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Detroit Police Have Questions About Shepard Fairey Tagging Detroit Buildings

Detroit police have begun an investigation of artist Shepard Fairey for the various signature tags that have appeared plastered around the city on at least four public buildings this past weekend. Fairey, originally known for his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” (…OBEY…) sticker campaign and later the Barack Obama “Hope” poster in 2008, was invited to Detroit by the Dan Gilbert and Bedrock team to develop a mural on the side of the Compuware Building downtown. Completed on Friday, the mural has r...

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LOOK: You Can Own Berry Gordy’s ‘Motown Mansion’ For A Smooth $1.295M

Berry Gordy’s Detroit home, named the ‘Motown Mansion’, just entered the real estate market, and if you have $1,295,000 (or close to it) lying around, you can own it. The mansion is located at 918 West Boston Boulevard in Detroit and sits on 2.2 acres of prime property in the historic Boston-Edison neighborhood. Gordy’s home lives up to the sophisticated images that the word ‘mansion’ evokes.   Nels Michelson built the 10-bedroom, nine bathroom house in 1917.   Measuring 10,500 s...

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Detroit Survived Prohibition, Detroit Can Survive Today

Mickey Lyons has been crawling through all of the hidden Detroit speakeasies that survived Prohibition as a bartender and as a writer. Every Tuesday I travel to Nancy Whiskey’s to hunker down with the Daily Detroit team to write stories, eat, and drink… whiskey. I’ve known that I wanted to write this story for a while, but when Mickey emailed me last Tuesday to let me know she would be bartending at Nancy Whiskey’s the same day and time that I would be there, I knew there must be something t...

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Mackinac 2015 Kicking Off: Roads, Race, Talent, Transit, and D-Insurance, Oh My

Good morning from the Blogger Zone at the Grand Hotel. When it comes to the Mackinac Policy Conference, we’re going to focus on a few key areas. Although there are three official pillars of the conference – Talent, Urban Revitalization and Cohesion – we’re looking for stories that are a little more focused. Here are the five things we’re looking to cover – but over the next few days, almost anything can happen. Roads It’s the predominant conversation up here that’s not on the agenda. Ju...

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VID, PICS: Belle Isle Bridge Aglow With New LED Lights

Thanks to a $50,000 donation by Platinum Equity (owned by Tom Gores who is known locally for owning the Detroit Pistons), more than 300 new bulbs were replaced on the Belle Isle Bridge with LED lights as well as the large lagoon by the Scott Fountain, just in time for the Fireworks and the Grand Prix. The results are stunning. They shot a video which we embedded above, but also we hit the bridge after dark to get some close-ups and different views, and we’ve included them below. The bridge t...

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Things To Do In Detroit: Your City 5 For The Weekend Of May 22-24

Not heading up north? Detroit has everything you need for a Memorial Day weekend staycation, even if you’re not into the beats of Movement. This weekend has everyone in jitters already, the anticipation is high and the beats are steadily coming into audible range. It’s our duty to prep you on all the occasions happening on the outside of the Hart Plaza, as we’ve devoted plenty of articles to what’s going on inside (don’t forget to check out the local acts here and here if you’re going). Enjoy th...

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River Ferry Service Returns To Belle Isle For Grand Prix

If you’ve ever wanted to take a ferry to Belle Isle on the Detroit river, here’s your chance for a picturesque and fun ride before seeing the fast-paced action of the Grand Prix. The Detroit/ Wayne County Port Authority and the Chevrolet Detroit Belle Isle Grand Prix will have ferry service return to and from Belle Isle State Park for the 2015 Grand Prix, May 29 to May 31. “We are extremely excited to bring the ferry back this year,” said John Loftus, Executive Director of the Detroit/Wayne...

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OPINION: If Detroit Cabbies Want Respect, They Should Respect Their Riders

With the recent report of Detroit cab drivers protesting about the coming of Uber and Lyft, both ride sharing services that use an app to connect passengers to rides, we felt it was important to chime in. The cab drivers are talking about a 60 percent to 70 percent drop in their traffic downtown, and it is in significant part a problem of their own making. Anyone who follows Daily Detroit knows that we like to have a good time. Lists of happy hours, the best places to have a drink, and restaur...

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Grandmont Rosedale Turns To Crowdfunding To Help Support Series Of Murals At Well-Loved Stoepel Park

One Detroit neighborhood group is taking to online fundraising to make a series of community-themed mosaics come to life. The Grandmont Rosedale Development Corporation (GRDC) has launched a crowdfunding campaign raise funds needed for the installation of seven large mosaics onto the dugouts at Stoepel Park No. 1 in Northwest Detroit. The GRDC, a non-profit, has been a staple of this part of the city for 26 years. This project will beautify the park, attract new park users and increase the s...

