September 28, 2025
Why are people so afraid of change?
A proposed rezoning in Royal Oak has sparked a dubious defense of single-family residential housing.
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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.
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...
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...
May 10, 2019
Packard Plant redevelopment explored in latest video segment with Detroit Public Television
In our latest Daily Detroit collaboration with Detroit Public Television’s show “One Detroit,” Jer and I explore what’s happening at...
March 18, 2019
In Ferndale, 2 new shipping container homes are listing for at least $400,000
Real estate in Ferndale appears poised to ascend to a new realm of hyperspace, with two brand-new homes made of...
January 25, 2019
Map envisions 1919 Detroit subway plan, and we’re left to wonder: What if?
Now this is interesting. A friend found this on the r/Detroit Reddit, a graphic imagining the city’s 1918 subway plan,...
January 16, 2019
What to know about ‘the dot,’ Ferndale’s new mixed-use parking structure
On a recent episode of the Daily Detroit podcast, I spoke with Ferndale’s assistant city manager, Joseph Gacioch, about the...
October 10, 2018
Crime-ridden Motorama Motel on 8 Mile is for sale
Ferndale’s notoriously crime-ridden Motorama Motel, at the corner of Eight Mile Road and Woodward Avenue, is for sale. And for...
October 2, 2018
Keith Crain’s latest anti-bike screed illustrates Detroit’s growing culture war
Supporters of efforts to wean Detroit off its crippling addiction to the automobile got a fresh reminder of the forces...
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