Mexicantown :
Featured Stories
Andy, Emily and Rob Linn
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
No doubt frozen treats are good year round, but they are especially tasty when the sun and air are hottest. Just in time for the coming summer heat, our authors the Linn sibs show us some of the best places to get your ice cream fix in Detroit.
Jay Walljasper
Tuesday, November 06, 2012
Jay Walljasper tours Detroit through the eyes of the revitalization fellows he's profiled and comes back with an up close and personal look at the city.
Jay Walljasper
Tuesday, August 14, 2012
Detroit is a national leader in the urban agriculture movement with more than 1,500 farms within the city limits and includes Eastern Market, which has more than 250 independent vendors and merchants processing, wholesaling, and retailing food.
Detroit Lives!
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
Over cappuccino, Barcelona-born Jordi Carbonell shares his thoughts on the role of small business in bringing together people from all walks of life. Moving pictures by DETROIT LIVES!
Amy Kaherl
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Detroit SOUP is on the move, first to a larger temporary space on E. Grand Blvd. for the group's next dinner and micro-funding event Feb. 12, and then to a permanent new home in Corktown in March. Coordinator Amy Kaherl shares her excitement.
Sarah Szurpicki
Tuesday, February 07, 2012
Our position on the value of courting greater numbers of immigrants to Michigan, this region and the city of Detroit is well-documented: welcome, please make yourselves a new home. In Dayton, a plan was hatched to organize such efforts. Sarah Szurpicki tells us how we can do the same here.
Marvin Shaouni
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
In 2011, the food scene began to sizzle all over town: Eastern Market, downtown, Midtown, Corktown, Mexicantown and in the underground. Check out this Marvin Shaouni slideshow again and begin thinking about what's next for 2012. Salut, Detroit.
Revitalization & Business Conference
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
With Idealab just a few days away, we dug through the video vaults to find some great footage from last January's event at the University of Michigan. See you Friday.
Vince Keenan
Tuesday, November 01, 2011
The two-year charter revision process has been one of the most open and transparent efforts Detroit has ever seen, writes Vince Keenan. Now it's time to cast your vote on Proposal C.
Jon Zemke
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
Jerry Paffendorf is an idea man. Not the typical idea man with grand ambitions and little execution who thinks his ideas would be great for other people. Paffendorf actually turns his dreams into reality. Jon Zemke asks all the right questions.
Ashley C. Woods
Tuesday, June 07, 2011
Getting around the city by cycling is not just fun or exercise. It's a practical transportation option that is gaining traction in the erstwhile Motor City. We had a great discussion about it with a number of experts. Ashley Woods reports from curbside.
Ashley Woods
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
This month's event at the Boll Family YMCA downtown was a big hit. Buzz editor Ashley Woods was there with a packed house to take it all in.
Dave Krieger
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Former Model D managing photographer Dave Krieger has been busy working on one film set after another the past few years. He makes an appeal to the governor and the state legislature to keep the lights, cameras and action rolling.
Noelle Lothamer
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
This town is having some culinary fun right now -- and we want to be in middle of every kitchen or barroom story we can. Noelle Lothamer brings you the first of what we plan as a series about feeding the insatiable belly of Detroit.
Steve Tobocman
Tuesday, February 08, 2011
Steve Tobocman, the former state rep. from Southwest Detroit, lays out how welcoming immigrants can provide a powerful elixir for the region's economy in this Model D flashback.
Terry Parris Jr.
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Which neighborhood will reign supreme in the inaugural Detroit City Futbol League championship, the Copa Detroit? We find out this Saturday, July 31, on Belle Isle. Find out more about the league in this week's Model D TV video. Vuvuzelas optional.
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.
Megan Pennefather
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
When the banks won't answer the door, the smallest of small businesses
can go knocking on the doors of Detroit's microloan programs, which are
changing the face of the city one coffee shop or high tech start up at
a time.
Terry Parris Jr.
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
They say good things take time, and this will. Revising the city's charter could spell great things for Detroit. But what type of change will come of it, and who will make those decisions? Voters, a lot of that is up to you.
Nicole Rupersburg
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Nicole Rupersburg had a map, a couple friends, a few bucks and a noble mission. She hit W. Vernor looking for the fabled taco trucks and found a Detroit version of the L.A. carne asada cart scene, and had something of a mythical epicurean experience along the way.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Immigrants are not just making an impact on the cultural landscape of Detroit and Hamtramck. To ensure urban vitality in the region, history
suggests there needs to be a lot more people from more places to bring about a brighter future here.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
Mexicantown is a magnet for tourists and metro Detroiters looking for a good burrito, but it's also one of the city's most vibrant neighborhoods. Tom Hendrickson explores in this video clip.
