Tag Archives: Bel-Aire
VINTAGE POINT: Orchard-Ten strip mall
Farmington’s first strip mall outside the downtown was the Bel-Aire Shopping Center at the southwest corner of Orchard Lake and 10 Mile, which opened in July 1959. This photo is from the Farmington Enterprise; the caption notes that the center … Continue reading
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VINTAGE POINT: Bel-Aire plane crash
On October 9, 1960, a single-engine plane carrying three people crash-landed at Prospect and Loomis in the Bel-Aire subdivision, just west of Farmington High, where the St. Leo football team was playing Our Lady of Sorrows. It crashed in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 1960, 1960s, 60s, airplane, Bel-Aire, Farmington, history, Loomis, plane crash, Preservation Farmington, Prospect, then and now, Vintage Point
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