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Arbor Drugs #118/CVS #8118, Wyandotte, Michigan

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    This post will look at retail in Wyandotte, Wayne County, MI.    A&P / Lucky Strike Market / Pinch Penny Market / Arbor Drugs #118 / CVS #8118 131 Elm Street, Wyandotte, MI Driving distance and time from downtown Detroit: 11.6 miles, approx. 27 minutes   After covering CVS store #8029 , it seemed natural that this blog would get around to doing a post on Wyandotte's other active CVS store, and very much like #8029, this location also has a grocery store past. The 131 Elm Street A&P store in the 1960s, following its last exterior remodel. The former Wyandotte Post Office building (background) would soon be demolished for additional parking for 131 Elm's tenants. (credit: All Things Wyandotte ) Located on a side street within downtown Wyandotte, the building that houses CVS #8118 was first built in 1938 to house an A&P grocery store, and like most A&P stores of the period, was built in the chain's then-typical stepped-facade design (seen above). Despite co