Highland park market manchester7/14/2023 ![]() Thompson, was elected on a platform of getting the DUR to lower streetcar fare to 3¢ anywhere in the city. The DUR also quickly applied to Highland Park for a streetcar franchise, ostensibly to carry workers to the factory, by extending its existing Oakland Avenue tracks in Detroit northward, through the village, to Lamartine Avenue (now called Manchester Street), then west to Woodward Avenue, before finally turning north toward Palmer Park.įrom the Novemedition of Electric Railway Service.ĭetroit had a big problem with this. Soon after Ford's announcement, the Detroit United Railway (DUR) moved to construct its new storage and repair facilities on a 20-acre tract on Woodward opposite of Ford's factory. Ford's factory under construction, circa 1909. Ford, 44 at the time, had already been producing automobiles at his Piquette Avenue plant, where a team of engineers were already at work developing " the car of the century." One year later Ford would move his family from their home at Harper and Brush avenues to an architect-designed home at 140 Edison Avenue, on land that had previously been annexed from Highland Park. ![]() Once the site of Captain Stevens' Highland Park Hotel, a factory of monumental proportions would rise on this spot, growing continuously until it became literally the largest factory on the planet Earth. Stevens on Woodward Avenue at the Detroit Terminal Railroad. Henry Ford announced in April of 1907 that he had purchased 60 acres up in Highland Park from the estate of Captain William H. This suburb, however, was about to be saved by a once-in-a-lifetime addition to its tax rolls, thanks to an ambitious Detroit capitalist who was looking to move his business out of the city and build a whole new factory complex up in the suburbs. Highland Park was headed down the same path as the Village of Saint Clair Heights: ultimately choosing annexation to Detroit when it could no longer function independently. In order to accomplish this, the village government took on as much debt as it could and levied extremely high assessments for sewer construction and other improvements. ( Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library)Īs we saw in part one of this series, the Village of Highland Park was established in the 1880s with the intention of becoming an exclusive residential suburb with low taxes and constantly rising land values. ![]() The bagels are delivered to grocers fully baked, so no additional labor is required of the bakery department.īetween Rounds current locations include South Windsor (Route 5) Vernon (at Vernon Circle Shopping Center and also at 229 Talcottville Road inside the Citgo gas station) Manchester (Plaza at Buckland Hills) and Tolland (adjacent to Citgo Express Gas at 206 Merrow Road).Facing east down Manchester Avenue in 1911, as a Ford factory addition rises in the foreground. ![]() The popularity of their bagels inspired the Puiias to partner with independent grocers. Between Rounds offers patrons an upscale, fast-casual dining experience with free Wi-Fi. Their business is known for its fresh, baked-on site bagels and baked goods as well sandwiches, wraps, salads, soups, specialty coffees and a line of giftware. “Highland Park Market customers are able to obtain our superior products right from their local supermarket, and this has significantly increased our bagel fan base.”įounded in 1990, Between Rounds Bakery is the brainchild of the Puiia brothers, who are Staten Island, New York, natives. We are also a family-owned business, and it has been our pleasure to work with the Devanney family over the years,” said Jerry Puiia. “We’re honored that our bagels hold a premiere position in Highland Park Market’s bakery and have done so for 25 years. In recognition and appreciation of the long partnership, Jerry and Joe Puiia, founders of Between Rounds, recently presented Devanney, president of Highland Park Market, and Bob Thatcher, the store’s bakery manager for the past 30 years, with a plaque during a ceremony held in the bakery of the original store in Manchester. Jack’s son, Tim Devanney, currently leads Highland Park Market and his children, the third generation, are now active in day-to-day operations. Between Rounds Bakery Sandwich Café, a growing bakery café and bagel shop with locations in Connecticut, recently celebrated its silver anniversary partnership with Highland Park Market, a five-unit family-owned supermarket business in the Hartford area.įor 25 years, Between Rounds has supplied its signature bagels to Highland Park Market stores in Coventry, Farmington, Glastonbury, Manchester and Suffield.įounded as a small general store by William White in 1886, Highland Park was purchased by Jack Devanney in 1958.
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