Southeast Michigan Retail: Motor City Retail History

This post will look at retail in Lincoln Park and Wyandotte, Wayne County, MI. It's been a minute, but for our first 2022 post, we begin by announcing the closures of two different Arbor Drugs/CVS locations that we've covered on this blog. On January 8, 2022 , CVS announced the closure of CVS #8122 in Lincoln Park by that February, followed by the closure of CVS #8118 in Wyandotte on April 7. These stores were two of about 300 stores that have or will be closed by CVS over the next three years as it evaluates changes in consumer buying patterns and future health needs. The closure of CVS #8122 came just months after Meijer #208 across Dix Highway completed its very first remodel, and surprised both me (which is why I have no closure photos of #8122) and Y4123. Meanwhile, the closure of CVS #8118 eliminates a convenient option that residents of an under-construction mid-rise apartment on the site of the former Wyandotte Post Office one block north might have enjoyed. With the ...

    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)...