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The Prospect Of A $30,000 Pay Cut Pushed This Teacher Out Of Detroit Schools And To The Suburbs

When the school year began at Detroit’s Central High School last month, a beloved teacher was missing. Quincy Stewart, who was featured in a June Chalkbeat story about his innovative use of music to teach students about African-American history, had been determined to stay at Central. “I do this is because I’m a black man and these are black children,” he told Chalkbeat last spring. “These children have been robbed by this system from the cradle until right now … And when they walk in my cla...

Here's Where To Find McDonald's Szechuan Sauce In Detroit On Saturday

Specialty McDonald sauces are a thing. Appearing occasionally like a tasty eclipse, they get crazy followings when they become available. This time, it’s a very, very limited amount of Szechuan sauce. This stuff is, apparently, is valuable. There’s an EBay auction that’s up to $14,800 for a 64 oz big bottle of the stuff. That’s $231.25 per ounce. The flavor gained pop culture fame thanks to a mention on the Cartoon Network show “Rick and Morty,” in season 3 opener. The clip is below....

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New Retail, Design, And Production Space Opening October 11 In Jefferson-Chalmers

The Jefferson-Chalmers neighborhood will soon have a new retail store called POST. The store will be located on the corner of Kercheval and Marlborough Street. The Detroit based design firm Mutual Adoration will officially open the flagship store on Wednesday, October 11. The store, design studio, and production space was formerly a U.S. Post Office that was built in the 1940’s. Mutual Adoration, Leadhead Glass, Tait Design Co., and Scarlet Crane Creations will be located in the 10,00...

QLINE Streetcar, Flatbed Semi-Truck Collide At Woodward And Willis In Midtown

During the lunch rush Thursday one of the QLINE streetcars hit and a semitruck trailer collided. The streetcar was traveling southbound along Woodward when it was struck by the trailer of a semi-truck hauling a forklift. Detroit Police cited the truck driver. The accident report has not been released yet, so my contact at the QLINE could not give more information about how the accident occurred. According to the Detroit Police Department, there were no critical injuries to anyone riding...

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Henry The Hatter Finds New Home In Eastern Market, To Open By Thanksgiving

We’ve been following the story of Henry The Hatter since he was unexpectedly booted out of his long-time location in downtown Detroit. If you want to get nerdy, we have a neat episode of the Daily Detroit Happy Hour podcast with an in-depth interview. The latest is that Paul Wasserman, the owner, has found a new Detroit location and that although there’s work to be done, he’s aiming to get it up and running in time for the holiday shopping season. It’s going in the former 3 Dogs 1 Cat 4 De...

Detroit Soup Gets A New Home As Part Of The BUILD Institute

Detroit SOUP is an internationally acclaimed community dinner that has helped crowd fund 57 projects, 48 nonprofits, and 27 for-profit enterprises. The idea is simple. It’s a potluck where some folks bring food, and attendees throw in at least $5 to attend. Then, there are four pitches by people for their ideas for improving their neighborhood, a non-profit, or a for-profit business that has a community benefit. The attendees then vote by secret ballot, and the winner gets the pool of money...

Damaged Historic Church Built In 1891 Launches Online Campaign To Restore It To Grandeur

A church built in 1891 and expanded in 1921 needs some help to restore it after a significant part of the façade was destroyed. A chunk of the front of the building fell off of the First Congregational Church of Detroit, located at Forest and Woodward in the Midtown neighborhood of Detroit, during a recent storm. You can see it if you drive down Woodward, and the front of the church has been blocked off by plywood. If you’re a lover of Detroit’s beautiful architecture, it’s heartbreaking....

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Ferndale Police And Local Businesses Team Up To Raise Money For Breast Cancer With Pink Police Patches

With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, the Ferndale PD and nearly 20 restaurants have teamed up to raise money and awareness. The Ferndale Police are offering pink police shoulder patch keychains to the first 100 people as part of the #PinkPolicePatch project. Present the patch at any of the participating Ferndale bars or restaurants during the month of October and 10% of your bill will be donated locally to Gilda’s Club Metro Detroit. Restaurants partnering with us in this eff...

