Featured Stories
Nicole Rupersburg
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Detroit is and has long been a pizza town -- nobody does Sicilian style like we do. Ah, but now there's a new crop of gourmet pizza places in the city, challenging and surprising our tastebuds. We brave this new world, for you. Tough job, we know.
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Kelli B. Kavanaugh
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Old doesn't mean it can't be green. Many notable buildings and historic rehab projects are taking old spaces and putting in innovative, sustainable systems in them -- from City Hall to the Green Garage.
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Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Old and green is what the The Peace Tree Group does. The development and real estate company makes affordable, energy efficient housing a possibility for many Detroiters.
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Jennifer Andrews
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Let the wonks figure out what the young and the restless humans want from their city. What about their best friends? We go to some of the city's top pooches to get the word about the best dog-friendly spots and find out how the city can better meet their four-footed needs.
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Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
The Dequindre Cut is super cool, and it's just one piece of a whole system of trails, greenways and nonmotorized paths planned in the city. Model D TV talks with one of the people behind the plan, Todd Scott of the Michigan Trails and Greenways Alliance.
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Jon Zemke
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Jason Huvaere makes his passion -- electronic music -- his business. This weekend, the techo entrepreneur and head of Paxahau Event Productions will watch throngs of fellow fans dance and revel at the Movement festival in Hart Plaza. We catch up with him for a few fast questions.
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Olga Stella
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
The restoration of the Globe Trading Company building in the East
Riverfront District of Detroit took another step forward recently when
the State of Michigan recommended it be placed on the National Registry
of Historic Places.
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Malik Goodwin
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Streetscape improvements made over the last four years in downtown
Detroit have been enthusiastically embraced by pedestrian crowds, and
more will be coming later this year. Support from the federal
government's economic stimulus package will enhance plans that were
already in place for significant projects near lower Woodward and
Greektown.
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Model D Staff
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Read on for the deets for the next Speaker Series event, this Thursday, May 14. We'll be talking about the Dequindre Cut and Detroit Bikes and Trails at a very cool space -- the Green Garage in Midtown. And we're getting sticky afterwards. Yes, we said sticky. This is going to be a good one, people.
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Joe Posch
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
When the Iron Chef invites you for a cocktail, it's wise to say yes. We find out what celebrity chef and new Detroit restaurateur Michael Symon likes in his cocktail glass at his new Book Cadillac restaurant, Roast.
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Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Want more Roast? Check out the Detroit hot spot with Model D TV in this week's video clip.
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Dennis Archambault
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
We need new solutions and new ways of looking at space and design, says architect and professor Craig Wilkins, director of U-M's Detroit Community Design Center. His lens: hip hop.
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Jon Zemke
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
It might give developer Scott Lowell a big ulcer, but all the moving parts are starting to come together to make the planned Forest Arms rehab a reality.
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Terry Parris Jr.
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
We play to win, and we like to watch our teams win. Sometimes with a beer in hand, sometimes with a martini. Sometimes in formal wear, sometimes in jean shorts. OK, never really in jean shorts. Here's the lowdown on your best bets for catching the game.
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Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, May 05, 2009
It's big, it's bold and it involves restoring a giant funky turntable. This week, Model D TV takes a look at construction at the Argonaut Building in New Center, a $145 million redevelopment project that will become a second campus, student housing and a charter school for the College for Creative Studies. Watch the video clip.
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