How food advocates are nourishing the North End neighborhood
As the home of Oakland Avenue Urban Farm and the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network’s upcoming co-op, the North End is a model for what a food-sovereign city can look like.
North End
The North End is a neighborhood that's generally defined as east of Woodward Ave., west of I-75, south of Webb and north of E. Grand Blvd. It's main commercial corridor, Oakland Ave., has been economically depressed for many years and the residential streets have varying levels of densities. Despite these difficulties, the neighborhood is home to some incredibly innovative and resilient farmers, artists, activists, and developers.
Jazz revival: Bringing back Red’s Jazz Shoe Shine Parlor in North End
North End leaders are working to bring back a legendary spot that once played host to the likes of Aretha Franklin and Smokey Robinson and honor legacy of shoe shine owner.
North End Neighborhood Patrol looks out for neighbors — and ahead to the future
For years, the North End Neighborhood Patrol has kept watch over the neighborhood. But Phillis Judkins and her young ambassadors have a much bigger vision in mind for their neighborhood.
American Riad to open this fall as hub for arts, culture, community building in North End
American Riad is introducing a residential concept that rethinks the traditional American home and challenges socially isolating aspects of the American neighborhood.
New coworking space part of Vanguard Community Development’s larger economic plan
Steven Harris' new coworking space Cocoon Detroit is a part of Vanguard Community Development's larger economic development plan.
This North End studio complex is giving artists a home base — and neighbors a taste of the arts
A new North End art house wants to get local residents in touch with their artistic side.
These North End shops are turning a John R block into a retail destination
On a strip of John R in Detroit's North End, mom-and-pop-style businesses are finding strength in numbers.
How KAN Books in the North End amplifies voices of local writers and media makers
KAN Books relocated to a renovated storefront on John R Street in the North End last year. The co-op bookstore hopes that its expanded space in a redeveloped building will allow it be of use to even more community members.
Apartments for veterans in North End nears completion, launches holiday fundraising campaign
As renovations continue on the historic Saint Rita Apartments, Central City Integrated Health, the organization behind the redevelopment, has launched a holiday giving campaign to help furnish the apartments for the building's future residents.
This scrappy community station is rewriting the rules of Detroit radio
For the past year, 96.7 WNUC, a low power FM radio station located in Detroit's North End, has been designing programs by and for Detroit residents.
