Downtown Detroit :
Featured Stories
Mike Gentile
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Detroit's underground cycling scenes don't always get along, but everyone comes together for Alleycats -- races through the city's hub and spokes. For 35 fast miles, a couple hundred cats claw their way through Detroit on two wheels.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
17 Restaurants and only six days left. Where will you eat During the city's inaugural Restaurant Week? Model D TV has visited many of the participating restaurants. Check them out here.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Detroit's historic Capitol Park at State Street and Griswold Avenue
will soon be re-born as a leisure destination after years of serving as
a major transit hub. The Downtown Development Authority, in collaboration with the Downtown
Detroit Partnership, has launched a $1.1 million renovation that will
make the park visitor-friendly and serve as a potential anchor to
attract news businesses to the area.
Malik Goodwin
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
Economist magazine has ranked Detroit the seventh best city for business travel in the world. The city placed among fine company, just behind Vancouver, Toronto, Adelaide, Honolulu, Perth, and Auckland, beating out Atlanta, Montreal, and Vienna in the top ten.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
On the eve of the culinary event of the year -- Detroit Restaurant Week -- foodie and wine connoisseur Putnam Weekly of Southwest Detroit talks about the state of good eats in the city.
Terry Parris Jr.
Tuesday, September 08, 2009
Detroit now has options. If the city should decide to turn off its trash incinerator, there's a big opportunity to be green. But can a cash-strapped metropolis be green and stay out of the red?
Model D Staff
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Model D and Open City Detroit ask: Where is the entrepreneurial opportunity in Detroit? Sorry, but the event is full.
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, September 01, 2009
Next American City asked Model D to map out a Detroiter's day in the city. We tracked community development star, entrepreneur and bike enthusiast Karen Gage. Read the story, which also appears in this month's NAC magazine.
Mariangela Pledl
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
The Detroit Brownfield Redevelopment Authority (DBRA) has approved
brownfield tax incentive plans for four projects, representing a
potential redevelopment of $19 million in the city of Detroit.
George Jackson
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
They just couldn't wait, so members of the executive team of Quicken
Loans are moving into rental space in Downtown Detroit next spring.
Compuware Corporation is making room for 1700 of them in its new
headquarters building at Campus Martius, in the heart of Downtown.
Malik Goodwin
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) has accepted a $100,000 grant
from the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) Downtown
Urban Revitalization Program to install solar-powered lights to
brighten the facades of several downtown buildings.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Oooh, look at all the pretty tensile structures. The stunning Rosa Parks Transit Center is the subject of this week's Model D TV. Producer/director Tom Hendrickson talks with one of the project's architects about the look and function of the new transit hub.
Ilissa Gilmore
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Internationally known fashion photog Piper Carter has traveled the world with her camera for almost two decades. Family brought her back to Detroit, but once here she's discovered a city far cooler than she expected.
Jeff Wattrick
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Jeff T. Wattrick, the former project manager of The Old Tiger Stadium Conservancy, says the long-term cost is too high when the city chooses demolition over preservation. The city needs to take the long tail view and has bigger fish to fry in the short-term, he says. We invited him to share his thoughts with Model D this week.
George W. Jackson Jr.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
George Jackson W. Jackson Jr., president and CEO of the Detroit Economic Growth Corp., says the city can have it both ways: preserving historic buildings when it makes sense and building new when the time is right. As Detroiters debate big projects like old Tiger Stadium and the Lafayette Building, we asked him to share his POV with our readers.