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Pair Of Bicyclist Abduction & Assault Incidents In Detroit Raise Safety Questions

Two abductions of females on bicycles has the community talking and wondering what to do to keep safe on Detroit’s streets. Detroit’s bicycling community is seeing strong gains, between more bicyclists on the road and they city’s focus on bike sharing and protected bike lanes. But two incidents raise questions about being protected from a personal safety perspective. Both incidents occurred less than a mile from the Russell Industrial Center. First, there was an abduction on Saturday, Sept...

Columbus Day

Detroit Council Resolution Aims To Replace Columbus Day And Columbus Statue Downtown

Today is Columbus Day in the United States, but not everyone is on board with honoring Christopher Columbus. District 6 Detroit City Councilmember Raquel Castañeda-López will be introducing a resolution on Tuesday, October 10 to establish the second Monday in October as Indigenous Peoples’ Day, instead of Columbus Day, in the city of Detroit. According to a press release, the resolution urges Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan to: * Ensure all public offices shall refer to the second Monday of Oct...

Barat HouseDemolition DIA

Barat House Bites The Dust, Demolished By DIA For Parking Lot

An example of mid-century architecture and former home of psychiatric services to troubled girls behind the Detroit Institute of Arts is being demolished. The work at The Barat House at John R. and Frederick began over the weekend, with construction equipment making quick work of the two-story structure that was built by the League of Catholic Women in 1961. The demolition has raised the heckles of some in the preservation community, as the Barat House was designed by Robert Harter Snyder, a...

DETxTOLMark Pannell

DETxTOL On Oct. 17 Looks To Bridge Ideas & Businesses Between Detroit And Toledo

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The Pizza And Prizes Michigan Schools Use To Lure Students On Count Day Are ‘Unfortunate.’ But Is There A Better Way?

Schools across the state brought out donuts, dinosaurs, smoothies and all manor of special events on Wednesday to lure as many students to school as humanly possible. It’s all part of a school funding system in Michigan that determines how much money schools receive from the state based on the number of students in class on “Count Day.” “It’s not the best way to count students,” state Superintendent Brian Whiston told Chalkbeat. “But I just don’t know of a better way of doing it.” Michigan...

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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....

Jefferson-Chalmers

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...

Eastern Market

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 ‘...

Things to do in DetroitWeekend

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...

ApartmentsDetroit Ponce City

$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...

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