Jon Zemke
Tuesday, January 06, 2009
The nonprofit Recycle Here! center is slammed with Detroiters unloading their unwanted paper, plastic and glass, but soon many Detroiters will have a curbside option, too. Green could be very "in" in Detroit in '09.
Marvin Shaouni
Tuesday, December 16, 2008
2008 was a big year for Detroit. Photographer Marvin Shaouni offers a retrospective of his masthead images from the year. We've got the big stories (Transit. Film. Tiger Stadium. The Book Cadillac.) as well as the smaller stories, (D'Mongo's. A creperie.). All made this a good year to be in the D.Also note: We're taking a break for two weeks for our annual holiday season ciesta. Model D will return Jan. 6.
Kimberly Chou
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Grads from Ann Arbor's big U (aka the University of Michigan) are taking a fresh look at Detroit as a destination to start careers or launch various professional and artistic projects. See why the creative revolution might begin right in our backyard.
Kimberly Chou
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Grads from Ann Arbor's big U (aka the University of Michigan) are taking a fresh look at Detroit as a destination to start careers or launch various professional and artistic projects. See why the creative revolution might begin right in our backyard.
Terry Parris Jr.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
Want to find a real loft in Detroit to rent or own? Here's a list that should help you get started, ranked from raw to finished, and rent to own.
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
We don't know what your idea of sexy is, but we can't think of anything sexier than promoting development that can benefit the economy, environment and public health, all the while promoting density and making the region attractive to creative new economy types. Now that's hot.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
After deciding there was too much talk and not enough action, 100 galleries bring Art to Detroit Now this week.
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
We don't know what your idea of sexy is, but we can't think of anything sexier than promoting development that can benefit the economy, environment and public health, all the while promoting density and making the region attractive to creative new economy types. Now that's hot.
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.
Kelli B. Kavanaugh
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Finally, it seems like folks around here are seeing that raking in the green and living green aren't mutually exclusive. Here are 8 ways everything's going green in Detroit.
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
So they've made a useless crater out of I-75. Are you going to let a little thing like a two-year detour stop you? Model D's got some tips for visiting the Southwest Detroit, Corktown and Mexicantown neighborhoods.
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.
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.
Melinda Clynes
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Got a curious kid? Dig deep, go beyond the better known attractions and let Detroit be your playground. You'll find puppets, mariachis, trains, and more. Here's how.
Kelli B. Kavanaugh
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
The questioning suburbanite asks the Detroiter, "But where do you shop for groceries?" Here's where.
Jon Zemke
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Avoid the meter maid's boot and save some loot when you shop the city this holiday season.
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.
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.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
The
conversation about the economy in Michigan needs to change, says Lou
Glazer of Michigan Future Inc., a powerful nonpartisan think tank. The
city and the entire region's economic culture must get
“aligned with the flat world" and seize upon the innovation of the day.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
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.
United Way for Southeastern Michigan
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Take this United Way survey to gauge how effectively young people in the region are being prepared for the challenges of a knowledge-based economy.
Tracy Certo
Tuesday, July 31, 2007
Charles Landry, author of the books The Creative City and the The Art of City Making, offers his views on what it takes to help urban centers reach their full potential.
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Tom Hendrickson
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Model D Staff
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
As we hit our 100th issue, we look back at the stories we're
finding and telling about the city.
Dave Krieger
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Pictures of Detroit people and places are Model D photographer Dave Krieger's specialty. See 100 of his best in this special edition slideshow.
Model D Staff
Tuesday, May 29, 2007
With gas prices inching toward $4 a gallon, Detroiters may begin seeking alternate ways to get around
town. Take the United Way's Regional Transit Survey and tell us what you think.
Model D Staff
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Join CEOs For Cities President Carol Coletta and Lou Glazer, president of Michigan Future Inc, at Model D's next speaker series event.
Jon Zemke
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
He's a bestselling author and a scholar who turns logic on its head. Meet "Freak-economist" Steve Levitt, who thrilled hundreds with his theories at a recent talk at WSU, then sat down for a Q&A session with reporters.
Veronica Paiz
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
Cinco de Mayo is celebrated once a year, but Detroit's Mexicantown plans on keeping the party going all year round. Say hola to the Southwest Detroit district's new Michigan International Welcome Center and Mexican Mercado.
United Way
Tuesday, April 24, 2007
While Metro Detroit has been identified as one of the most racially segregated regions in the nation, our growing diversity is one of our greatest strengths. Metromode, United Way, and New Detroit are interested in your thoughts on race relations in this community.
George W. Jackson
Thursday, April 19, 2007
Wouldn’t it be great if there was just one phone number to call to connectto everything you needed to start, grow or move your business into Detroit,into Wayne County, into Southeastern Michigan? Here’s how.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, April 03, 2007
Neighborhoods are crucial to the redevelopment of regions and cities. Two national experts are in town to share their ideas on what Detroit can do to restore community life and restart the local economy.
