Krawlspace Member Username: Krawlspace
Post Number: 254 Registered: 04-2004 Posted From: 69.246.59.170
| Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 9:37 am: | |
Did a not so in depth search, but didn't turn up anything. Anyone able to fill in the blanks for me as to who Hart was and how the Plaza came to be named for him/her? Thanks! |
Aiw
Member Username: Aiw
Post Number: 5551 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.228.195.166
| Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 9:43 am: | |
It is named for Philip A. Hart, a former Senator. Bio here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P hilip_A._Hart |
Neilr Member Username: Neilr
Post Number: 257 Registered: 06-2005 Posted From: 69.242.223.67
| Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 10:47 am: | |
Sen. Hart was married to Jane Briggs Hart who was the daughter of Walter Briggs. He was the owner of the Tigers, hence the name Briggs Stadium. The Briggs family lived in an enormous stone mansion on Boston Blvd., just east of Third. |
Krawlspace Member Username: Krawlspace
Post Number: 255 Registered: 04-2004 Posted From: 170.20.11.116
| Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 1:13 pm: | |
Ironic I get clarification from a Canadian! Thanks to you both! |
The_rock Member Username: The_rock
Post Number: 1259 Registered: 11-2003 Posted From: 68.42.251.225
| Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 2:43 pm: | |
Phil Hart lived in Birmingham when I did as a youngster. He and my dad were friends though of opposite political affiliations back then. Hart was known as the "Conscience of the Senate" and was well-respected by both parties. We could use more Phil Hart's in Congress now. When I worked at the Grand Hotel, I would occasionally see him and wife , Jane. He was a very warm individual. And I am honored to say that he wrote my recommendation to Georgetown Law School. I visited his gravesite last year on Mackinac Island. |
Oldredfordette Member Username: Oldredfordette
Post Number: 736 Registered: 02-2004 Posted From: 68.60.177.56
| Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 3:12 pm: | |
One of the great Michiganders. |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 2132 Registered: 08-2004 Posted From: 4.229.81.31
| Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 4:03 pm: | |
Phil Hart also received an honor in Washington DC... he had one of the 2 Senate Office Buildings named after him... the Hart Senate Office Building. (The other is the Cannon Senate Office Building, IIRC.) |
Aiw
Member Username: Aiw
Post Number: 5554 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 64.228.195.166
| Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 4:43 pm: | |
I thought that too Krawlspace, but I thought I'd let it slide |
River_rat Member Username: River_rat
Post Number: 126 Registered: 02-2006 Posted From: 71.126.175.26
| Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 7:19 pm: | |
"Sic transit gloria". How soon the good ones are forgotten! Phil Hart was a fine man who had the respect of members of both parties. He would object to my using the phrase to describe him as he was a self-effacing individual who never sought personal glory. This country (and especially Michigan) need more like him now. |
56packman Member Username: 56packman
Post Number: 306 Registered: 12-2005 Posted From: 65.185.132.134
| Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 7:52 pm: | |
Neilr-You mention Walter Briggs, as tiger owner, and his great mansion, but did not mention how he earned his fortune. He owned Briggs body mfg. a major supplier to Ford, Chrysler, Hudson and Packard. Briggs built complete bodies "in white" for those manufacturers. The business was sold to Chrysler after Walter's death in 1953. |
Ray1936 Member Username: Ray1936
Post Number: 580 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 207.200.116.139
| Posted on Sunday, May 21, 2006 - 9:25 pm: | |
Simple grave site in a family plot.
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Bvos Member Username: Bvos
Post Number: 1452 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 66.238.170.34
| Posted on Monday, May 22, 2006 - 9:13 am: | |
A very humble grave marker for such a great man. It says a lot about him. |
Southwestmap Member Username: Southwestmap
Post Number: 475 Registered: 01-2005 Posted From: 64.79.90.206
| Posted on Monday, May 22, 2006 - 10:30 am: | |
Following the decision to make Mackinac Island the burial site for Sen. Hart, Jane Hart donated a large plot of graves in Holy Sepulchre cemetary in Southfield (which had been bought for the family)to Msgr. Clement Kern of Most Holy Trinity church in Detroit. The grave plots are close to the plots of her family and many of the families she is related to - a prestigious group. Msgr. Kern used the donated graves to bury several of the down-and-outers that he championed and some hispanic men who had no families here to bury them. Its great to walk there and realize what Jane Hart and Clem Kern knew: that "God is no respecter of the honors of this world." |
Danindc Member Username: Danindc
Post Number: 1477 Registered: 10-2003 Posted From: 67.100.158.10
| Posted on Monday, May 22, 2006 - 2:52 pm: | |
quote:Phil Hart also received an honor in Washington DC... he had one of the 2 Senate Office Buildings named after him... the Hart Senate Office Building. (The other is the Cannon Senate Office Building, IIRC.)
Point of clarification: there are 3 Senate office buildings, one of which is Hart. (The other two are Russell and Dirksen.) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H art_Senate_Office_Building Cannon is on the House side, at Independence and 1st Streets SE. |
Ron Member Username: Ron
Post Number: 161 Registered: 03-2006 Posted From: 66.174.79.234
| Posted on Monday, May 22, 2006 - 4:50 pm: | |
I thought it was named after former Police Chief William Hart?!? Go figure. |