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'''Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches''' is an annual car cruise is one of the many events that are a part of Autopalooza August.<ref>Harris, David. "Back to the Bricks linking with Woodward", '']'', Flint, 23 April 2009.</ref> It is one of the events that celebrates the old tradition of teenagers cruising from hangout spot to hangout spot. For ] teens these included ], Varsity, Colonel’s and Walli’s, most of which resided on or close to Saginaw Street.<ref>"Meet your neighbor: Al Hatch", '']'', Flint, 1 January 2010.</ref> Though most of the buildings have been long gone but the tradition of cruising continues especially for five days out of the year at the Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches car cruise. The celebration which was first held as a one-day event on Saginaw Street in ] with only a few hundred cars and spectators has grown to expand past all of these boundaries. Since its first event in 2005 the Back to the Bricks has grown to over 25,000 car participants and over 250,000 spectators over a five-day span.<ref>Abercrombie, Shena. "Flint’s bricks loaded with car, people", '']'', Flint, 17 August 2008.</ref><ref>DeFever, Dana. "Crowds for Back to the Bricks surge to 250,000", '']'', Flint, 19 August 2008.</ref> '''Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches''' is an annual car cruise is one of the many events that are a part of Autopalooza August.<ref>Harris, David. "Back to the Bricks linking with Woodward", '']'', Flint, 23 April 2009.</ref> It is one of the events that celebrates the old tradition of teenagers cruising from hangout spot to hangout spot. For ] teens these included ], Varsity, Colonel’s and Walli’s, most of which resided on or close to Saginaw Street.<ref>{{cite news|title=Meet your neighbor: Al Hatch, chairman of Back to the Bricks, Flint's nationally recognized classic car show and cruise|url=http://www.mlive.com/living/flint/index.ssf/2010/01/meet_your_neighbor_al_hatch_ch.html|accessdate=March 11, 2014|newspaper=Flint Journal|date=January 01, 2010}}</ref> Though most of the buildings have been long gone but the tradition of cruising continues especially for five days out of the year at the Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches car cruise. The celebration which was first held as a one-day event on Saginaw Street in ] with only a few hundred cars and spectators has grown to expand past all of these boundaries. Since its first event in 2005 the Back to the Bricks has grown to over 25,000 car participants and over 250,000 spectators over a five-day span.<ref>Abercrombie, Shena. "Flint’s bricks loaded with car, people", '']'', Flint, 17 August 2008.</ref><ref>DeFever, Dana. "Crowds for Back to the Bricks surge to 250,000", '']'', Flint, 19 August 2008.</ref>


==Early history== ==History==


In 2005 the first Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches celebration was held under Flint’s newly renovated brick street and reinstalled arches. The celebration was held on the same day as another local car cruise, the A&W monthly cruise in ] and the ] in ]. The goal of this scheduling was to hopefully have spectators from the local area to “cruise“ once again from the Flushing hotspot to the Flint event. Another goal was for spectators attending the Woodward Avenue Dream car cruise to stop by the Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches car cruise on the way to and or from the Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise.<ref>Miller, James M. "Downtown cruise worth a cartwheel", '']'', Flint, 28 August 2005.</ref> In 2005 the first Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches celebration was held under Flint’s newly renovated brick street and reinstalled arches. The celebration was held on the same day as another local car cruise, the A&W monthly cruise in ] and the ] in ]. The goal of this scheduling was to hopefully have spectators from the local area to “cruise“ once again from the Flushing hotspot to the Flint event. Another goal was for spectators attending the Woodward Avenue Dream car cruise to stop by the Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches car cruise on the way to and or from the Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise.<ref>Miller, James M. "Downtown cruise worth a cartwheel", '']'', Flint, 28 August 2005.</ref>


