Armada is a village in northern Macomb County, about 50 miles north of Detroit.  It has about 1,573 people.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nice shots. It's impressive that a burg that size has some downtown economic development -- an interesting multi-story building with zero setback. What's up with the building under construction?

The street looks super wide, but its a nice town regardless.

^Indeed.

Looks pretty healthy, good selection of vintage buildings that look mostly in good repair.

Nice!  Looks like its doing pretty good.

Awesome little town.  I have a question though.

What is with metro Detroit and all the wide @ss roads?

Awesome little town.  I have a question though.

What is with metro Detroit and all the wide @ss roads?

 

It's not just Metro Detroit; all over the Midwest, many cities and even small towns have extremely wide main streets. Before you head across the street in downtown South Bend, Indiana, you'd best pack a lunch and lace up your hiking boots -- typically four lanes of one-way traffic, with a lane of parking on each side. Indianapolis has wide streets downtown, and the automobile traffic has grown to fill them.

Kozy Korner looks like a relaxing place.

That's impressive. It seems there are many viable businesses and that many have not disregarded the upper floors when designing their facades. I like that there is new construction and that it's being built to the sidewalk. I hope the new building will not look like a suburban house.

Very wide roads in small downtowns are common across Michigan.  Some historic ones have five lane roads with parking running through them!  Not sure why.  Maybe to turn large horse drawn farming vehicles around in the old days?  Anyways, you'll find a lot of wide streets with angled parking.  I wouldn't say it's a bad thing considering how automobile oriented society is, some downtowns' survival is contingent on easy available parking.  In Armada's case, it works although I'd like to see more street trees.