Report: "Vast Majority" Of Detroit Landlords Operating Illegally

If you’ve lived in the city for awhile, you probably know the story. A friend or family member has a terrible landlord. They try to deal with their issues kindly at first, saying “well, the stove not working for a few days is okay,” or something like that. Then the fridge goes out. Then the heat goes out in winter, or, in one of my friends cases, the wall fell off the side of the house. Turns out that feeling that there are a lot of sketch rental situations in Detroit has some basis in fac...

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GreenSpace Expands Into Vegan Fast Casual With New Royal Oak Location

In a town known for coneys and pizza, meatless eating is also a thing in Detroit. In fact, in 2016, PETA called out Metro Detroit for being one of the top vegan eating destinations in the nation. A restaurant that uses no animal products — GreenSpace — is expanding beyond their downtown Ferndale flagship into the fast casual space, but there will be no chicken, no beef, and no shrimp on this menu. Heck, no traditional cheese either (that’s an animal product, after all). “‘Fast food’ and ‘...

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Your City 5: Things To Do In Detroit For The Weekend Of October 6-8

It’s time again to get our weekend plans nailed down. We’ve got a few fundraisers, a book launch, board games, and finally some delicious dumplings. Enjoy your weekend! Dawn of Detroit Book Launch Source Booksellers will be hosting Dr. Tiya Miles as she discusses her new book Dawn of Detroit: A Chronicle of Slavery and Freedom in the City of the Straits. The book is about a pretty heavy but important and interesting topic, as it discusses the history of slavery in Detroit when it was ju...

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$27 Million Renovation & Expansion Coming To Historic Riverfront Building

A building that has sat vacant for at least two decades is going to see new life on Detroit’s riverfront. Today, city officials announced that Detroit-based developer Banyan Investments will redevelop the historic building into a mixed-use project and add three to six additional stories on the building. In 1907, according to the city of Detroit, the first two structures in the industrial complex were built. A three-story addition followed in the late 1920s. The building is named af...

New Home Furnishings Store To Open In New Center Next Spring

New Center will be getting a new home furnishings, interior design and gift boutique in the Spring of 2018. Detroit resident Brigid Beaubien announced that her store Urbānum will open an 1,800 square foot showroom. The new store will be located at 6545 Woodward Avenue. The show will take over the space that was previously Hi-Fashion Ladies Wear. Shoppers will find exclusive lighting brands, custom furniture, textiles, and vintage items at Urbānum. The boutique will also feature host and h...

Music And Detroit History Is Up For Sale At Upcoming Motown Mansion Auction

Have you ever wanted to own a piece of Motown history? If you have, you are in luck because next week there will be an estate sale and global auction at the former home of Berry Gordy Jr. When Cynthia F. Reaves purchased the home in 2002 she also purchased much of the contents. Reaves sold the Motown Mansion for $1.65 million in August. Now that the home has been sold, the collectible and everyday merchandise in the home will be sold. “This home is an important part of the fabric of the...

PODCAST: HuffPost's Listen To America Tour Visits Detroit With Jo Confino

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Step Afrika! Performs At The Detroit Film Theatre Friday, October 13

Rarely do you get to see pieces of artwork come to life. However, on Friday, October 13 Step Afrika! will be performing at the Detroit Film Theatre inside the Detroit Institute of Art. The performance is based on the painting series titled “The Migration” by Jacob Lawrence. “The Migration” tells the story of the African American migration of the early 1900s. Step Afrika! is an internationally-renowned dance company that incorporates dance, stepping and body percussion. Following the perfor...

Detroit Has Among The Slowest Economic Growth In The Nation

Although it’s easy to look at Woodward Avenue and see development, compared to the rest of the nation, the city of Detroit’s actual economic growth ranks near the bottom. According to Wallethub, over the last seven years Detroit is the sixth-slowest growing city economically in the country. That ranks us 59th out of 64 large cities. The absolute bottom of the pack? Cleveland, Ohio. Topping out the large city list is Austin, Texas; followed by Charlotte, North Carolina; Denver, Colorado and...

Semi-Protected Bike lanes Appear On Pinecrest In Ferndale, Oak Park To Get "Road Diet"

The repaving of Pinecrest, which closed the north-south connector street between Nine Mile Road and Pleasant Ridge for most of the summer, has brought an additional benefit besides smoother pavement: semi-protected bike lanes. The bike lanes run curbside on both sides of the street between Nine Mile and West Oakridge Street. They’re separated from traffic lanes by double lines painted on the pavement, with cluster of three posts near every intersection. They add to a growing network of bike...

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