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Your City 5: Things To Do In Detroit This Weekend – March 3-5

Welcome to the first weekend of March. It’s hard to believe that February is over already. It looks like our weather is going to be a bit on the chilly side so keep those long sleeve shirts out. The Detroit Dizzy Dames in Female Problems – Detroit Lushes LaMoan and the Detroit Dizzy Dames will be performing this Friday night at the Tangent Gallery/Hastings Street Ballroom. The burlesque troupe will be performing numbers inspired by the work of John Waters. John Waters is a legend in th...

Detroit's Riverfront Is Getting A New Beach

As part of plans for a sweeping redesign including 7.5 acres of new parks on Detroit’s riverfront, Detroit is getting a new beach. “Atwater Beach” as it is named would be located along the riverfront just east of Chene street. It would be ready in 2018. This is according to a presentation made by officials from the city of Detroit and the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy Wednesday night at the Outdoor Adventure Center in Detroit. It’s not exactly a swimming beach, but one that’s inspired by...

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East Jefferson Avenue To Go From 9 Down To 5 Car Lanes, Get New Bike Lanes

As part of a sweeping plan that reimagines Detroit’s riverfront community from Rivard to Grand Boulevard, Jefferson Avenue is going on a “road diet” and getting bike lanes, parking and the actionable traffic lanes are going down from nine to five. The announcement was made at an event revealing the East Riverfront master plan that was created in concert between the city of Detroit, the Detroit Riverfront Conservancy, and through a series of public meetings with public feedback. According to...

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Woodpile BBQ To Open Location On Woodward In Detroit In Early 2018

Last month my husband and I decided to try out Woodpile BBQ in Clawson. We enjoy trying out all of the different places throughout the region, so it had been on our list for a while. We all really enjoyed our meal. So, when I got the news that the Woodpile BBQ will be opening a second location in the Milwaukee Junction neighborhood of Detroit I was excited. If you’re unfamiliar with where Milwaukee Junction is, it is across Woodward from New Center. The restaurant will be 2,000 square feet a...

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You'll Be Able To Bike Or Walk Across The New Bridge To Canada

In a move that seems to echo current trends and preferences toward bicycling and walking, officials putting together the Gordie Howe International Bridge project announced Wednesday that the new bridge will be biking and hiking friendly. The span that is targeted for completion in 2022 will have a dedicated “multi-use path” for bicyclists and walkers between the two countries. The Windsor Detroit Bridge Authority, the nonprofit Canadian Crown corporation overseeing the project, has asked the...

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Arts Challenge Makes Share Of $3 Million Available To Detroit Artists, Applications Open March 29

Do you have an idea to make the city better through arts and culture? This might be for you. The 2017 Knight Arts Challenge Detroit will open for submissions on March 29, offering a share of $3 million to the best ideas for the arts. This is the fifth year in Detroit and the challenge has helped brought 222 ideas to life by awarding $9.46 million in matching grants. The challenge is part of a two-pronged funding strategy that includes a $29 million commitment to the arts in Detroit. The...

Last Two Viaduct Art Projects Are Near Completion In Detroit's New Center

The final two underpass art projects are finally installed and operational along the railroad viaduct along Second and Third avenues in Detroit. But no, they’re not finished. Meanwhile “Reflector,” the project completed way back in 2015 in the viaduct at Cass Avenue, needs repairs because of vandalism and several truck crashes. One other twist: The original plan for the Second Avenue viaduct, a project called “Resonance” by a three-person team calling itself R+D Lab, was scrapped due to compli...

Parts Of Detroit, Hamtramck and Highland Park Under Boil Water Advisory

ED. NOTE: THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN LIFTED. MORE HERE. The Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD) has issued is a boil water advisory is for the area defined by south of McNichols, East of Linwood and west of Conner. We’ve included a map above you can click to make larger. The reason, according to the DWSD, is due to an equipment malfunction at Waterworks Park on Tuesday evening that caused water pressure to temporarily drop. Because of that, bacterial contamination may have occurred in...

Maccabees To Get An Asian-Inspired Menu With A Detroit Twist

Starting on Monday, March 6 there will be a revamp of Maccabees Midtown. The restaurant will now be called Maccabees Traders and will boast a new menu. The co-owner and operating partner David Kraus has brought in executive chef Rafael Esparaza from Chicago to head the kitchen. The menu will be Asian-inspired with a Detroit twist. What does that exactly mean? We’ll get to that in a second. Kraus was raised in southeast Michigan and has since returned to the Detroit food scene. While he has...

