5 Comments on “You Bring Back Memories: The Supremes”

1. katry Says:

   
   September 16, 2014 at 11:30 am

   https://app.box.com/s/7wl870m21f25l6axqp02
2. Hedley Says:

   
   September 16, 2014 at 4:17 pm

   The Brewster-Douglass Projects were formally ground broken by Eleanor Roosevelt and were to be the home of Smokey Robinson, who wrote this and Diana Ross and Mary Wilson and Florence Ballard and Joe Louis and it was a massive sprawling urban community of row homes and high rises. Wasting away in an area between the medical center and the stadiums and finally this year the towers are being demolished.

   Lily Tomlin lived there – it was once a source of pride and became a symbol of decay. We know it as The Brewster.
   • katry Says:

     
     September 16, 2014 at 9:56 pm

     My Dear Hedley,
     I did not know any of this. What an amazing array of famous people lived there. I went and read more though you pretty much covered it all.

     I wondered how Lily Tomlin lived there as the article I read mentioned the project was for African- Americans.

     Those high rise apartments outlived their usefulness. It seems many of them in other cities as well became dangerous and drug ridden.

     That Eleanor Roosevelt broke ground for them amazed me.
     • Hedley Says:

       
       September 17, 2014 at 11:02 am

       Kat, The area covered by the Brewster was about 1 sq mile and was the home to some 10,000 folks at one point, primarily African American.

       The removal of the project allows the gap to be filled between the stadiums and the Detroit Medical Center and the DMC. The area will have the new Red Wings stadium and hopefully will continue the positive activities of Dan Gilbert and the Illitch family.

       I sort of like the idea that Smokey Robinson wrote “You bring back memories” knocked on Florence Ballard’s door and announced that he had a new song for the girls. I am sure that it didn’t happen that way as Tamla Motown was a specific production factory for songs, but you never know
     • katry Says:

       
       September 17, 2014 at 11:26 am

       My Dear Hedley,
       I can’t even imagine buildings which cover a mile in distance. The number living there was greater than many small towns.

       I would like to think that the people who need housing might find something more suitable than a brick project with its buildings as far as your eyes could see.

       I like your version of the story. It has romance and surprise.

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