The Fyfe Apartments, far right, as seen from the Broderick Tower in 2013

Photo by Dan Austin/HistoricDetroit.org

The R.H. Fyfe Co. store opened on Grand Circus Park in what is called the Fyfe Apartment Building today. The “Temple of Shoes” offered 10 floors of nothing but footwear and was said to be the largest shoe store in the world at the time.

Photo by Helmut Ziewers (www.ziewersphotography.com) of HistoricDetroit.org