Significant Sites

A History of The West Side Courier The West Side Courier was the voice of west side Polonia beginning in approximately 1930 and lasting throughout the 1960s or ‘70s.  In the 1950s, the newspaper was located at 5757 Michigan Avenue between … [Read more...] about West Side Courier

History of Military Coal Later Military Auto Parts 2360 Military Street, Detroit, MI 48209 Military Coal originated in approximately 1890 as Dumont Coal.  The owner of Dumont Coal delivered coal to homes and businesses in Southwest Detroit … [Read more...] about Military Coal

A History of Zieger Osteopathic Hospital 4244 Livernois, Detroit, Michigan 48210 Zieger Osteopathic Hospital was founded by Allen Zieger, D.O., a Detroit physician.  He was married to Edna Zieger. Allen Zieger was born on March 1, 1910, in … [Read more...] about Zieger Osteopathic Hospital

Joe Adamczyk Grocery, 4609 N. Campbell Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48210 For many years, Joseph C. Adamczyk (January 6, 1920 – April 19, 2011), a former U.S. Marine, owned and operated a grocery store at 4609 N. Campbell Avenue on the west side of … [Read more...] about A Local West Side Grocer, “Joe”

A History of the Kronk Recreation Center 5555 McGraw, Detroit, Michigan 48210 In order to understand and appreciate the history of the Kronk Recreation Center, it is important to know something about the man after whom the historic recreation … [Read more...] about Kronk Recreation Center

The Schaefer Bar was located at 6905 Schaefer Highway, south of Warren Avenue, in Dearborn.  It was attached to the Dearborn Lanes Bowling Alley.  Charles Fujawa bought the bar in 1962 or 1963 and first opened it for business at that … [Read more...] about History of the Schaefer Bar

GUZIK’S MARKET ON THE CORNER OF WAGNER & CECIL IN DETROIT’S WEST SIDE POLONIA:  A HANG-OUT FOR ST. ANDREW HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS Reading the last two issues of the WSDPAHS newsletter rekindled many of my childhood memories.  Growing up on the … [Read more...] about Guzik’s Market

MEMORIES OF ALEXANDER JANDRYKA AND ALEXANDER’S CLEANERS: 6457 McGRAW, DETROIT, MICHIGAN Since my father’s dad was killed in an auto accident, and his brother was killed fighting the Japanese on Iwo Jima, the U.S. Army discharged my father … [Read more...] about Alexander’s Cleaners

A HISTORY OF THE ROUGE PARK BAKERY WEST WARREN AVE. AT STAHELIN, WARRENDALE Rouge Park Bakery was my home—established by my parents, Frank and Frances Iglikowski, just before I entered first grade at Ss. Peter & Paul in the Warrendale area of … [Read more...] about Rouge Park Bakery

Warholak Tire Service, 9411 McGraw, Detroit: Generations of Family Service in West Side Detroit’s Polish Neighborhood On McGraw just east of Wyoming Avenue, at the gateway to west side Detroit’s old Polish community, sits a family-owned business … [Read more...] about Warholak Tire Service