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Michigan Central Station To Get More Than 1,000 New Windows

It looks like there may be progress ahead on one of Detroit’s most iconic eyesores. Michigan Central Station, closed since 1988, has become a windowless hulk overlooking a burgeoning Corktown neighborhood. Whereas in the past windows would randomly appear, this news comes from a release from St. Clair-based Chamberlain Glass & Metal Inc. that tells of the plans. However, as often the case with Maroun projects, there is no cost shared or timetable given. The contractor and building owner have...

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Hollywood Comes To Detroit This Thursday Night At DP2A Gala

Detroit Passport to the Arts (DP2A), a nonprofit dedicated to engaging the next generation of arts patrons in Detroit, is hosting a unique night of film viewing, glamour, and Academy Award-inspired festivities. “Hollywood in Detroit” will take place on Thursday, Feb. 26 at the Detroit Film Theatre. Guests will watch Oscar-nominated short films before enjoying a free shuttle ride to the Detroit Historical Museum to dance the night away at an unforgettable after-party featuring food, drinks, and...

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Applebee’s Is Coming To The City Of Detroit, Expects To Hire More Than 100

Do you love Applebee’s? Soon, you will be able have all of 4-Cheese Mac & Cheese with Honey Pepper Chicken Tenders or Double Crunch Shrimp you want and stay inside the D. The first Applebee’s in the city of Detroit will be located at 8 Mile and Woodward near the new Meijer. Assuming permit approvals, construction will start in June. It will include all of the chain dining list items, they say: High-rise ceilings, an expanded bar area, more televisions, and larger windows to provide more natu...

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WATCH: Cool Timelapse Of A Winter Sunset Over The Detroit River

There’s a beauty in Detroit, even in winter. This timelapse from over the weekend by YouTuber and photographer Bryan Levy is cool… And we’re pretty sure he was cold making it, but it surely is worth a watch. He went out and shot this by the side of the river for 90 minutes to make this short video, and the rest of us can stay toasty warm and enjoy. Nice work....

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Your Detroit Reading List: News For The Week Of Feb. 22

Although it might of seemed quiet with the cold, there have been some pretty important happenings this week. These are 5 things you should know are happening, that are coming up on the horizon, or just interesting news about Detroit. Canada Picks Up The Rest Of The Tab On Building New Bridge Across Detroit River (CBC) With this, it’s almost assured construction will start shortly. $630 Million was dedicated by the Canadian government in their budget to secure property and get started. Can...

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Dan Gilbert Is Bringing Fiber Internet To Detroit: Meet Rocket Fiber

One of the biggest names in Detroit, not to mention the larger development and home loan business, is now in the internet business. Today, via Twitter, Dan Gilbert announced Rocket Fiber. Yesterday, we reported that Quicken Loans had a job posting that pointed toward building a fiber internet service, as well as put together a few clues around what’s been happening. Gilbert, via Twitter, says that in a few weeks that more details will be revealed and that it will be “Fast as Google or faster...

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Quicken Fiber Coming To Detroit? Job Posting Points To Yes

UPDATE: This is now confirmed. The service is called Rocket Fiber. More here. We’ve been hearing rumors from many, many sources for months on this one but were hesitant to post anything until we saw this job posting. After all, it seems at first blush a little pie-in-the-sky: Dan Gilbert getting into the fiber internet game. Now, the puzzle is coming together and it looks like Quicken may launch a fiber optic network in Detroit, and soon. This is a big deal because it is the kind of infrastr...

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Live.Work.Detroit Looks To Showcase Detroit To College Grads; Slow Roll Co-Founder Jason Hall To Speak

The word about Detroit is getting out, and events like Live.Work.Detroit hope to get the word out even farther. The invitation is out to college students and recent graduates from around Michigan and beyond to come to this career networking event taking place on Friday, Feb. 27 from 2:00-8:00 p.m. at the Majestic Theater in Detroit. Founded in 2011, Live.Work.Detroit. is an Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) initiative designed to connect Michigan’s college graduates to Detroit j...

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Your City 5: Things To Do In Detroit For The Weekend Of Feb. 20-22

It’s so cold in the D. As we write this, it’s what … less than 5 degrees? There’s a warm-up happening Saturday, but we’re in winter, folks. On the bright side, spring training has started down in Lakeland, Florida which means baseball here in the D is right around the corner. Stay positive, right? Well, here’s the thing. There’s also a bunch of events happening so that if you get cabin crazy, you can shake it off in short order at one of Detroit’s fine establishments. Here are our selections....

