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Downtown Detroit Sees More Resale and Vintage Shops

December 17, 2014, 6:28 AM

Michael Hodges of The Detroit News takes note of the growing number of resale and vintage shops in downtown Detroit.

One store belongs to Erin Gavle, who gave up an advertising job in Manhattan to open El Dorado General Store, her vintage and second-hand emporium across from the old Tiger Stadium.

Livonia-born Gavle opened her store last May, the newest in a modest explosion of resale and curio shops around downtown Detroit. Also new in the past year are Savvy Gents in Eastern Market and Midtown's Thrift on the Avenue, both of which, along with El Dorado, join long-established enterprises like Savvy Chic and Norah's Vintage Loft.

A near-doubling of downtown thrifts within a year probably says something about Detroit's changing demographics, what with the recent influx of the under-40 set, for whom retro-shopping is both financially sensible and a deliberate lifestyle choice.

 


Read more:  The Detroit News


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