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A Greener Gleaners: Old Warehouse to Get a Sustainable Makeover

Melinda Clynes Tuesday, April 29, 2008
On the East Side of Detroit, an enormous, 100-year-old warehouse with more than $6,000 a month in electric bills will be a more sustainable, energy-efficient building. Here's how, and why, Gleaners is going green.

Model D TV: Home of the Model T

Tom Hendrickson Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Model D visits the birthplace of the Model T, and puts it on Model D TV.  Say that three times fast, and watch this clip on Detroit's T-Plex.

McMillin's Detroit: A Veteran Guide Takes Us Through Detroit Then and Now

Ellen Piligian Tuesday, April 01, 2008
Detroiter Stewart McMillin knows all the good dirt — try womanizing philanthropists now immortalized, or the O.J. trial of 1925. And he knows the most beautiful spots —walls of stained glass windows and spires that reach to the heavens. The history buff and Indian Village resident leads us on a city tour like no other.

The Real (Estate) Deal

Kelli B. Kavanaugh Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Come on in, the water's not that cold — or, the current state of the Detroit real estate market.

Voice from the Deep River

Dennis Archambault Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Detroit blues man and radio personality the Rev. Robert Jones has journeyed from the "Lowlands" to the "Deep River."

Model D Speaker Series: Detroit Sells

Model D Staff Tuesday, February 05, 2008
Who's selling in Detroit? Who's buying? What's hot (and not) in residential retail in the city?The speaker series sign up is closed. We'll be back in March with another hot topic.

Great Groceries

Kelli B. Kavanaugh Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The questioning suburbanite asks the Detroiter, "But where do you shop for groceries?" Here's where.

Buy Detroit, Build Detroit

Jon Zemke Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Avoid the meter maid's boot and save some loot when you shop the city this holiday season.

Growing Detroit Retail

Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey Tuesday, November 06, 2007
A D.C.-based nonprofit has some shiny new numbers that could mean exciting things for Detroit's retail prospects. Read about it here, and see for yourself at our Speaker Series Nov. 14. Sign up today.

The 3 R's in the D

Jon Zemke Tuesday, October 30, 2007
More Detroiters are learning the three R's — reduce-reuse-recycle — prompting private groups and city officials to look at more options to keep refuse away from the big burn.

Let the Artists Loose

Jennifer Andrews Tuesday, October 23, 2007
At his Liberal Arts Gallery, Duane Belin lets the artists go to town and hold nothing back. Want to hang thousands of shoes from the roof? No problem.

Redemption Song

Dennis Archambault Tuesday, October 16, 2007
The city's African-American churches have a long tradition of building up their neighborhoods with new housing and economic opportunities.

Heidelberg Turns 21

Walter Wasacz and Dave Krieger Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Artist Tyree Guyton talks about his Heidelberg Project, now 21 years in the making, and photographer Dave Krieger looks at the colorful houses and outdoor installations that continue to steer the art world's eyes to Detroit.

Model D TV: Lou Glazer

Tom Hendrickson Tuesday, August 28, 2007
Lou Glazer is an urban planning theorist who says Michigan must alter the way it thinks about itself if it is to remain competitive in a rapidly changing global economy.

Inspiration from Within

Rebecca Mazzei Tuesday, August 21, 2007
Live deeply, creative people. Follow your passions and do it in Detroit, where any kind of art scene can be built and sustained, says critic Rebecca Mazzei.
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