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Local Women’s Group To Donate 20,000 Books To Promote Literacy In Detroit

Sitting in a hospital bed can be really boring for kids (and adults) but reading can transport them to a whole new world. To help that along, Pi Beta Phi Fraternity for Women donated 3,500 books to Children’s Hospital of Michigan as part of its Detroit Fraternity Day of Service. This month the group will donate 20,000 new books to Detroit area schools, after-school programs and community programs serving students from low-income families. For any kids it will be the first new book they’ve ever...

Nano-Roasting New Order Coffee Aims To Open On Woodward This Spring

There will be a new coffee shop coming to the Crystal Loft Building on Woodward Avenue this spring called New Order Coffee. That’s the same building that is home to the acclaimed restaurant Grey Ghost and was home to the Ye Olde Butcher Shoppe a few years ago. New Order Coffee will be roasting small batches of coffee beans on site in electric fluid bed roasters. The term they use for the process is “nano-roasting.” The coffee beans will be sourced from Latin America, Africa, Asia, and I...

Detroit Ranks As One Of The Most Bike Friendly Cities In America

Detroit bike city seems to be becoming more and more of a thing. When you peruse sites like EfficientGov for fun, you find some interesting things. Including love for Detroit’s biking scene. If you’ve participated in Detroit’s Slow Roll, biked Belle Isle or biked to work on a great day, it turns out Detroit’s street plan works out pretty well for those on two wheels. Add that to new bike lanes and more protection for bicyclists as well as more bike shops and part of Detroit’s future might...

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More Shawarmas? Detroit's Bucharest Grill Reveals Plans For A New Location

There may be five major food groups in Detroit. Coneys, Sandwiches, Pizza, Potato Chips and Shawarmas. So when we saw that Bucharest Grill, an establishment that started in 2006 with one downtown location and has expanded it’s garlicy empire outward, is opening a fourth location, well, it had to be shared. The new location, with an exact open date yet to be determined, will be on Detroit’s Avenue of Fashion up on Livernois between 7 and 8 mile roads. This new fourth spot will join three ot...

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Tens Of Millions Of Dollars Spent On Improvements By Taxpayers And Nonprofits On Detroit Schools Are At Stake With Possible Closures

Parents, students and staff at the Fisher Upper Academy on Detroit’s east side gathered at the school last fall for an exciting announcement. The Ford Fund, the carmaker’s philanthropic arm, planned to spend $5 million on a new “resource and engagement center” inside the school. Parents were thrilled to learn that they and their neighbors would soon have access to services like job training and a food bank in the same building where their children go to school, said parent Kenya Tubbs, whose...

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These 7 Stock Photos Of Abandoned Detroit Aren't True Anymore

Detroit is a city of change right now. It is changing by the year, by the month, and sometimes by the day, and in many ways. While doing some research for another piece, we came across a number of stock pictures that we realized right away weren’t accurate anymore. The photo on the top or left is the old stock photo we licensed to use. To the right or bottom is a photo we shot on Friday, February 25, 2017. It’s important to note that by their nature stock photo libraries are mostly downtow...

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Ground Will Break In Fall 2017 On Capitol Park Renovation, Landscape Architecture Firm Selected

Capitol Park in downtown Detroit has been a hot spot of development as of late. Building after building has undergone changes or come back to life over the last few years. The nonprofit group that helps coordinate downtown public space development, the Downtown Detroit Partnership (DDP) in collaboration with the City of Detroit, today announced its selection of Toronto-based urban design and landscape architecture firm, PUBLIC WORK, as the lead designer for the upcoming Capitol Park district r...

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The Detroit Policy Conference Is The Can’t Miss Event To Talk About The Future Of Our Region

Each year Detroit hosts countless conferences, gatherings, and events that cover a wide array of topics and cater to variety of audiences. However, in terms of scale, relevance, and local “star power” there is perhaps none bigger than the Detroit Policy Conference put on each year by the Detroit Regional Chamber. The conference brings together more than 700 individuals from the business, government, and civic realms to inform and inspire the growing community of doers and change makers in th...

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The 9 Epic Metro Detroit Delis You Should Visit

There’s nothing like an excellent deli sandwich. It’s perfection between two slices of bread. And Detroit has some amazing delis if you know where to look. Over the last few weeks I dragged my family and friends all over the Detroit area eating sandwich after sandwich in the name of finding the Metro Detroit delis that really stand out in my mind over the rest. Enjoy and eat up, Detroit! 1. Ernie’s Market – Oak Park Living so close to Ernie’s is a blessing and a curse. Knowing this del...

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