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QSLs from the βMotor Cityβ
Iβve written before about the cache of old QSLs that my brother came across several months ago while conducting an estate sale. The recipient of these QSLs lived near Detroit, so itβs understandable that many of the cards he received came from hams in the βMotor City.β
W8IFI proudly proclaims himself to be βThe Voice of the Motor City.β W8BNG more modestly announces that he is βin the Motor City.β W8KWXβs card simply says, βThe Motor City.β
I looked up these addresses on Google Maps, and the only house still standing is the house at 1294 W. Grand Blvd. It looks like 5317 Maybury Grand was razed to make way for the I-96 Freeway. Β 6128 Comstock is simply gone. The date that Β Google Maps last shows a house there is August 2013. Now that whole block is almost completely deserted.
![A deserted street in Detroit, MI.](https://www.kb6nu.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/comstock-st-detroit-20240410-500x198.jpg)