During the first year the Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches car cruise had about less than 1,000 spectators in attendance and less than that amount of cars. The events within the celebration consisted of only official the car cruise.<ref>Swiatecki, Chad. "Car cruise offers room to maneuver", '']'', Flint, 21 August 2005.</ref> The following year the celebration added another day and packed another event into its schedule. These new events this year were a cruise in from various areas in the county and the official cruise.<ref>Miller, James M. "’Woodward Day’ cruise expanding", '']'', Flint, 3 August 2006.</ref> With the spike in the number of events came the spike in the number or attendants. It is estimated that a total of 1000 cars and spectators attended the second year of the event.<ref>Miller, James M. "Cars keep making way to Flint", '']'', Flint, 27 August 2006.</ref> During the first year the Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches car cruise had about less than 1,000 spectators in attendance and less than that amount of cars. The events within the celebration consisted of only official the car cruise.<ref>Swiatecki, Chad. "Car cruise offers room to maneuver", '']'', Flint, 21 August 2005.</ref> The following year the celebration added another day and packed another event into its schedule. These new events this year were a cruise in from various areas in the county and the official cruise.<ref>Miller, James M. "’Woodward Day’ cruise expanding", '']'', Flint, 3 August 2006.</ref> With the spike in the number of events came the spike in the number or attendants. It is estimated that a total of 1000 cars and spectators attended the second year of the event.<ref>Miller, James M. "Cars keep making way to Flint", '']'', Flint, 27 August 2006.</ref>

==Mid History==


By the year 2007 the Back to the Bricks had celebrated its third year. With the new addition of another day and one more day the celebration brought in a larger crowd. This Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches celebration brought in about 1000 cars and 1500 more spectators that the previous year.<ref>Miller, James M. "Back to the Bricks revving up ideas for more downtown events", '']'', Flint, 22 August 2007.</ref> The events for this go around consisted of the newly added rolling cruise, the cruise in, and the official cruise.<ref>Miller, James M. "Back to the Bricks real deal for cruisers, viewers", '']'', Flint, 7 August 2007.</ref> With the rolling cruise came support from local businesses. Many of these served as stops for the rolling cruise and also offered deals for cruisers.<ref>Miller, James M. "Bricks car cruise keeps on growing", '']'', Flint, 12 August 2007.</ref> Yet again the cruise expanded in the following year. After the cruise became a four-day celebration. The event added this year was an additional rolling cruise.<ref>Miller, James M. "Bricks cruise will grow yet again", '']'', Flint, 27 September 2007.</ref> An estimated 125,000 spectators and 3,000 cars were figured to be in attendance.<ref>Abercrombie, Shena. "Flint’s bricks loaded with car, people", '']'', Flint, 17 August 2008.</ref><ref>DeFever, Dana. "Crowds for Back to the Bricks surge to 125,000", '']'', Flint, 19 August 2008.</ref> By the year 2007 the Back to the Bricks had celebrated its third year. With the new addition of another day and one more day the celebration brought in a larger crowd. This Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches celebration brought in about 1000 cars and 1500 more spectators that the previous year.<ref>Miller, James M. "Back to the Bricks revving up ideas for more downtown events", '']'', Flint, 22 August 2007.</ref> The events for this go around consisted of the newly added rolling cruise, the cruise in, and the official cruise.<ref>Miller, James M. "Back to the Bricks real deal for cruisers, viewers", '']'', Flint, 7 August 2007.</ref> With the rolling cruise came support from local businesses. Many of these served as stops for the rolling cruise and also offered deals for cruisers.<ref>Miller, James M. "Bricks car cruise keeps on growing", '']'', Flint, 12 August 2007.</ref> Yet again the cruise expanded in the following year. After the cruise became a four-day celebration. The event added this year was an additional rolling cruise.<ref>Miller, James M. "Bricks cruise will grow yet again", '']'', Flint, 27 September 2007.</ref> An estimated 125,000 spectators and 3,000 cars were figured to be in attendance.<ref>Abercrombie, Shena. "Flint’s bricks loaded with car, people", '']'', Flint, 17 August 2008.</ref><ref>DeFever, Dana. "Crowds for Back to the Bricks surge to 125,000", '']'', Flint, 19 August 2008.</ref>


