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...
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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...
October 19, 2017
In new video, Detroit’s Amazon HQ2 bid touts city’s ‘resilient’ work ethic, design legacy
Today was the deadline for cities to submit their bid packages to Amazon for its second global headquarters and, to...
October 16, 2017
Where is rock-and-roll in the Trump era?
These are not high times for rock-n-roll. Pop music is ascendant, more kaleidoscopic and outrageous than ever. Hip hop continues...
October 10, 2017
PODCAST: Detroit Hispanic Media partnership aims to find ‘strength in numbers’
The Detroit area’s Hispanic population is growing and now numbers an estimated 280,000 residents. It’s been riven by fear in...
October 10, 2017
PODCAST: Lisa Nuszkowski talks MoGo bike sharing after program’s first summer
I’m admittedly a little behind in posting this, since Open Streets took place Oct. 1. But the Daily Detroit Happy...
September 30, 2017
Semi-protected bike lanes appear on Pinecrest in Ferndale
The repaving of Pinecrest, which closed the north-south connector street between Nine Mile Road and Pleasant Ridge for most of...
September 25, 2017
New walking trails just the start of planned Ferndale parks improvements
As I’ve previously written, work has been under way at Harding Park to install new rain gardens and a paved...
September 14, 2017
PODCAST: The race to build the first new Detroit-Windsor is on, with journalist Dave Battagello
Few journalists working on either side of the U.S.-Canada border have done a better job covering the long and strange...
September 13, 2017
Allow me to freak out about $400K homes in my old Detroit neighborhood
I last spent time in Woodbridge Farms, my old neighborhood, last fall, when I joined some coworkers to plant trees...
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