Placemaking

People places: Getting neighborly in Southwest Detroit bars

We asked our wet goods expert Nicole Rupersberg to dive into some choice neighborhood joints for her first roundup of classic Detroit bars. She headed southwest for her first taste and came back with some real gems. More to come, we promise.

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It behooves us, now that we are almost directly in the line of fire of the Marche de Nain Rouge, to invite the ahistoric red devil himself to a proper Model D party the night before. You're invited, too, Detroit dears. Come one, come all. 

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When we think of 'Detroit insiders' we can't come up with a better example than the Linns, a family with roots in no less than five neighborhoods lived in over seven generations. We welcome this new series by the authors of 'Belle Isle to 8 Mile.' 

Urban trailblazing: New series looks for trends before they happen

We begin with a forward-thinking critique of Detroit Future City by urbanist-preservationist-Detroit advocate Francis Grunow, who, by day, is a public policy consultant for New Solutions Group. By night, yes, he'll be burning the critical midnight oil for Model D.

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