For the first time in its three-year history the cruise received national television coverage by the speed channel. On February 24, 2008 and February 26, 2008 the channel released a collection of stories and footage from the 2007 Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches Celebration. This served as the introduction of ]’s new season.<ref>Burden, Melissa. "Back to the Bricks to shine in Speed Channel’s spotlight", '']'', Flint, 21 February 2008.</ref> Since this other media coverage of the event has been made including a recent article in Old Cars Weekly about the car clubs featured in the cruise.<ref>"Meet your neighbor: Al Hatch", '']'', Flint, 1 January 2010.</ref> For the first time in its three-year history the cruise received national television coverage by the speed channel. On February 24, 2008 and February 26, 2008 the channel released a collection of stories and footage from the 2007 Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches Celebration. This served as the introduction of ]’s new season.<ref>Burden, Melissa. "Back to the Bricks to shine in Speed Channel’s spotlight", '']'', Flint, 21 February 2008.</ref> Since this other media coverage of the event has been made including a recent article in Old Cars Weekly about the car clubs featured in the cruise.<ref>"Meet your neighbor: Al Hatch", '']'', Flint, 1 January 2010.</ref>

==Late History==


The most recent celebration was held in 2009. This was the Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches scar cruise’s 5th anniversary. As a milestone in the events history it was also added to Autopalooza August. This included joining with the Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise to which it was originally made to compliment. The join is hoped to give more publicity to the celebration. In addition to this the celebration again expanded with a day and the events of a drive-in screening of the movie ] and the Buckham Alley Bash. This is significantly different from previous years in the way that these events were hosted mostly by area restaurants and the local drive-in.<ref>Harris, David. "Back to the Bricks linking with Woodward", '']'', Flint, 23 April 2009.</ref> With an attendance of more than 125,000 spectators and a car count of 3,000 the Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches more than quintupled its attendance and expectations which it first had. The most recent celebration was held in 2009. This was the Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches scar cruise’s 5th anniversary. As a milestone in the events history it was also added to Autopalooza August. This included joining with the Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise to which it was originally made to compliment. The join is hoped to give more publicity to the celebration. In addition to this the celebration again expanded with a day and the events of a drive-in screening of the movie ] and the Buckham Alley Bash. This is significantly different from previous years in the way that these events were hosted mostly by area restaurants and the local drive-in.<ref>Harris, David. "Back to the Bricks linking with Woodward", '']'', Flint, 23 April 2009.</ref> With an attendance of more than 125,000 spectators and a car count of 3,000 the Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches more than quintupled its attendance and expectations which it first had.

MSN Autos has declared Back to the Bricks a "Best auto events of 2014".<ref>. MSN Auto. Accessed on March 11, 2014.</ref>


==References== ==References==
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Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches is an annual car cruise is one of the many events that are a part of Autopalooza August. It is one of the events that celebrates the old tradition of teenagers cruising from hangout spot to hangout spot. For Genesee County teens these included A&W, Varsity, Colonel’s and Walli’s, most of which resided on or close to Saginaw Street. Though most of the buildings have been long gone but the tradition of cruising continues especially for five days out of the year at the Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches car cruise. The celebration which was first held as a one-day event on Saginaw Street in Flint, Michigan with only a few hundred cars and spectators has grown to expand past all of these boundaries. Since its first event in 2005 the Back to the Bricks has grown to over 25,000 car participants and over 250,000 spectators over a five-day span.

History

In 2005 the first Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches celebration was held under Flint’s newly renovated brick street and reinstalled arches. The celebration was held on the same day as another local car cruise, the A&W monthly cruise in Flushing, Michigan and the Woodward Dream Cruise in Oakland County, Michigan. The goal of this scheduling was to hopefully have spectators from the local area to “cruise“ once again from the Flushing hotspot to the Flint event. Another goal was for spectators attending the Woodward Avenue Dream car cruise to stop by the Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches car cruise on the way to and or from the Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise.

During the first year the Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches car cruise had about less than 1,000 spectators in attendance and less than that amount of cars. The events within the celebration consisted of only official the car cruise. The following year the celebration added another day and packed another event into its schedule. These new events this year were a cruise in from various areas in the county and the official cruise. With the spike in the number of events came the spike in the number or attendants. It is estimated that a total of 1000 cars and spectators attended the second year of the event.