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Flower Power: Breathing Life Into An Abandoned Home With Blossoms

As many as 100,000 flowers will fill 15 rooms of an abandoned house in the Detroit enclave of Hamtramck this October. The project, currently on the crowdfunding site Indiegogo, is the brainchild of florist Lisa Waud. Waud is the proprietor of Pot & Box here in Detroit. The two properties were purchased in 2014 for the oft-mentioned number of $500. She was inspired, according to the story, by Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s wrapped Pont Neuf bridge in Paris, but this is a different take It has an...

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Colors Of Love: Ford Fireworks To Light Up The Detroit Skyline On June 22

On Monday, June 22 at 10:06 p.m., Detroiters will experience the breathtaking view of the Ford Fireworks as they light up the Detroit skyline from the Detroit River downtown.  Recognized as one of the world’s largest and most magnificent fireworks displays, this annual event is a jewel of the city, enjoyed by hundreds of thousands of spectators each year. This year’s show will be themed “Colors of Love,” and will be choreographed again by the world-renowned Patrick Brault. With years of experi...

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"Windows On Frida" Opens At Cafe Con Leche May 30

A local coffee shop with a passionate following in the Southwest and New Center neighborhoods of the city, Cafe con Leche, is hosting a showcase created by local Detroit artists, “Windows on Frida.” Cafe con Leche is a Detroit-based cafe serving Latin inspired food and beverages. They are teaming up with Art & Fashion Metropolitan Detroit, a collective that aims to inpsire, support, and showcase the work of local and international artists and designers in Detroit. Together they created a...

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Things To Do In Detroit: Your City 5 For The Weekend Of May 15th-17th

The weekend is finally here! These City 5 posts are getting more exciting each week with the summer vibes infiltrating the city. I have selected five items I think should relatively take little effort to be involved with/are awesome by nature since they always bring the most interesting folks out. I hope your week is going great so far and that you are working hard so you can really let loose over these brief but memorable weekends. Here we go… Friday: Detroit Bike to Work Day 2015 – If you’re...

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Historic Indian Village And Model T Automotive Complex Awarded Grants For Improvements

Detroit’s Ford Piquette Avenue Plant and Indian Village have received grants from the Michigan Heritage Restoration Program for vital rehabilitation projects. The Model T Automotive Complex received $60,000 for exterior masonry rehabilitation on the west elevation and penthouses on the former Ford Plant. The plant was Ford’s second production facility, Model T’s were made there and it’s one of 35 National Historic Landmarks in Michigan. Indian Village Historical Collections received $102,600...

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New Corktown Farmers Market Starts May 14

If you’ve been at the Detroit Institute of Bagels in recent weeks, you probably have noticed the paved walk way and the fencing that his been put up and still a work-in-progress.  If you thought it was merely to enhance the establishment, which is definitely a bonus for anyone who parks in the back, think again. This newly developed lot will also be home to the newly added Corktown Farmers Market which will take place every Thursday from 4-7 p.m. starting May 14. The newly added lot was fund...

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Michigan Surpasses National Average In Manufacturing Job Growth

Manufacturing employment in Michigan increased for a forth year in a row, according to the 2015 Michigan Manufacturers Directory, and there are some interesting local trends in the sector. Michigan added 14,809 jobs from February 2014 to February 2015. That’s a 2.1% increase. The national average is only 1.7%, as reported by the the Labor Department for the same time period. In the Detroit metro area, manufacturing employment in the city of Detroit dropped 3.5%, but it rose in the Detroit su...

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The 2015 Detroit Jazz Festival: Upholding Detroit’s Rhythm

To maintain the jazz legacy that is Detroit, the 36th annual Detroit Jazz Festival is tuning up and ready to fill the streets of Downtown. As the world’s largest free jazz festival, enthusiasts from all around will gather labor day weekend to absorb the history of Detroit’s jazz scene and the unique entity that  it is today. Staying true to its roots, the festival will be taking over several city blocks of downtown Detroit from Hart Plaza to Campus Martius. Attendees will find five different s...

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Here’s What M-1 RAIL’s Construction Looks Like This Year

M-1 RAIL has welcomed spring’s return by rolling out an ambitious construction schedule this year. The first item on the list: spring cleaning. “Keeping the construction site clean and assuring a safe environment are important M-1 RAIL objectives; it’s the reason our spring construction began with cleaning up the Woodward Avenue corridor around our work areas,” said Paul Childs, M-1 RAIL’s Chief Operating Officer. “Last month, we filled potholes, put new temporary striping on Woodward Avenue t...