Steve Panton, originally from Nottingham, England, lived in New Zealand before settling in Detroit in the 1990s. He runs the 2739 Edwin art space in his Hamtramck loft, where he exhibited a splendid show called Walking Distance in 2009.
There's a lot happening in Detroit these days. So much so that we've decided to go underground to find the best of what's really going in the city's creative communities. Say hey to J. Anton Blatz, who's coming deep undercover to a morning redevelopment project or a post-midnight cocktail party near you.
A corner of Detroit's Eastern Market is home to a block of artists, entrepreneurs, activists and creative thinkers who have claimed the once commercial neighborhood as their own. Service Street is "an amazing street of people who get it," residents say.
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