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tile lock stores, 6300 gratiot & mt. elliot, detroit, michigan, 1976

August 8, 2024 at 7:36 AM

Phil Lewis

@phillewis.bsky.social

Read:

Witnesses: Helicopter dropped thousands of dollars onto Detroit's Gratiot Avenue

"Everybody got a little bit," said a woman who works at a nearby auto shop.

www.detroitnews.com

June 27, 2025 at 9:26 PM

Atlas (Unreliable Narrator)

@atlasboscrispa.bsky.social

Nowhere To Run (b.1910)
Detroit, Wayne County Michigan

In the Gratiot-Grand neighborhood, near Mt Elliott & Gratiot

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#photography #nightphotography #architecture #oldbuildings #houses #winter #snow #victorian #rustbelt #lightroom #urban #urbangaze #detroit #wayne #michigan

A Queen Anne Victorian house next to an art deco apartment complex. A tree climbs into the sky behind it.

February 27, 2026 at 5:20 AM

Atlas (Unreliable Narrator)

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Elliott Place (b.1920's?)
Detroit, Wayne County Michigan

In the Gratiot-Grand neighborhood, near Mt Elliott & Gratiot

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#photography #nightphotography #architecture #oldbuildings #apartments #winter #snow #artdeco #rustbelt #lightroom #urban #urbangaze #detroit #wayne #michigan

An art deco style small apartment building with someone's car parked in front of the entrance.

February 26, 2026 at 5:16 PM

Atlas (Unreliable Narrator)

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Exploding Middle (b.1938)
Detroit, Wayne County Michigan.

...Gratiot-Findlay...

#photography #architecture #tudor #middleclass #urban #summer #gratiot #detroit #wayne #michigan

June 29, 2025 at 2:06 AM

Steve Pepple

@steve-pepple.bsky.social

A man walks along Gratiot Avenue in Detroit during a 2023 snow storm. #Winter #WinterPhotography #StreetPhotography #Photography #PhotographersOfBluesky #Detroit

February 2, 2026 at 11:11 AM

New town every hour

@townsusa.bsky.social

Gratiot, Wisconsin
Population: 226
Photos from Google Places API
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratiot,_Wisconsin

January 4, 2024 at 9:18 PM

Atlas (Unreliable Narrator)

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Fort Gratiot was founded to defend Michigan from Canadian invaders after the War of 1812. Gratiot Avenue was originally the Fort Gratiot Turnpike; a toll road and a plank road leading from Detroit to Port Huron, near Sarnia, Ontario.

I would welcome a Canadian invasion today (pls help) 🇺🇲🤠😶‍🌫️🇨🇦

January 9, 2026 at 7:21 PM

Jeff 🫐🇨🇦🇺🇦🇬🇱🇵🇦🦫🍁

@jeff-v.bsky.social

Fort Gratiot Lighthouse, Michigan. Taken from Point Edward, Ontario. #landscapes #Sarnia #Michigan #ShareYourWeather #Darktable #Canon #Sigma

Fort Gratiot Lighthouse in Michigan taken from Point Edward, Ontario. Lighthouse is white with black railing near the top and capped with a red dome.

February 9, 2025 at 11:22 PM

Steve Pepple

@steve-pepple.bsky.social

The Broadway: Bicyclist on Broadway at Gratiot in downtown Detroit in February of 2018. #streetphotography #blackandwhitephotography #detroit

March 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM

Atlas (Unreliable Narrator)

@atlasboscrispa.bsky.social

The Henry Stephens Bloc was moved back as Gratiot was expanded into a Michigan Superhighway in the 1930's.

#Sanborn #maps
1. South of Stephens, East of Gratiot c.1931
2. North of Stephens, East of Gratiot c.1931
3. Both sides of Stephens, East of Gratiot c.1947.
4. Present.

October 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM

Atlas (Unreliable Narrator)

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It looks exactly like this I promise

The intersection of Gratiot and Randolph c.~1910

March 2, 2026 at 4:07 AM

Freedom2B

@freedom2b.cryptoanarchy.network

There was also a banner drop from an overpass on Gratiot in Clinton Twp.

November 11, 2024 at 8:13 PM

Steve Pepple

@steve-pepple.bsky.social

Gather restaurant on Gratiot in Detroit. Theme: #windows #blueskyartshow

March 8, 2025 at 8:44 PM

Atlas (Unreliable Narrator)

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Fort Gratiot Turnpike/Gratiot Avenue (b.1829-1833)

Completed from Detroit to Mount Clemens, Macomb County's seat in 1829. Continued to Port Huron in 1833, to protect us from 🇨🇦.

This section is between Mount Clemens and Port Huron. It was once a plank road.

#historic #map of Lenox Township c.1859

Gratiot Turnpike and the Grand Trunk Railroad in Lenox Township c.1859.

March 20, 2026 at 6:05 AM

Are you mad at me?

@bradys.bsky.social

I bought this to drink when he dies

A bottle of vintage 2008 Gratiot Delugny cuvée Mathilde champagne held in front of shelves of other wines

March 15, 2025 at 1:17 AM

Atlas (Unreliable Narrator)

@atlasboscrispa.bsky.social

Gratiot Ave, Around 9 Mile Rd, c.1920's
Eastpointe (Halfway), Macomb County Michigan.

Back when electric rail cars ran out of Detroit, about 30/50 miles in every direction.

This street car ran up the length of Gratiot to around 23 Mile, before going east then north down M29 to Port Huron.