Campau Square
Campau Square when I was a child:
NW corner was the Pantlind Hotel with many restaurants; a big beer barrel protruded from the North side that led to a bar. Only men went in. Restaurant's were like that when I was a kid. Some for men, some for women. The female restaurants were fussy which I hated. The Knife and Fork was open 24 hours, I never went there either. Their main cafeteria in the basement had good cheap food. I ate there. Now every restaurant downtown is hoity-toity. Nothing for the working class.
c 1910
NE corner:
Pantlind Hotel on the left
The old building on the right is still there but has been totally refaced.
SE corner was the McKay Tower. It's still there.
c. 1920
c. 1910
showing the fore-runner to Kresge's.
SW corner was Woolworth's that anchored Dime Store Row at Pearl and Monroe. Then there was Grant's and Green's while Kresge's anchored the other end at Market Street. Either Grant's or Green's, don't remember which one any more, catered to Black women. I only went in there once as it was so very dirty. All gone now. Not only the stores but the buildings - replaced by a new Monroe Avenue that was connected to Market making it appear to be the same street that led to the freeway. Since 1965 everyone and everything is subordinate to the freeway. People don't count anymore.
Woodworth's tower fronting the Pantlind hotel
The 1950's
The 1920's
Almost the same view c. 1890 before the Art Deco rage. Woolworth's is the same
building as above..
The same view before Grab Corner's was replaced by Campau Square. Monroe Avenue
used to end at Pearl Street before it was put through and connected to Canal
(Lower Monroe). Only an alley just east of Terryhouse Cafeteria now Flannary's
Bar connected Pearl street with Lyon Street.
Woolworth's from the east end of Pearl Street facing west.
Woolworth's was replaced by Mutual Home Savings and Loan which was replaced by First America which was replaced by Prime Bank which was replaced by National City which got bought out by somebody but they haven't changed the name, yet.
I don't remember the Boston Store which apparently replaced Trankla's. I do remember Peck's Drug Store. It was small and narrow and you had to walk up some steps at the back to reach the pharmacist. I remember Baker Shoes but they didn't sell my size so I never went there. I remember Darling Dress Shop which was shaped just like Peck's.
I remember Houseman's. Only went in there once. The salesclerks were all Jewish and behaved just like they were portrayed in movies about New York City.
The other end of Dime Store Row before the Art Deco Rage:
:
Kresge's had a huge lunch counter at the rear of the store. To the right of the above picture, there was a separate entrance with wide shallow stairs, probably another building, that had a bakery.
Broader postcards of Campau Square:
This is the site of the future McKay Tower showing old
Herp's (later Wurzburg's) on the right.
A slightly different view 
Shows Herp's and the location of kresge's more clearly.
This view just shows the edge of Sears that was still there when I was a kid.
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Shows the building that housed the Terryhouse Cafeteria now Flannary's Bar.
