This is a photograph of the interior of Bozarth Carpet Center, 202 South Michigan Avenue, Howell, Michigan.
This address was the site of 1926 United States Post Office in Howell. It later housed school rooms, then A & P Tea Company store, then Bozarth Carpet Center, the Corner Pocket Billiard Center, Egnash Auctions and Swann's.
This photograph is of the Corner Pocket, 202 South Michigan Avenue, Howell, Michigan, and was taken as part of documentation for the R/UDAT Study, 1984. The view is looking west, with West Sibley Street to the right.
In 1983, the Howell Area Chamber of Commerce applied for a R/UDAT (Regional/Urban Design Assistance Team) study, an American Institute of Architects program that brought a team of professionals to the city for a four-day period to study Howell's downtown, its ability to compete for regional shopping, and to make recommendations for improvements to re-vitalize the city. The team, in 1984, during the study took photographs, interviewed people, held forums, and in the end provided an outline of strategies.
