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.
After deciding there was too much talk and not enough action, 100 galleries bring Art to Detroit Now this week.
Hamtramck's Design 99 duo, husband and wife Mitch Cope and Gina Richert, are bringing together local artists for a furniture, but really isn't furniture, show.
The low-budget web "sit" com Ced n Teri is set in Hamtramck and pokes fun at the city's eccentricities. Each episode features a performance from a Detroit band and debuts at a public screening at the Park Bar.
Chicago Sun-Times writer Dave Hoekstra spent an action-packed weekend in Detroit. He stayed at MGM Grand, took in the Holy Hip Hop! exhibit at MOCAD, took in a Red Wings game and ventured to Record Graveyard in Hamtramck. And he loved every minute of it, apparently.
In the Big Dance of Detroit development, we've picked 16 of the sweetest projects going on right now.
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.
A University of Michigan graduate student in urban planning, Joseph Ciadella, crafts a cogent op-ed piece about Detroit corporate development strategy as opposed to smaller, organic strategies.
The Hamtramck Blowout brings hordes of music lovers into the city. Most will just hit up participating bars, but others get off the beaten path and discover what else the unique and diverse city has to offer. Read about it from our own Walter Wasacz in the Metro Times' Blahg.
The cities of Detroit, Highland Park and Hamtramck may be receiving funds from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority targeted at specific blighted properties.
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