This is a wonderfull piece of the past and should be retained for all to enjoy. I believe it would be a great office for a start up adv or marketing firm, a law firm or perhaps a boutique. Thinking out side of the box, just look what Keith Crain did with the Vinsetta Garage on Woodward. It is way "to cool" to be a garage any more.

Such an beautiful building, it would make an adorable antique shop.

How about a great Indian restaurant? We need a good one on the east side, plus the building is perfect for it.

Tom Sellers Charlotte Leave the flag alone; it's just fine!

What a unique 'DINER' it would make!??! I can see it on "Drive-Ins, Diners and Dives"
now!

a Diner, definitely!

Love the Diner idea...burgers & shakes

There's a diner just a few blocks away: Janet's Lunch, a GP fixture. I don't see a need for another one so close, especially when folks are moving towards more healthy fare.

I have thought that a coffee house would be a great fit there since the building is rather small. Not much room for the kitchen one would need for a full-service restauraunt. The garage doors opening up to allow the dining area to "spill" outside in warm weather would be a unique feature and greatly expand the dining area of the restaurant. I think there is enough market for coffee that both Gringos (just a few blocks away) and a coffee house at this location would do great.

A bistro with a limited menu and great wine list might also work with that space. It would be lined up down the block in the summer with outdoor dining.

One down side to this location with outdoor dining is that the eastside of the site is directly next to someone's backyard. I wouldn't think this neighbor would enjoy the chatter of outdoor diners all day, especially late at night. Don't know how this neighbor would actually feel about this though.

This property is a natural for a restaurant. Does anyone remember Harvest Park on Mack? it was a great health food restaurant. Now the trend is "farm to table", in season, locally grown, some organic, some wild (venison, rabbit...), unusual greens,... And good, reasonably priced wines. Google Little Otik, Berlin and read the reviews and the menu.

and the mentioned idea of raising the doors to have outdoor seating is super. sitting inside with doors raised is almost like sitting outside-commonly done in Euro-Asia.

or: An indoor virtual golf facility. lessons, practice, play on 25 virtual courses. one in Troy seems to be doing quite well.

Hey, Bob Sfire. I'm afraid that i f I ate at a health food restaurants, I'd look too much like you! Like the "farm to table" idea, however. Could stock it with all that wonderful produce from East Side Detroit's urban farmland project and supplement it with roadkill from I-75. Got lotsa rabbits in my backyard. Might be a new cottage industry for Grosse Pointers, too. Already tried feeding steel wool to the rabbits to see if they'd produce ball bearings, but they (wisely, I might add) wouldn't touch it.

BBQ! Smoked meats.

I think it should become a computer repair shop and a computer learning center. They maybe could even sell computers. Computers are becoming part of our lives more and more every day. It seems like competition in the Grosse Pointes is lacking. I want to see a respectable business that charges the customer fairly and has exceptional customer service. I'm tired of hearing stories of people being charged $95 for getting there computer fixed, yet when they go to use it many problems still remain. A computer shop would be a great use for that building.

I'm a recent college graduate, but not ready to start a business. If I was starting a business:
I would sell computers that came with personal setup and training.
I would offer repair services.
I would offer one on one computer tutoring services.
I would offer business consulting to help businesses learn to use technology effectively.
I would offer weekly FREE computer small group learning sessions for those 55 and older.
I would make it a shop that people didn't dread going to.

For me this structure is an unrecognized Grosse Pointe Park treasure. For the past two years I feared that this building could possibly be demolished and turned into a parking lot so I began to take photos of the building to help remember it just in case it was demolished. But then it occurred to me how wonderful it would be if after taking all the photos that I might want to construct a miniature architectural model of the unique building. As time passed, I began to plan how I would construct such a model, thinking about the size, materials, etc. Eventually I spent so much time planning a model that this past December I actually began constructing this Standard Oil service station, but more than that I wanted to construct the building in such a way as to capture a moment in time, a snapshot if you will, when this building was at its height in business. The time period I considered was the summer of 1959. That year was significant for me in that in 1959 I entered high school and I very vividly remember my father bringing home a new 1959 Chevrolet station wagon. With those thoughts and memories in mind I created a model featuring cars from the years 1959, 1949, 1939, and 1929, along with a story. The miniature building I created measures 36" x 24" and is in 1/24th scale. I have also added photos and history which compliment the model. The entire display sits on a 6 foot long table. Look at the photos under the catagory of Pics & Claps. Ronald T. Konopka

In the last sentence on my above comments, there is a typing error. Instead of "Pics & Claps", it should read "Pics & Clips".