Detroit may not have an official gayborhood, but the city -- yes the actual city -- hosted an open house recently to show off homes in the neighborhoods around U of D-Mercy and Palmer Park to the LGBT community. Our favorite Detroit gay superhero/blogger was there to dish.
Detroit is the only major American city without a rapid transit system. That, potentially, will change in the next five years as the city's transit developments start to take shape. With these developments, as proven in other cities, jobs, people, and investment follow.Excerpt:As the years have gone on, however, the cry for mass transit in our urban areas has grown and grown. It's a way for the poor in the inner city who lack access to reliable transportation to get and keep jobs in the suburbs – the place where the jobs are these days. Mass transit can be a force to reduce racial segregation. It is well known – and completely deplorable -- that the Detroit area is one of the most segregated in the country. The fact that it lacks any real system of mass transit is no coincidence. Mass transit is highly desired by the young, highly educated "creative class" who want to get around a metro area after relaxing downtown -- without having to designate a driver. Read the entire article here.
Detroit slipped slightly in the latest Sporting News rankings for best sports city in America. The city fell one spot from No. 1 to No. 2. Not bad, considering Detroit is home to the (so far) winless Lions.Excerpt:"The Red Wings are a highlight for Motown, but the Pistons are a consistent winner in the winter, too, and though the Tigers struggled this year, they are a fan favorite," said Sporting News chief of correspondents Bob Hille, who has coordinated the rankings the past 12 years. "And like the Wings' Darren McCarty told us: If and when the Lions get things together, watch out!"Read the entire article here.View the whole list here.
Between Oct. 17 and 19, Marygrove College will be hosting the 2008 Detroit Great Lakes Bioneers conference, which focuses on developing a sustainable Detroit.Excerpt: Detroit and the surrounding region need solutions for the challenges that face us. The Great Lakes Bioneers Detroit conference will provide a robust look at the practical and visionary solutions for our communities.For more information and details go here.
Where is Ghostbuster Bill Murray when you need him? He's obviously not at the Whitney where, according to a new book about Michigan hauntings (and a bus boy from the restaurant), a ghost is lurking around. Maybe even waiting to slime someone.Excerpt:Tedsen and Rydel said there’s much more evidence — including an event that occurred in front of their very eyes that directly correlates to the Whitney family history and dates back 100 years — to be discussed during the presentation Oct. 25. “The Whitney, from our experiences, is one of the most active in paranormal activity,” Rydel said. Read the entire article here.
That legendary Motown sound started in a little house on West Grand Boulevard. That house, now, known as Hitsville, holds a Motown museum depicting the history and the rise of the record label. The museum has been renovate as part of Motown's 50-year anniversary.Excerpt:The museum, at 2648 W. Grand Blvd., is in the modest frame house Berry Gordy Jr. bought in 1959 to house the talent pool with which he launched Motown, changing the course of popular music. When Motown moved west to Los Angeles in 1972, his sister, Motown executive Esther Gordy Edwards, kept what became known as the "Hitsville" house running. In 1985, it officially became a museum. Over the past month, the museum's gift shop underwent a more intensive makeover than the rest of the museum, with new shelving, modern track lighting and fresh white paint, and new merchandise designed to appeal to younger people, as well as Motown's longtime fanbase. Read the entire article here.
Lead investor has been in the forefront of community development for downtown Detroit, closes on first condo unit in restored Book Cadillac Hotel.Excerpt: David Boyle, president for National City in Michigan, said, "As the lead investor in the Book Cadillac renovation, with over $38 million invested, and as the presenting sponsor of the Oct. 25 grand opening gala, we are proud to announce this milestone, which establishes a new residential value for condo sales in the city." He emphasized, "Over the past 10 years, National City has been at the forefront in community development for downtown Detroit and the surrounding neighborhoods. We welcome our responsibility to lead the way as a partner in our city's renaissance." Read the entire article here.
Beloved Tiger Stadium may no longer be on the corner of Trumbull and Michigan, but it'll be everywhere else. Nearly all of the debris will be recycled into trucks, parking lots and roads.Excerpt:Bits and pieces of the old stadium may soon turn up in the body of a new Ford F-150 truck or underneath a freshly paved Wal-Mart parking lot in the suburbs.More than 94% of the demolished part of the stadium is being recycled. That includes over 11.4 million pounds of steel and almost 17.4 million pounds of concrete and other debris.Some of it won’t go far — crushed structural concrete from the ballpark will likely be used in southeastern Michigan as fill material under roads, parking lots and foundations. Some of the metal, like steel from the stadium’s blue structural beams, could end up in anything from new cars to kitchen appliances.Read the entire article here.
Transit was a hot topic at an urban redevelopment conference that focused on areas near universities. Excerpt: Panelists at a conference on urban redevelopment took the chance to stump for mass transit in Detroit and particularly near Wayne State University. “That will encourage more folks to live here, making living in a core city an option for students, professionals and the general workforce,” said Sue Mosey, president of the University Cultural Center Association. “It’s one of the components that helps us get to that density that will make a lot of other things all into place,” she said. Read the entire article here.
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