January 5, 2018
Q&A: Ferndale Radio is on the air, looking for content and funding
If you’ve been surfing the airwaves (remember those?) around downtown Ferndale lately, you may have noticed a new non-commercial college-style...
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December 27, 2017
PODCAST: Construction chief Todd Sachse talks Detroit development, past, present and future
As the founder and CEO of Sachse Construction, Todd Sachse has been involved in many of Detroit’s biggest development projects...
December 24, 2017
8-Wood’s favorite albums of 2017
Let’s face it: 2017 was a brutal year. It made 2016, itself no peach, seem like the Good Ol’ Days....
December 18, 2017
PHOTOS: Ferndale’s 89-year-old William Howard Taft School is no more
I took this photo a couple weeks ago, before the snow flew, of the remains of William Howard Taft School...
December 12, 2017
8-Wood Blog stars in new Daily Detroit video about redeveloping I-375
After writing about the state’s proposal to redevelop I-375 in Detroit as a surface-level boulevard, I partnered with my podcast...
December 5, 2017
MDOT down to 2 alternatives to replace I-375 in Detroit
Interstate 375’s days are numbered. The mile-long freeway, which destroyed an historic African American neighborhood in Detroit 50 years ago...
November 25, 2017
PODCAST: The future of Michigan’s auto industry with MICHauto chief Glenn Stevens
While I spend a lot of time on this blog advocating for more urban, pedestrian-oriented development, there’s no denying that...
November 13, 2017
Work to begin soon on 8MK restaurant in former WWJ building
Crews will soon begin work converting an historic former WWJ transmitter building on Eight Mile Road in Oak Park to...
November 1, 2017
Ferndale’s new mixed-use 4-story parking garage will be called ‘the dot’
In the battle of adorably named parking structures, Detroit has the Z Garage, and Ferndale will have the “dot.” After...
October 29, 2017
PODCAST: Talkin’ beats with the ‘Godmother of House,’ Stacey Hotwaxx Hale
Stacey “Hotwaxx” Hale has been making house music out of Detroit since the 1980s, when the city was better known...
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