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Dennis Archambault
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
For three architecture schools — University of Detroit Mercy, Lawrence
Technological Institute and University of Michigan — Detroit is their
laboratory. The schools' design studios are having an impact on the
city – project by
project, neighborhood by neighborhood. In turn, the researchers are
rethinking the term "urban," and getting an alternative view of the
practice of architecture.
Bob Allen
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Downtown's all dressed up, with fancy new living spaces, sleek restaurants ready for visiting glitterati and night clubs primed for party people. Crain's Detroit Business columnist Bob Allen says to recognize a true revival in Detroit, however, you need to dig deeper, look closer into the heart of the city and get out into its neighborhoods. There's more going on here than you might think.
Melissa Giannini
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
Brunch
is catching on in Detroit. You can hardly pass a restaurant without
seeing a banner advertising a new Sunday brunch. And what better way
for Detroiters to spend their lazy Sundays than with perfectly creamed
coffee, eggs Benedict, bananas Foster pancakes, chocolate chip crepes
and bottomless mimosas and bloody marys.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
The second installment in a series of stories on Detroit’s Global Vibe — the myriad ways that the city’s attitude and energy reach people around the world — looks at how a small record shop influences music heard around the world, a little recording studio changed the world of music, and how international tourists clamor to another small studio to feel the vibe in person.
AIA-Detroit
Tuesday, January 10, 2006
Step inside to view some of Detroit's most captivating architecture — exotic movie houses with Burmese, Hindu, Persian, Indian and Chinese motifs; cathedral-like Art Deco masterpieces; and museums with rich, symbollic designs.
Carol Brennan
Tuesday, November 22, 2005
When
traditional media outlets didn’t deliver, TheUrbanFlavor started its
own scene, sending out a weekly who-what-where-when on city happenings
geared toward young, urban, African-American professionals. The
newsletter has made Detroiters see a new side of their city.
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, November 15, 2005
Detroit graphic artists are trying to do for Detroit’s image what Uncle Sam, Rosie the Riveter and Chairman Mao did for their causes in the last century. In an exhibition of propaganda posters about the Motor City, more than 50 graphic artists will offer positive messages of city pride.
Jaime Halaas
Tuesday, November 01, 2005
Lofts are hot. No doubt about it. They are like urban-living magnets, attracting young professionals and suburbanites back to the city’s core, with their exposed brick walls, historic facades and high ceilings. But what makes a loft a loft and not just a condo or an apartment?
Francis X. Arvan
Monday, October 17, 2005
The ’20s roared, and with the unbridled optimism, hubris, cash and new building technologies Detroit was blessed with three of its most compelling skyscrapers — the Penobscot, the Guardian and the Fisher buildings. Those glory days may have faded, but that’s not the end of the story.
Jennifer Andrews
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Every week is Fashion Week at the Pure Detroit Design Lab. The shop on W. Congress at Shelby is the headquarters for local fashion in Detroit, providing a springboard for about 20 local designers to get serious about fashion.
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, September 13, 2005
Ann Cuddohy Slawnik leads dozens of metro Detroiters on a three-day crash course in all things Detroit — from the impressive mansions of Boston-Edison to the hip new lofts downtown, and all the good and bad, ugly and beautiful in between.
Melissa Giannini
Wednesday, September 07, 2005
For City Knits owner Karen Kendrick-Hands, knitting together the loose ends of a community can create a beautiful tapestry of life, one person at a time.
Stephen Vogel
Tuesday, August 16, 2005
Population shrinkage in major cities is not in itself unusual in the suburbanized environments we live in, but it has become a growing concern throughout the world and here in the Motor City. If Detroit is to think of winning back those who’ve left the city, its leaders should first look to those who are coming here. The quality that Detroit has, more than all the suburbs, is cultural diversity, and that is what attracts people to world-class cities.
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, August 09, 2005
Why can’t metro Detroiters shuttle around on General-Motors-made electric buses (Seattle bought a bunch) to and from work, to and from restaurants and bars, to and from the hospital, saving on air quality and decreasing unemployment? Detroit is late on mass transit. But it’s never too late to jump on the national bandwagon, say proponents of mass transit.
Chris Handyside
Tuesday, August 02, 2005
When you look at a vast city like Detroit and environs, it's only natural that an online community of arts, culture and civic-savvy bloggers and webmasters should thrive here. Motor City denizens are flocking to Web spaces to speak their minds, spar over politics, commune with other scenesters. Detroit bloggers deliver community news, insider tips on music and art happenings, and a virtual water cooler to swap ideas.