Lofts are hot. No doubt about it. They are like urban-living magnets, attracting young professionals and suburbanites back to the city’s core, with their exposed brick walls, historic facades and high ceilings. But what makes a loft a loft and not just a condo or an apartment?
Several organizations are working together to revitalize Detroit’s East Side and reduce social and physical contrasts across Alter.
The increase in development and re-development in Detroit has sparked talk of the “G” word. But does gentrification in Detroit mean the same thing as it does in other major cities?
Through tenacity and vision, the dream of an accessible, vibrant Detroit riverfront is overcoming obstacles and is well on its way to becoming a reality.
When some suburban parents hear their kids are moving to the city, they think the worst. But through their kids’ enthusiasm for Detroit, parents are reconnecting to the city and discovering all of the positive things happening Downtown.
Ann Cuddohy Slawnik leads dozens of metro Detroiters on a three-day crash course in all things Detroit — from the impressive mansions of Boston-Edison to the hip new lofts downtown, and all the good and bad, ugly and beautiful in between.
A poet and activist, John Sinclair is the stuff of Detroit’s legend -- having had a part in forming the Detroit Artists’ Workshop, Rainbow People’s Party, White Panther Party, Trans-Love Energies, the punk-rock prototype, the MC5. Sinclair sits down with Model D to talk about the city, past and present. He speaks frankly about everything from race relations, performing in the jazz festival, smoking and reading the paper at the Cass Café, his favorite place to sit and think (Belle Isle), and what’s going on under the loincloth on the Spirit of Detroit statue.
Population shrinkage in major cities is not in itself unusual in the suburbanized environments we live in, but it has become a growing concern throughout the world and here in the Motor City. If Detroit is to think of winning back those who’ve left the city, its leaders should first look to those who are coming here. The quality that Detroit has, more than all the suburbs, is cultural diversity, and that is what attracts people to world-class cities.
National award winning CREW-Detoit, for the fifth consecutive year, will serve pizza and distribute supplies during its Back-to-School party.
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