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Regional Mass Transit Plan Proposal Vote Delayed One Week

Detroit’s been waiting a long time for a cohesive plan for mass transit, and it looks like we’ll have to wait another week to get a final plan. A vote of the board of the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan had been scheduled for their meeting today at 2 p.m. to approve the proposal that will go before voters this November, but in a statement, board chairman Paul Hillegonds said they needed more time to study the feedback they’ve gotten from the community – especially around the f...

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Ferndale Officials Would Like To See More Offices Downtown, Developer "Open To Suggestions"

Construction projects continue to reshape downtown Ferndale, with plans under way to build a two-story office and retail building on the site where a vacant residential structure was recently demolished. The roughly 3,700 square-foot site at 413 W. Nine Mile was recently cleared to make way for a two-story office and retail development that is currently in the building plan process, Ferndale city planner Justin Lyons said. It’s directly across West Nine Mile from the Ferndalehaus lofts develop...

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OPINION: Regional Mass Transit Plan A Giant Step Forward For Metro Detroit

Woodward, Gratiot, Michigan Avenue, and M-59. When a bill to establish a regional transit authority in metro Detroit came before the Michigan Legislature four years ago, it named only those four regional corridors as the agency’s focus, prompting concerns by some – including ourselves – that the authority might overlook the pressing transit needs across our whole region. Thankfully, the draft Regional Master Transit Plan released by the RTA at a series of public meetings this month is so muc...

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Moonlight Yoga Comes Back To The Riverfront For Three Sessions

Ready to get your yoga on? Ready to warm up with the garudasana (eagle pose), do the happy baby or breath using the ujjayi? You can do it all and more on the Detroit riverfront by the light of the moon. On Wednesday, July 20, at 9:00 p.m. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the Detroit RiverFront Conservancy will host the first Moonlight Yoga session of the summer at West RiverFront Park located at 1801 W. Jefferson. Moonlight Yoga is more than just fun. It can help you reduce st...

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DWSD Issues Boil Water Advisory For Large Section Of Southwestern Detroit

UPDATE: As of this morning (Saturday), the advisory has been lifted. Until further notice, according to the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department, there’s a boil water advisory in a large section of the city thanks to a large, 42-inch water transmission main break this morning, and some people have reported low water pressure in the area. The testing of the water samples will be completed by Saturday, so this advisory has the potential to go on for days. Per DWSD and the Great Lakes Water...

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WSU Business School Rolls Out New Rendering At Project Groundbreaking

Today the Mike Ilitch School of Business at Wayne State University broke ground – a project at Woodward and Temple we told you about last week. However, the look of the building has been switched up pretty significantly. Gone are the columns and dome that reminds one of academia, and in its place is another glass facade that is going to be along Woodward avenue. Here’s what the old rendering looked like. Much more stately and traditional college-looking than above. In fact, so many of t...

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Beautiful And Quirky, Hamtramck Disneyland Needs Your Help

If you’re near 12087 Klinger Street in Hamtramck, you’ll be met with one of the most colorful, unique, and unforgettable sites in Metro Detroit, Hamtramck Disneyland. This folk art installation was created by Dmytro Szylak, a Ukrainian immigrant to the area. Szylak spent 30 years working on building the assemblage sculpture on the two garages on his properties. In May 2015, Szylak passed away, and Hamtramck Disneyland was in danger of being torn down. Purchased by Hatch Art, a local non-profit...

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Yes Indeed, The Stonehouse Bar Is Back Open

Rolling up Ralston off of Woodward in the passenger seat Friday night, there was a sense of anticipation, possibly enhanced by a couple of whiskey drinks from the previous stop. Would we see the red light in the distance? The familiar “BAR” that has been an icon of Detroit’s dive bar culture for years? After all, the week before, even though it was said the place was going to be open, there was a hand-written note in the door saying that they’d be open the 15th. We had heard there were liquo...

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A Great Arena On Grand River That's Now Gone: The Story Of Detroit's Olympia Stadium

With construction on the new Little Caesars Arena progressing smoothly, the Red Wings will have a new home for their 2017-2018 season. Little Caesars Arena will be the Red Wings’ third home since their creation, and it will likely play a large part in Detroit’s ever-developing identity. But hockey fans and Detroiters still hold much love and nostalgia for the past – and when it comes to old hockey barns, The Detroit Olympia was a beloved gem and so let’s take a look back while we’re building t...

