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Urban island of ethnic delights: Hamtown food in pictures

Marvin Shaouni Tuesday, October 11, 2011
Hamtramck neighborhoods are filled with hidden gems spelled out in multiple languages. Marvin Shaouni zooms in on the exotic food scene in this Model D photo essay.

Mind the Gap: Detroit design ideas for those in-between public spaces

Claire Nelson Tuesday, October 04, 2011
These ideas, both real and imagined, demonstrate the importance of public space -- not just for a "pretty" city, but for a city that values civic engagement and the exchange of ideas. Claire Nelson reports from the margins.

Model D and Open City Speaker Series in review

Ashley Woods Tuesday, September 27, 2011
These four panelists say they came to do various kinds of business in Detroit with eyes wide open and because they want to matter. Now they are changing the entrepreneurial landscape, one idea, one action at a time. Inspired, Ashley Woods reports. 

Imported to Detroit: Meeting downtown's residential new wave

Sarah F. Cox Tuesday, September 20, 2011
They're coming from New York, and from Ann Arbor and the 'burbs, to live in downtown Detroit. They're coming for the food, making friends in elevators, walking to ballgames and begging for more coffee. Sarah F. Cox meets three of the hundreds of new residents choosing a vertical lifestyle.

Taking root: Art sprouts in Northend neighborhood gardens

Patrick Crouch Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Art and urban agriculture are a match made in, you guessed it, Detroit. Compost bins double as canvases for painters; funky sculptures adorn community gardens. Patrick Crouch hits the Northend to show us how one neighborhood gets it done when inspiration meets perspiration.

Model D TV: Grown in Detroit

Tom Hendrickson Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Dutch filmmaker Mascha Poppnek fell in love with Detroit while making the documentary Grown in Detroit. We can relate. She discusses the movie and the city that inspired her in this classic episode of Model D TV.

Taking root: Growing food, engaging community a way of life on West Side farm

Patrick Crouch Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Patrick Crouch visits the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, where vegetable crops, mushroom gardens and social justice are all being cultivated. And they are not alone in doing crucial work at the intersection of class, race, economics and the future of the city.

On the waterfront: Community life, blue and green economies spur growth in Jefferson East

Dennis Archambault Tuesday, May 10, 2011
This far East Side Detroit neighborhood is making strides as a combo commercial-residential area, expanding beyond the business district at Jefferson and Chalmers to include the Conner Creek Greenway, which will extend from the river to 8 Mile when it's completed. Dennis Archambault reports on the progress. 

Taking root: Just in time for growing season, we begin series on urban farming in the D

Patrick Crouch Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Earthwork's Patrick Crouch is a busy guy, serving on food policy councils and collaborating with other players in Detroit's growing agricultural networks and projects. But not too busy to write about developments here getting attention around the world. Welcome aboard, friend.

The power of place: How Michigan's assets fit into the next economy

Natalie Berg Tuesday, April 19, 2011
When it comes to thinking about how to move cities and regions forward, Bruce Katz of the Brookings Institution knows what he is talking about. We're happy to re-run this eye-opening Q&A originally published by our colleagues at Lansing's Capital Gains.

Reminisce on this: We take a fresh look at the best of Model D in 2010

Walter Wasacz Tuesday, December 14, 2010
If it was happening in Detroit during the last 12 months, we were all over it. Looking back at the features and news stories we published it's hard to limit the number of greatest hits. Oh, well. We'll just do 10 in each category to honor the year 2010. Pour yourself a shot of spiked eggnog and enjoy the year in review.  

Model D TV: CreateHere rolls out ideas, action at Roosevelt Park

Tuesday, November 09, 2010
CreateHere, a nonprofit from Chattanooga, Tennessee, crunches good ideas and puts them to work. The group shot up to Corktown for a civic intervention in and and around Roosevelt Park over the weekend. Video producer Tom Hendrickson chased down co-founders Josh McManus and Helen Johnson for this episode of Model D TV.

Urban 'greenprint' essential for city of tomorrow. Hold on, it's coming

Kelli Kavanaugh Tuesday, November 02, 2010
How do we remake and remodel Detroit using innovative ideas and projects, never losing sight of social equity for all? Urban planner extraordinaire Mitchell Silver shows us an outline for doing it right. News editor Kelli Kavanaugh reports from the inside.

John Hantz: The man has a plan, but does Detroit have a farming future?

Kelli B. Kavanaugh Tuesday, August 24, 2010
John Hantz wants to put $30 million over 10 years and create in Detroit what would be the largest urban farm in the world. The plan has critics, but it's also got a lot of people the world over watching Detroit.

Model D TV: 71 Garfield

Tom Hendrickson Tuesday, August 24, 2010
71 Garfield is one of the coolest rehabbed buildings in Midtown. The live/work spaces are in a newly renovated, green building in the heart of the Sugar Hill District. Check out the before and after shots and look around inside in this video clip.
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