl-- Growing up in Flint, I remember wallet calendars with the Weatherball Poem printed on them in the mid-'80s. | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 22 Registered: 04-2005 |
Flying, Thanks for the info on Standard Federal. I'll probably start having nightmares about that damned indian head jumping down off the building and chasing me up Jefferson again, though. | ||
Fastcarsfreedom Member Username: Fastcarsfreedom Post Number: 277 Registered: 11-2005 |
Jcole--I honestly don't remember if Standard Federal had an Indian head or not (I thought their presence locally was mostly a result of buying Michigan National...but I could be wrong)--the Indian head was definitely the logo for Detroit Bank & Trust prior to changing it's name to Comerica (and ultimately, merging with Manufacturers). If you go to the old DB&T headquarters on Fort (there's still a Comerica branch there)--you can see a sculpture called "Variation on Logo" which is a modernist "impression" of the Indian head logo--I believe there's a plaque there to tell the tale. It was also interesting reading about the old MichCon executive suites. I know it's been discussed here before, but the old Manufacturers Bank executive suites in the RenCen were completely mothballed following the Comerica merger--and now serve, with relatively few modifications, as the GM exec suites. | ||
Flyingj Member Username: Flyingj Post Number: 122 Registered: 08-2006 |
Fastcarsfreedom, I had my doubts near immediately after my posting...I see you are right(not the SCARY logo from the 60's/70's) http://www.todocoleccion.net/e nglish/matchbook-cover-usa-mic higan-the-detroit-bank-and-tru st-co-oldest-bank-in-michigan~ eng6104224 | ||
Jcole Member Username: Jcole Post Number: 33 Registered: 04-2005 |
Thanks for letting me know about the correction. Hey, it probably wasn't scary to anyone but me, but it ranked right up there with the flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz in my eyes. | ||
Gaz Member Username: Gaz Post Number: 2 Registered: 04-2008 |
Too bad the Top of the Flame closed! That was a good restaurant! |