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Detroit Is In The Top 5 For Advanced Industry Jobs In United States

Detroit is the fourth best city for “advanced industries” jobs, according to a report recently released by the Brookings Institution. Advanced industries spend a lot of money on research and development, and they have a large number of workers in science, technology, engineering, and math-oriented roles. Not surprisingly, San Jose, the center of Silicon Valley, topped the list at 30% of advanced industry jobs per capita. Seattle, home to Microsoft and Boeing, came in second. Both of these ci...

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QUICK TIP: Slow's BBQ Takes Chili Cheese Fries To Another Level

Let’s be real. We don’t blog about Slow’s BBQ often because we pretty much assume to you it’s common knowledge. However, when we discover something a little off the beaten path on the menu we need to share it. Candidly, when we first saw this on the menu we thought “really? You’ve gotta be kidding me. At Slow’s?” Our initial trepidation was misplaced. We ordered the Chili Cheese Waffle Fries, and we were kind of blown away. So much so we’re blogging this from our iThing while sitting at the...

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Nelson Mandela Tribute At Art In Motion

Nelson Mandela visited Detroit in June of 1990 shortly after leaving prison and before his election as South Africa’s president. His presence impacted our city with such reverence that Detroit renamed Atwater Street to “Nelson Mandela Drive.” This past weekend, I met Ida Hawkins. She’s a New York born artist, nestled on Livernois in Detroit – very alive to what people need to see visually. Now a little over a year after Mandela’s passing, Hawkins, too, desired to continue to honor his life. At...

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A Day Of Kindness In Detroit On February 17

On Tuesday, February 17th, team members of KIND, the company behind the popular line of health-conscious snacks, will perform 24 random acts of kindness across the Metro Detroit area. They will begin the day at 8 a.m. at the Rosa Parks Transit Station, where they will hand out hats and gloves to commuters waiting for the bus. Afterwards, the KIND team will head over to Starbucks and Biggby Coffee locations to warm up and buy everyone in line a cup of coffee. Around lunchtime, the group will...

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Your Sunday Detroit Reading List for February 8, 2015

Hey, Daily Detroit readers. This week, Walking Man James Robertson got a car. It was a new Ford Taurus – but there’s a lot more to the discussion … not to mention other happenings in the D. If you have an article you think should be featured, send it in on our submission form, Twitter @TheDailyDetroit or on Facebook. Whatever works for you. We think this would be a deserved designation – “Baker’s Keyboard Lounge seeks official landmark status” – Detroit News “It may be the first nightclub th...

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TEASER: Re/code, CNBC Partner Site, Starts Series On Detroit Innovation Feb. 9

If you’re a regular Daily Detroit reader, you probably already know that innovation happens out of this area on a pretty regular basis. That said, it’s great to see some national exposure. Here’s how Re/code describes the series: America is experiencing a boom in technology innovation unprecedented since the Industrial Revolution. And like regional dialects and how we like our pizza, this innovation takes unique form and flavor from one region to the next. In this continuing series of in-dep...

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BUZZ: Donations To James Robertson Hit $300,000; Car Announcement Tomorrow

Donations to Detroiter James Robertson who walks 21 miles in his daily work commute have now exceeded $300,000, an epic outpouring of support. His GoFundMe page says that the campaign will now end on Sunday, February 8. Here is some of the coverage and opinions from around the web and social media about the James Robertson story, his crazy past few days, and the support he’s received from around the country. Have a link we should add? Hit us up on Twitter @TheDailyDetroit or on our Facebook pa...

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Look Inside Write A House, Now Home To Poet Casey Rocheteau

Write A House, a nonprofit dedicated to supporting Detroit’s emerging literary scene, has given Brooklyn poet Casey Rocheteau a new home. The organization purchases vacant houses in the No Ham/Banglatown neighborhood of Detroit and awards them to writers after renovating them. Rocheteau was recently announced as the winner of the Write A House residency, and she moved to Detroit on November 1, 2014. Casey and her cat, Omar, moved to Detroit and have transitioned seamlessly to life in the city....

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This Story Shows Why Mass Transit in Detroit Is A Hand Up, Not A Handout

We feel compelled to highlight this story that appeared in the Free Press about James Robertson. He is a 56 year old man that walks 21 miles each day in his roundtrip commute from Detroit to his job in Rochester Hills. The story really illustrates the amount of work it can take to get to a job without a car in Metro Detroit. It also shows how mass transit (buses, light rail, all of that) isn’t simply a handout or only something that “the hipsters” will use. Functional mass transit can be a rea...