Model T Turns 100: Detroit Celebrates and Looks Ahead
 What happened inside the building on the corner of Piquette and Beaubien 100 years ago changed the world. As we celebrate that innovation, it's time to look to what will drive Motown in the next century, and how we can bring others here to celebrate our auto-rich past.
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How to Live in Eastern Market -- A Model D Guide
 Sunday, May 18, is Flower Day at the grand old market, which is undergoing a big overhaul. But it's not just a Saturday stopover for fruit and veggies. Eastern Market has become one of the city's coolest destinations for art and music, to find an authentic loft space or to work in a creative environment. Model D is showing you around this week with updated versions of our guides to living, visiting and doing business in Eastern Market. And also in this issue, we've got a new video on the progress at the market, plus you can take a guided tour with Model D and Inside Detroit this Sunday.
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Model D TV Heads to Eastern Market -- and So Can You with Our Walking Tour
 The chief of the nonprofit that runs Eastern Market and is working to create a more vibrant district around it talks about those plans with Model D TV this week. And see the progress for yourself during Model D and Inside Detroit's walking tour this Sunday, May 18 — Flower Day at the market. Read on for details and to watch the Model D TV episode.
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Speaker Series Sign Up: Building Sustainable Urbanism in Detroit
 Sign up now for the next Model D Speaker Series -- set for May 22 at the Detroit Yacht Club on Belle Isle. We will revisit the topic of sustainable urbanism with architect Mark Nickita, Chris Bray of the Gratiot Woods neighborhood, and Diane Van Buren Jones of the WARM Training Center, whose efforts helped bring a green audit to the city.
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FilterD: C'mon, let's go downtown
Ride your bicycle to work this Friday (why not every day?) with Detroit  Bikes!, take in Euro-experimental rock-jazzists Offonoff at the Bohemian National Home, ambient electronica pioneers Cluster at the DIA and violinist Regina Carter's homage to Detroit's Black Bottom at the Max. See what else is hot out there inside FilterD, Model D's Arts + Culture weekly, edited by Walter Wasacz.
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