George W. Jackson
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
With baseball's opening day just around the corner, Detroit already has a development home run downtown and is pitching for several more.
Model D Staff
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Show off the D in a video podcast for the Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau and you could walk away with a $10,000 prize, and have the video featured on Model D and metromode.
Dennis Archambault
Tuesday, February 27, 2007
Detroit’s first
minority-focused, state chartered bank in more than 30 years is getting ready to open in Southwest Detroit with the hope to help build up the community around it.
George W. Jackson
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
Detroit is riding a five-year wave of development, says George W. Jackson of the Detroit Economic Growth Corp. You can be part of what's become the transformation of an entire city.
Model D Staff
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
The Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan wants to learn more about how Baby Boomers are – or want to be – involved in their communities.
Click here to take the survey.
Jon Zemke
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
Mass transit that brings Detroiters and Ann Arborites together would be wonderful, but maybe even more significant would be a rail link between the two that stops at the airport.
metromode staff
Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Want to find out about high-tech biofuel innovation and super-creative designers in Detroit? Video game creators in Plymouth and biotissue research in Ann Arbor? The new economy is growing in Southeast Michigan, and
metromode, a new sister publication to Model D, tells the story.
Tracy Certo
Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Innovate
and create, charges Carol Coletta, host of Smart City radio and head of
CEOs for Cities. City leaders need new strategies to revive urban areas.
Model D Staff
Tuesday, October 03, 2006
Hear from the people driving Detroit's transformation as Model D hosts a speaker series — starting this Friday — at the Detroit Yacht Club.
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Tourism
officials are working to brand the city by creating a positive,
authentic narrative that will resonate in the marketplace. And they
want your two cents.
Model D Staff
Tuesday, September 05, 2006
Model D and the United Way would like to know a little more about our readers and what they care about. Please take a minute and complete a
quick survey. And thank you for reading Model D.
Francis Grunow
Tuesday, July 18, 2006
Doug
McIntosh was an architect, activist, mentor, and leader. He was an
inspiration to many, and had an infectious passion for Detroit and it's
built environment — the bricks, mortar, glass and steel that make up
the city. He passed away last week, but his vision for Detroit carries
on.
Dave Krieger
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
The
subjects are incredibly familiar or intriguingly obscure. Each issue,
photographer Dave Krieger delivers an image that makes you see the city
differently. Here's a selection from the past year.
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, June 20, 2006
Detroit's not done yet. Here's a look at five major projects that are changing how we view and use the Motor City.
Walter Wasacz
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
The
conversation about the economy in Michigan needs to change, says Lou
Glazer of Michigan Future Inc., a powerful nonpartisan think tank. The
city and the entire region's economic culture must get
“aligned with the flat world" and seize upon the innovation of the day.
Dave Krieger
Tuesday, June 06, 2006
Detroit's Art Deco skyscrapers and smokestack skylines don't paint the whole picture. All over town, a different picture of the city is emerging in modern glass and steel facades.
Click here to check out photographer Dave Krieger's look at Detroit's newest buildings.
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, May 16, 2006
Imagine
a Detroit without the casinos, the new stadiums and the RiverWalk. Then
take away the smaller projects, the new townhomes, lofts and homes. An
unsung hero of urban revitalization, Cathy LaMont has had a hand in
just about every major city development. She's built a business on
changing the face of Detroit, and she's
found great success doing it.
Veronica Paiz
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Yes,
May 5 is an excuse to indulge in margaritas, cervesas and Mexican food,
but where do you go for an authentic Cinco de Mayo celebration that
reflects the historic and cultural side of the holiday? In Detroit,
your answer is to head to the Southwest side.
Clare Pfeiffer Ramsey
Tuesday, April 25, 2006
Already this year, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has faced highs (the Super Bowl) and lows
(battles over the zoo, water and budget); however, he tells Model D he's still on task to grow and
transform the city — and how he plans to do it.
Model D Staff
Tuesday, March 28, 2006
How do you play a tourist in your hometown? What are your favorite
spots to take out-of-town guests to show off the 'D'? What can we do to
attract more visitors? Take a quick survey.
Jaime Halaas
Tuesday, March 14, 2006
Developers, realtors and house-hunters say the city's
property-tax-break zones can 'make or break' a deal. These Neighborhood
Enterprise Zones are helping to make city living attractive and
affordable, and helping Detroit housing compete with the 'burbs.
Meghan McEwen
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Meghan McEwen
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Meghan McEwen
Tuesday, February 28, 2006
Mexicantown is more than quesadillas and margaritas, although both are abundant and excellent there. The Southwest Detroit neighborhod is the place to go to dance to salsa and merenge or buy fresh tortillas and tamales. There's art, theater, culture, shopping, and, of course, great food. Click here for Model D's guides to
visiting,
moving to and
investing in Mexicantown.