Cruisin’ the Original Woodward Avenue (MI) (Images of America)

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Within the 1950s, cruising swept the nation. American street become impromptu racetracks as soon as the police turned their backs. Young people piled into friends’ cars and cruised their main streets with a new sense of freedom. Pent-up desires after the hardships of World War II plus a booming economy fueled a car-shopping for frenzy. To lure buyers to their particular makes and models, automobile companies targeted the youth market by that specialize in design and performance. No place was once that more relevant than on metro Detroit’s Woodward Avenue, town’s number-one cruising destination and home of the sector’s automobile industry. Barely 50 years in advance, Henry Ford rolled his first Model T off the assembly line at Piquette and Woodward, just south of where cruisers, dragsters, and automobile engineers ignited every other’s excitement over cars. This unique relationship extended into the muscle car era of the 1960s, as Woodward Avenue continued to reflect the triumphs and downturns of the industry that made Detroit known right through the sector.

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