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Prior to 2010 it was held in downtown Pontiac, Michigan streets in storefront businesses and at the Phoenix Plaza Amphitheatre. The festival is sponsored by local businesses, including Ford, the naming sponsor. Proceeds from Arts, Beats & Eats benefit local charities; an estimated 1.7 million was donated in the first seven years.
"The 29-story flagship store, located at 1206 Woodward in downtown Detroit, was the worlds tallest department store throughout most of the 20th century, with 706 fitting rooms, 68 elevators, 51 display windows, five restaurants, a fine-art gallery, and a wine department."* [203] [202] Hughes & Hatcher, later Hughes, Hatcher & Sufferin.
Defunct Michelin Guide Bib Gourmand restaurants (3 C) Defunct diners (1 C) F. Defunct fine dining restaurants (1 C, 7 P) J. Defunct Jewish restaurants (2 C) M.
Pontiac was founded in 1818-19 by a group of investors. [2] In 1819, Oakland County was established, with a county seat at Pontiac. By 1820, Pontiac had a dam, a sawmill, a flour mill, and a blacksmith shop. A courthouse was constructed in 1824, and by 1830 the city of Pontiac was clearly the center of commerce for the county.
He rebuilt the 1830 era building at Pontiac's first corner in 1882 and named it the "Crofoot Block". He practiced law on the 3rd floor, overlooking from his 10-foot by 10-foot (3.0 m) north-facing window the rapid growth of Pontiac's Downtown Commercial District. Pontiac's Crofoot School was named after this prominent family, and is still in use.
Sam Wyly and his brother Charles Wyly bought the small Bonanza restaurant chain three years later. The company grew to approximately 600 restaurants by 1989, [5] when the Wylys sold it to Metromedia. [6] In 1965, Dan Lasater, Norm Wiese and Charles Kleptz founded Ponderosa in Kokomo, Indiana, moving the headquarters to Dayton, Ohio, in 1971. [7]
The company was founded by Clarence Hayman (1881–1971) who owned several restaurant venues before establishing the concept of a ground floor cafeteria, in 1921, at 1220 Grand Avenue in Kansas City, Missouri. [1] He later opened similar branches in other cities of the Midwestern United States.
Pontiac was the only town laid out in Livingston County in the 1830s, but similar square-centered towns from that time can be found at Metamora, Lexington, Danvers, Clinton, and Le Roy, all established within two years of Pontiac. [15]