January 9, 2025
Ferndale eliminates single-family zoning despite bitter objections
The Ferndale City Council narrowly approved eliminating single-family zoning in a bid to boost housing affordability. Some residents were not happy.
8-Wood Blog
June 13, 2024
Manhattan, Paris, Ferndale and why we can’t have nice things
The indefinite postponement of congestion pricing in New York City is emblematic of a larger issue: America has lost the ability to dream big and do great things. It contrasts with progress made here in Ferndale and in much more cosmopolitan cities like Paris.
March 3, 2024
Black Flag’s 6 full-length albums, ranked
Black Flag’s restless musicality, tireless work ethic and willingness to go against the grain made them legends and influencers of countless bands and musical genres.
January 6, 2024
Ferndale has new (not quite finished) bike lanes along Woodward
New bike lanes are in on Woodward Avenue in Ferndale and Pleasant Ridge.
July 12, 2023
Is car-free Mackinac Island an urbanist paradise, or just a replica of one?
Mackinac Island is a tourist destination famous for fudge, horse-drawn carriages and prohibiting cars. But is it also a model...
May 27, 2023
In praise of the all-too-rare neighborhood business
The nicest surprise of the spring so far for me has been the opening of a new coffee shop down...
April 10, 2023
The Motor City desperately needs a new identity
Detroit’s long love affair with the automobile is starting to feel abusive.
August 11, 2022
If Northville can ban cars downtown, what other cities in Detroit could follow suit?
Recently, I tweeted out a story that said Northville, an affluent suburb of Detroit, had voted to permanently make its...
March 6, 2022
Mark Lanegan and Screaming Trees are a complicated legacy to sort out
In the wake of Mark Lanegan’s death last month at age 57, being a fan of both the singer-songwriter and...
May 8, 2021
‘There’s somebody satisfied with winning’: Neil Young fires up ‘Re-ac-tor’ with Crazy Horse
It’s 1981 and Neil Young, confronting the shifting sounds and culture of a new era and wrenching family issues at...
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