Step inside to view some of Detroit's most captivating architecture — exotic movie houses with Burmese, Hindu, Persian, Indian and Chinese motifs; cathedral-like Art Deco masterpieces; and museums with rich, symbollic designs.
The second installment in a series of stories on Detroit’s Global Vibe — the myriad ways that the city’s attitude and energy reach people around the world — looks at how a small record shop influences music heard around the world, a little recording studio changed the world of music, and how international tourists clamor to another small studio to feel the vibe in person.
Josephine Ford, Henry Ford’s sole granddaughter, left a stunning donation when she passed last June to the College for Creative Studies — the largest gift ever given to a private arts college in the U.S., and the largest ever given to a Michigan private college.
The Detroit-based Hudson-Webber Foundation last week approved $2.1 million in grants to Southeast Michigan nonprofits.
All over the city, yesterday's unwanted, gritty warehouse or shuttered department store has become today's urban oasis of immaculate wood floors, granite countertops, stainless steel fixtures and walls full of artwork. Check out how Detroiters are dressing up their lofts, making once cold, raw spaces feel perfectly posh or just like home.
The Inn at 97 Winder, a grand 1876 mansion, opened its doors this month in time to offer luxury lodging to Super Bowl-goers.
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