EVENT: CONNOR
Demolition has begun on the last factory that participated in the 1937-1938 Flint Sit-Down Strike.
From the Flint Journal:
The area, known as Chevy-in-the-Hole among longtime Flint workers, was once the heart of Chevrolet’s worldwide manufacturing operations and employed thousands of hourly and salaried workers.
It was a vital site for the success of the Sit-Down Strike of 1936-37, which led to GM’s recognition of the UAW as its workers’ bargaining agent.
You can find the original article here: http://www.mlive.com/news/fljournal/index.ssf?/base/news-25/1101140477154210.xml
a photograph of Plant 4 as displayed at the Meijers on Pierson Road.
The placard reads:
Paving of Chevrolet Avenue by Flint
Department of Public Words, c. 1920
(Photo Courtesy of Alfred P. Sloan Jr. Museum)
I took the following picture of Plant 4 today:
My friend, Paul, (see post below) used to live down here, and I’ve spent hours rambling around here, Atwood, walking from Carriage Town to the Westside, or pothole dodging along Glenwood and 2nd St.
The demolition of Plant #4 will leave only one structure (the factory just south of 2nd at Hall Street), which is currently owned by Kettering. Hopefully, good use is made of this solid square mile of land, just west of downtown.