By the year 2007 the Back to the Bricks had celebrated its third year. With the new addition of another day and one more day the celebration brought in a larger crowd. This Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches celebration brought in about 1000 cars and 1500 more spectators that the previous year. The events for this go around consisted of the newly added rolling cruise, the cruise in, and the official cruise. With the rolling cruise came support from local businesses. Many of these served as stops for the rolling cruise and also offered deals for cruisers. Yet again the cruise expanded in the following year. After the cruise became a four-day celebration. The event added this year was an additional rolling cruise. An estimated 125,000 spectators and 3,000 cars were figured to be in attendance.

For the first time in its three-year history the cruise received national television coverage by the speed channel. On February 24, 2008 and February 26, 2008 the channel released a collection of stories and footage from the 2007 Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches Celebration. This served as the introduction of My Classic Car’s new season. Since this other media coverage of the event has been made including a recent article in Old Cars Weekly about the car clubs featured in the cruise.

The most recent celebration was held in 2009. This was the Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches scar cruise’s 5th anniversary. As a milestone in the events history it was also added to Autopalooza August. This included joining with the Woodward Avenue Dream Cruise to which it was originally made to compliment. The join is hoped to give more publicity to the celebration. In addition to this the celebration again expanded with a day and the events of a drive-in screening of the movie Cars and the Buckham Alley Bash. This is significantly different from previous years in the way that these events were hosted mostly by area restaurants and the local drive-in. With an attendance of more than 125,000 spectators and a car count of 3,000 the Back to the Bricks and Under the Arches more than quintupled its attendance and expectations which it first had.

MSN Autos has declared Back to the Bricks a "Best auto events of 2014".

References

  1. Harris, David. "Back to the Bricks linking with Woodward", The Flint Journal, Flint, 23 April 2009.
  2. "Meet your neighbor: Al Hatch, chairman of Back to the Bricks, Flint's nationally recognized classic car show and cruise". Flint Journal. January 01, 2010. Retrieved March 11, 2014. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  3. Abercrombie, Shena. "Flint’s bricks loaded with car, people", The Flint Journal, Flint, 17 August 2008.
  4. DeFever, Dana. "Crowds for Back to the Bricks surge to 250,000", The Flint Journal, Flint, 19 August 2008.
  5. Miller, James M. "Downtown cruise worth a cartwheel", The Flint Journal, Flint, 28 August 2005.
  6. Swiatecki, Chad. "Car cruise offers room to maneuver", The Flint Journal, Flint, 21 August 2005.
  7. Miller, James M. "’Woodward Day’ cruise expanding", The Flint Journal, Flint, 3 August 2006.
  8. Miller, James M. "Cars keep making way to Flint", The Flint Journal, Flint, 27 August 2006.
  9. Miller, James M. "Back to the Bricks revving up ideas for more downtown events", The Flint Journal, Flint, 22 August 2007.
  10. Miller, James M. "Back to the Bricks real deal for cruisers, viewers", The Flint Journal, Flint, 7 August 2007.
  11. Miller, James M. "Bricks car cruise keeps on growing", The Flint Journal, Flint, 12 August 2007.
  12. Miller, James M. "Bricks cruise will grow yet again", The Flint Journal, Flint, 27 September 2007.
  13. Abercrombie, Shena. "Flint’s bricks loaded with car, people", The Flint Journal, Flint, 17 August 2008.
  14. DeFever, Dana. "Crowds for Back to the Bricks surge to 125,000", The Flint Journal, Flint, 19 August 2008.
  15. Burden, Melissa. "Back to the Bricks to shine in Speed Channel’s spotlight", The Flint Journal, Flint, 21 February 2008.
  16. "Meet your neighbor: Al Hatch", The Flint Journal, Flint, 1 January 2010.
  17. Harris, David. "Back to the Bricks linking with Woodward", The Flint Journal, Flint, 23 April 2009.
  18. Best auto events of 2014. MSN Auto. Accessed on March 11, 2014.

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