Crain's Detroit Business Behind the Story: Writer Vickie Elmer talks to Nina Ignaczak about her report on the retail growth in Hamtramck. Bank Suey is among the businesses featured in the report.

Listen to the conversation here. 

Walter Wasacz explores the economic boom taking place in Hamtramck for Model D Media. 

"Also recently opened is Bank Suey, a project that offers low-cost space for community-driven events and activities. The building — once a bank branch, later a bar, and most recently a Chinese carry-out — has quickly asserted itself by illuminating the night at the crucial intersection of Jos. Campau and Caniff."

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In March 2014 10345 Jos. Campau was featured in the @troubledassets photo series. (Photo by Geoff George.)  

"Troubled Assets is a photo series that documents the abundance of repurposed bank buildings in Detroit, Michigan. Their ubiquitousness, and craftsmanship, is a reminder of Detroit's large role in finance and the economy between 1920 and 1950. As millions flocked to the city to work for the auto companies, downtown banks established neighborhood branches with high frequency, often building near a competitor and using architecture that exuded confidence, class, and security. Today, many of these historic structures still stand -- no longer as banks, but rather as churches, hair salons, nightclubs, pawn shops, and day cares; others are abandoned, for sale, for lease, or their status is unknown.

This is a survey of pre-1949 bank buildings in the City of Detroit. Most of these structures were the property of the Detroit Savings Bank (now Comerica), the National Bank of Detroit (before merging with the National Bank of Chicago), or the Peninsular Savings Bank. When the banks folded, their physical assets were sold, leaving behind the structures for commercial and sometimes even residential use. "

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Emily Jane Wood is a Hamtramck artist who has painted 10345 Jos Campau in several of her paintings of the city and on ceramics. 

View more of her work here. 

This photo is originally from the @emily_jane_wood instagram account. 

"The interior is strange. It looks like it would be much bigger from the outside, first of all. They could fit several tables inside, Instead there are none. All you will see in this dimly lit room is an old church pew on the side to wait for your food from the window. You might think it is closed even when you are inside. You may think you're going to be abducted while waiting for some dumplings..." 

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