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Check Out 1,000 People Playing "Seven Nation Army" By The White Stripes

It’s pretty epic to see 1,000 musicians play a song. Even better when it’s from the White Stripes, a rock duo that although broken up still has a lot of love around here. “Seven Nation Army” (so named because as a child Jack White called the Salvation Army the Seven Nation Army) has a James Bond-like riff and has become a sports anthem to those far and wide. The video was recorded in Cesena, Italy a few days ago and was part of the Rockin’ 1000 live performance in front of an audience of 15,...

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The Storied History Of The 6 Ships Named U.S.S. Detroit

This fall, the U.S. Navy will commission a new USS Detroit. The ship was Christened on Oct. 18, 2014 and delivered to the Navy in late 2015 for further tests and trials. The USS Detroit is an innovative surface combatant designed to operate in littoral seas and shallow water to counter mines, submarines, and fast surface craft threats in coastal regions. This ship is the sixth in a long line of USS Detroits that stretches all the way back to the 1800s. In anticipation of the most recent USS De...

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The 27th Attempt At Regional Transit Might Not Be Completely Dead, But It's On Life Support

Sitting on the 19th floor of One Woodward Center this afternoon, the energy was clear: Despite the overwhelming support of those in the public who had come downtown to this hearing, the transit plan from the Regional Transit Authority of Southeast Michigan as we know it is on critical life support. After a litany of public comments, RTA officials walked through with a policy lovers precision some of the changes they had made to the plan to attempt to fend off the county executioners, and the C...

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Business Executives, Other Area Leaders Write Open Letter To Hackel And Patterson Supporting Transit

It’s pretty clear where some of the region’s heavy-hitters in the business community stand on mass transit, especially after a letter sent to the executives signed by nearly three dozen people. In a letter sent to Oakland County Executive Brooks Patterson and Macomb County Executive Mark Hackel, they line out many of the benefits they see in allowing the regional transit plan by the Regional Transit Authority to come to a vote. Dated July 27, 2016 Dear Executives Patterson and Hackel:...

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Mexicantown Receives Grants To Reactivate Main Street Program

There is a lot of activity happening in Southwest Detroit lately. In June the Southwest Detroit Business Association (SDBA) and Mexicantown Community Development Corporation (MCDC) received a grant to reactivate the Main Street Program. This reactivation will help the businesses in the Mexicantown-Hubbard community. The SDBA and MCDC received a grant from the Detroit Local Initiatives Support Corporation and this is how the organizations reinstated their membership with the Main Street Progr...

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Check Out These Three Days Of Free Movie Nights At West Riverfront Park

If you have been looking for something fun to do during the week, we have just the thing for you. I don’t know about you, but I really hate feeling like I’m wasting my summer by not taking every opportunity to go outside and enjoy everything our city has to offer. The Detroit Riverfront Conservancy will be hosting free movie and music nights through July and August. Riverfront Relaxin’ will be at West Riverfront Park and will be held July 28, August 11, and August 25. Bring the family and li...

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Stroh's Detroit Made Bohemian-style Pilsner To Hit Shelves And Restaurants August 22

After much anticipation, we now have a date. The Stroh’s countdown has begun. According to a news release, Stroh’s Detroit made beer, brewed at Brew Detroit, will be hitting the shelves of many stores and the menus of many restaurants on August 22, 2016. “Stroh’s is Detroit,” said Dan McHugh, CMO of Pabst Brewing Company. “By reintroducing Stroh’s Bohemian-style Pilsner and brewing in the city, we are tapping into the history and heritage of Stroh’s and the innovation and hard work of the pe...

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18 Photos That Capture The Magic Of Detroit's Soccer Team

Soccer. Futbol. Whatever you call it, Detroit and Hamtramck have something very special in the Detroit City FC. Le Rouge as they’re affectionately known have garnered the loyal support of thousands – all without giant in-your-face ad buys, without network television deals. Just the heart and soul of Detroit embodied on a rehabbed Works Progress Administration-era Keyworth Field in the enclave of Hamtramck. DCFC is, in so many ways, Detroit. Many of their players hold full-time jobs. After al...

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Sustainable Sushi Restaurant ITADAKU To Open In Detroit Later This Year

It has been said preparing food is art. It can also be said art is food for the soul. Mike Han plans to give you both when his new, casual sushi restaurant, ITADAKU, opens in Corktown at 1701 Trumbull Ave. later this year. ITADAKU is the intersection of Han’s two greatest passions, art and sushi. Besides preparing the sushi, he will design and paint tableware, bowls and murals for the restaurant. The eatery will serve high quality sustainable sushi, fast. It will feature Daku Maki (large f...

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11 Motor City Match Grant Winners Announced

Round four of Motor City Match, Mayor Mike Duggan’s business development program, saw 11 more winners emerge recently. These businesses will receive grant funding to help them grow or expand in Detroit’s neighborhood business corridors. The grants range in size from $15,000 to $75,000 and have been awarded to a variety of small businesses, including a cycling studio, a butcher shop, and a musical instrument retailer. Motor City Match connects new and expanding businesses with Detroit real es...

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Michigan Humane Society Giving Former Shelter To City Of Detroit Animal Control

Detroit Animal Control has been plagued by issues as well as lawsuits, in part stemming from the challenges of dealing with an undersized and obsolete animal control building that’s located on West Jefferson. However, the Michigan Humane Society (MHS), through a private fundraising campaign, has been able to build a state-of-the-art new shelter and center by I-75 and the Northend, a few blocks away from their old facility. That opened earlier this year. However, that old facility MHS has lef...

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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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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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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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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...