April 13, 2017
PODCAST: A conversation with Drew Philp, author of ‘A $500 House in Detroit’
Last night I had the pleasure of interviewing Drew Philp for the Daily Detroit Happy Hour Podcast. He’s the author...
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April 3, 2017
Ferndale wants to launch ‘Fab Cab’ trolley service to Detroit Zoo, neighboring cities
Voters may have deflated hopes for more robust public transit when it defeated the Regional Transit Authority proposal last fall,...
March 29, 2017
Here we go again: Ferndale gets its knickers in a bunch over a parking deck
Fake news is rearing its ugly head in Ferndale, threatening to derail the city’s attempt to follow through on its...
March 18, 2017
Ferndale’s building boom pushes development to long-neglected corners of city
It’s easy enough to forget nowadays, as it continues to attract new restaurants, bars, retail and housing, but it wasn’t...
March 10, 2017
PODCAST: ‘From strip clubs to country clubs’ with the Eight Mile Boulevard Association
In this episode of the Daily Detroit Happy Hour Podcast, we talk about a subject near and dear to my...
February 28, 2017
Whether or not Gilbert’s tower rises, Detroit’s skyline poised to grow
Dan Gilbert, the mortgage and real estate billionaire, has proposed building Detroit’s highest skyscraper on the vacant former site of...
February 21, 2017
Last 2 viaduct art projects are installed, mostly, in Detroit’s New Center
The final two underpass art projects are finally installed and operational along the railroad viaduct along Second and Third avenues...
February 14, 2017
Ferndale approves brownfield plan for 4-story loft development
A proposed brownfield redevelopment project that would add 127 residential units in a four-story mixed-use loft building east of downtown...
February 8, 2017
My new side gig: hosting the Daily Detroit Happy Hour podcast
Now that we’ve got a handful of episodes published, I am happy to announce that I’m serving as host of...
January 30, 2017
New Ty Segall song ‘Break A Guitar’ brings the rock a weary nation needs
While 2016 saw plenty of great music released, the past few years haven’t exactly been a high-water mark for guitar-driven,...
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