2000's Timewarp: ABC Warehouse, Southgate, Michigan
This post will look at retail in Southgate, Wayne County, MI. ABC Warehouse #??? 18605 Eureka Road, Southgate, MI Driving distance and time from downtown Detroit: 16.9 miles, approx. 24 minutes I mentioned in yesterday's post that I'd write something today to make up for that post, and this is the make-up post. At least you'll have something to read as long as you are forced to stay home. For readers unfamiliar with ABC Warehouse: it is a regional appliance, furniture and electronic chain founded in Center Line in 1963 that today has nearly 50 locations throughout Michigan and parts of Indiana and Ohio. The western end of Southgate is home to one of these stores. ABC Warehouse is the last of what was, at one time, Detroit's "Big Three" appliance/electronic store chains, with Highland and Fretter each shutting down their chains in 1993 and 1996 respectively. It is unknown how long ABC Warehouse has operated in Southgate, but they've bee...