June 24, 2016
Taking a critical eye to the aesthetics of Detroit-area freeway embankments
Detroit is a city that, for better or worse, is defined by its elaborate network of sunken freeways. They’ve sliced...
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June 19, 2016
Anita’s Kitchen owners plan mixed-use restaurant development in Ferndale
The owners of Anita’s Kitchen, a popular Lebanese eatery in downtown Ferndale, have acquired two adjacent properties on Woodward Heights...
June 10, 2016
Sprawl is still supreme and other takeaways from the Detroit Census estimate
If it’s true that people across the country are once again embracing cities, then apparently the Detroit region missed the...
June 4, 2016
Great Lakes Coffee eyes vacant Detroit firehouse for tasting room, mixed-use development
Great Lakes Coffee Roasting Co. is talking with city officials about purchasing and redeveloping a vacant, historic firehouse in southwest...
June 1, 2016
New RTA video pitches ‘Rapid, Reliable, Regional’ tagline in preview of transit tax pitch
The Regional Transit authority of Southeast Michigan released its long-awaited master plan today regarding its $4.6 billion public transportation plan,...
May 28, 2016
The great, obscure ’90s Seattle grunge band that got away
Truly was a band from Seattle, a grunge supergroup of sorts that released a couple excellent records in the mid-’90s,...
May 21, 2016
Faygo, Vernors and the ‘Nuge’: 5 Michigan-themed cocktails for summertime
Recently I was at a backyard garden party, the first of the year, with some colleagues from Daily Detroit, when...
May 19, 2016
Gleaming new football field rising from Detroit’s decimated urban prairie
Chene Street is one of those places you can go in Detroit if you ever need a reality check and...
May 15, 2016
8 reasons you should ride on Bike to Work Day Detroit
Bike to Work Day is Friday in Detroit, I’m excited and I’m putting on the full-court press for why you...
May 13, 2016
Here’s how the RTA’s plans to improve Detroit regional transit are shaping up
There would still be shortcomings and gaps, but plans to shore up our embarrassingly inadequate public transportation system in metropolitan...
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