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New WSU Business School Building To Break Ground On Woodward Next Week

Back in October there was an announcement about a new business school building for the Mike Ilitch School of Business – well, on Wednesday, the actual work is getting underway. To be located at the corner of Temple and Woodward, right next to the new Little Caesars Arena, the school of business. The $50 million complex, according to Wayne State, “will serve more than 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students, provide new flexible teaching, research, office and community spaces for students and...

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Viola Liuzzo Park In Detroit To Get $1 Million In Upgrades

Back in 1965, Viola Liuzzo left her home, husband and five children in Detroit and headed Alabama to help Martin Luther King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference register African-American voters in Selma. She helped by driving supporters between Selma and Montgomery so they could participate in the freedom march from Selma to Montgomery. On March 21, she and another civil rights worker, Leroy Moton, an African-American teenager, were driving back to Selma on Highway 80. Another car...

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Two Major Metro Area Roads Going Down To One Lane This Weekend

It’s summer, so the constant churn of road construction is part of the Michigan experience. There’s a pair of one-lane situations you should know about for your weekend travels. Northbound I-75 at I-696 In our inboxes this morning word that Northbound I-75 will be going down to one lane between I-696 and 12 Mile near the Royal Oak and Madison Heights border. Although that isn’t a huge distance, any time you take the freeway down to one lane there’s the large potential for traffic delays....

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Northbound I-75 At I-696 Will Have Just One Lane Open This Weekend

It’s summer, so the constant churn of road construction is part of the Michigan experience. Just got word in our inboxes this morning that Northbound I-75 will be going down to one lane between I-696 and 12 Mile near the Royal Oak and Madison Heights border. Although that isn’t a huge distance, any time you take the freeway down to one lane there’s the large potential for traffic delays. They’re adding materials to increase the tire grip of the road to the area of northbound I-75 at Gardenia...

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Reports Swirl On New Development In Midtown, May Include A Target At Mack And Woodward

There is a flurry of speculation happening today about the possibility of Target opening a store in Midtown, specifically at Mack and Woodward along the under-construction QLine (a.k.a. M1-Rail). The Detroit Free Press was the first to get the ball rolling on the story that their sources say a mixed use development is in the works at the corner of Mack and Woodward while at the International Conference of Shopping Centers at the Suburban Collection Showplace in Novi. While Target had be...

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Italian Restaurant To Open In Capitol Park, Name Has Historic Roots To City

Everything old is new again – and the Capitol Park section of downtown, that was in recent memory served in part as a DDOT bus turnaround, is in the middle of a full-on investment binge. The latest news is La Lanterna, originally established in 1956 in Capitol Park in what is now the Malcomson building will reopen at 1214 Griswold, a building otherwise known as The Albert. The new 2,000 square foot restaurant will be in the historic Capitol Park district, a district so named because at one t...

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Cabela's To Open Store In Chesterfield Township

Cabela’s announced today it will expand its presence in the Detroit market by bringing a 90,000 square foot store to Chesterfield Township in 2017. Construction is expected to begin this year and Cabela’s anticipates a 2017 opening. Located about 30 miles northeast of Detroit, the store will be located near the intersection of Hall Road and Interstate 94, near Super Walmart and Menards. “Chesterfield Township and the surrounding area offer remarkable opportunities for outdoor recreation, and...

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MGM Continues Major Lead Among Three Detroit Casinos In June

Detroit’s casino revenue is basically flat for the year so far. Per the state of Michigan, aggregate revenue for the three Detroit casinos fell 0.2 percent during the second quarter of 2016 compared with last year’s second quarter, but year-to-date revenue is up a fractional 0.04 percent from the same period in 2015. For the month ended June 30, the casinos’ aggregate revenue was down by 1.2 percent when compared with June 2015 results and fell 8.4 percent below May revenue. 2nd Quarte...

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Detroit Ranks As Second Worst City for Driving

For many people, Detroit is synonymous with the automobile. The city’s claim to fame and American icon status was through its impressive automobile factories that helped mobilize the country. However, despite Detroit’s heritage as the auto capital of the world, it’s not a great place for drivers. Actually, it came in second to last in WalletHub’s rankings of America’s best and worst cities for driving. WalletHub looked at 100 American cities in its report, and Detroit came in 99 overall. If...

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