University Commons-Palmer Park Moving Guide
Here’s Model D’s guide to moving to University Commons area. Also check out our guides to visiting and investing in the neighborhoods. Out of every area in Detroit, why choose […]
University Commons - Palmer Park
UDM students building Woodbridge House using salvaged materials
Nine University of Detroit Mercy students have drawn up plans to build a house in Detroit's Woodbridge neighborhood using salvaged materials.
Kwame Kilpatrick: Growing the ‘Next Detroit’
Already this year, Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick has faced highs (the Super Bowl) and lows (battles over the zoo, water and budget); however, he tells Model D he's still on task to grow and transform the city — and how he plans to do it.
Woodward booster group proposes art pillars to lure visitors
A Woodward corridor booster group is seeking funding to construct a series of 10- to 30-foot decorative pillars, called tributes, erected in the road's median or beside the highway -- perhaps one every mile or so -- displaying different images that evoke the area's history, from cars to Motown music.
If Detroit reforms its budget, it could be a role model
Columnist Josh Hendrickson writes: If Detroit is successful in its reforms, it could become a model for reducing bloated budgets across the country.
Detroit school instructs in foreign languages, attracts students from beyond city
FLICS, the Foreign Language Immersion and Cultural Studies school in Detroit, is moving from its building off I-75 near Clay Street to northwest Detroit. For almost two decades, more than 6,000 children from kindergarten through fifth grade have learned Japanese, Mandarin, French and Spanish.
Palmer Woods offers grand homes, quiet living
The Free Press looks at the Palmer Woods Historic District, with its large, unique, classic homes.
