Downtown Detroit Archives – Page 151 of 283

Vote and vote smart: Free Press breaks down their endorsements, importance of this election

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July 21, 2009

The Detroit Free Press broke down their endorsements and the importance of August's primary and November's election.Excerpt:For at least the last four years, the Detroit City Council has been an embarrassment to the electorate it purports to serve. It doesn't have to be that way. Detroit's Aug. 4 primary offers voters an extraordinary opportunity to select a team of ethical, public-spirited leaders that is equal to their city's extraordinary challenges.Read the entire article here.

Charles Phoenix visits Detroit’s ‘Stuffed Animal House’

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Arts & Culture

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July 21, 2009

Writer and mid-century and American culture buff Charles Phoenix visits Detroit, calls it Detroitland, and discovers that art is everywhere.Excerpt:Before I could snap myself back to reality I got back on the People Mover-Monorail bound for the next stop. Just steps away from the station I found myself standing before what has to be Detroitland’s ultimate architectural treasure, and the most colorful art deco skyscraper anywhere, the Guardian Building. It’s more like what I would call a skyscraping temple. Completed in 1929, inside and out the 44- story super structure is sampler platter of Native American, Aztec and Art Deco design details often highlighted with orange, yellow and turquoise tiles. Then I walked around the corner and saw a sign atop a storefront that simply read: ART IS EVERYWHERE. I was stopped dead in my tracks because in Detroitland art is everywhere. Here’s to the Stuffed Animal House, the other spellbinding attractions in Detroitland and YOU! Read the entire article here.

Detroit photographer Piper Carter on the cover of African American Family Magazine

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Arts & Culture

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July 21, 2009

Detroit photographer Piper Carter graces the cover of African American Family Magazine.Excerpt:Piper Carter is a Detroit native and an acclaimed fashion photographer whose work has been published in the likes of British Elle, Spin and French Vogue. Every Tuesday evening, you’ll find Carter at 5 Elements helping to produce The Foundation, a hip hop event that unapologetically focuses on women.Find out where to get the article at the African American Family Magazine web site here.

Detroit Today talks with French filmmaker about his Detroit documentary

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Arts & Culture

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July 21, 2009

WDET's Detroit Today chats with French filmmaker Florent Tillon about his documentary "Detroit Wildlife."Excerpt:We'll also chat with French filmmaker Florent Tillon. Last year he made the short documentary Detroit Wildlife, which focuses on how nature seems to be reclaiming the post-industrial world. Now, he's back in Detroit working on a larger feature project on the abandonment- and community- of Detroit. Listen to the program here.

Eat Detroit: City’s first Restaurant Week coming in September

By Newsroom

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General

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July 21, 2009

Detroit is a sports town and a music town and definitely a food town. From where the Coney dog started to pizza to Polish in Hamtramck, there are a lot of options here. So, why not celebrate them.Detroit Restaurant Week will take place in September. It'll be a ten-day event where participating restaurants will offer a minimum three-course meal for $27.Get more information here.

Community Groups Fight the Mortgage Crisis on the Home Front

By Terry Parris Jr.

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General

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July 21, 2009

With crisis comes change, and in Detroit, community development corporations are changing how they do business. In some areas, the neighborhood organizations' missions have shifted more toward what they need most right now: protecting their neighborhoods by fighting off foreclosures and filling vacancies.

Brave New Voices: Passing the Mic to a New Generation of Detroit Slam Poets

By Rachel Harkai

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July 21, 2009

Brave New Voices gives talented Detroit teens a stage, a mike and an opportunity to find their voices and become part of the city's slam poet scene.

DEGC, CEO George Jackson Accept Revitalization Award from Friends School

By Tiffini D. Smith

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July 15, 2009

Detroit Economic Growth Corporation (DEGC) and its President and CEO George W. Jackson, Jr., recently accepted a Revitalization of the City Award from Friends School in Detroit. The award spotlights individuals and organizations improving the quality of life for Detroit residents through community engagement and economic development.

Touring Turin and the Essence of Essen – Urban Turnaround Lessons for Detroit

By Jonathan Quarles

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July 15, 2009

A year ago Jonathan Quarles might have wondered how Turin, Italy could have any lessons for Detroit, Michigan. But, since then, Turin-based Fiat Motors has purchased a bankrupt Chrysler, LLC. And that alone might be reason to look closer at an automobile center in Europe.

New Transit Center is ‘An Airy Gem’

By Tiffini D. Smith

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July 15, 2009

The Rosa Parks Transit Center has opened Downtown to rave reviews from local media. The Detroit Free Press called the Center "an airy gem," based on the visitor-friendly glass and steel building for waiting passengers and the huge flowing canopies that protect them when they board their bus. Columnist Jeff Gerritt said, "Its beauty and function say something important to transit riders: You are respected."