THE WAY IT WAS
The Way It Was — Detroit’s Chinatown, 1962
The vibrant area included Chinese businesses and a few thousand Chinese American residents
The Way It Was – Isiah Thomas, 1981
The point guard spent his entire NBA career with the Pistons
The Way it Was – Photographer Tony Spina, 1950
Spina worked at the 'Detroit Free Press' for more than 40 years
The Way It Was – American Motors Corp., 1962
The former Detroit automaker was once a leader in presenting compact cars to the American consumer
The Way It Was – Bicycling, Circa 1895
A more than 125-year-old photograph shows a woman peddling down Putnam Street in Detroit
The Way It Was – Jerome H. Remick Bandshell, 1953
Music on Belle Isle Group is determined to bring the space back to life
The Way It Was — Charles McGee, 1975
His work is on display at the Detroit Institute of Arts, the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, and more
The Way It Was – Detroit’s Cooley High School, 1944
The Detroit firm behind The David Stott Building, St. Aloysius and Most Holy Redeemer churches, and the first section of the Penobscot Building built the school in 1928
The Way It Was – Main Detroit Public Library, 1950
The Woodward Avenue building continues to be a showstopper
The Way It Was – Nacirema Club, 1924
The state's first African American social club still stands today
The Way It Was – Ulysses Grant’s Detroit Home, 1885
The 18th president of the United States once lived on East Fort Street with his wife
The Way It Was – Old City Hall, 1920s
Young carolers sing in front of the municipal tree, behind which stands the seat of Detroit’s government
