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Pair Of Bicyclist Abduction & Assault Incidents In Detroit Raise Safety Questions

Two abductions of females on bicycles has the community talking and wondering what to do to keep safe on Detroit’s streets. Detroit’s bicycling community is seeing strong gains, between more bicyclists on the road and they city’s focus on bike sharing and protected bike lanes. But two incidents raise questions about being protected from a personal safety perspective. Both incidents occurred less than a mile from the Russell Industrial Center. First, there was an abduction on Saturday, Sept...

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GreenSpace Expands Into Vegan Fast Casual With New Royal Oak Location

In a town known for coneys and pizza, meatless eating is also a thing in Detroit. In fact, in 2016, PETA called out Metro Detroit for being one of the top vegan eating destinations in the nation.  A restaurant that uses no animal products — GreenSpace — is expanding beyond their downtown Ferndale flagship into the fast casual space, but there will be no chicken, no beef, and no shrimp on this menu. Heck, no traditional cheese either (that’s an animal product, after all). “‘Fast food’ and ‘...

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$27 Million Renovation & Expansion Coming To Historic Riverfront Building

A building that has sat vacant for at least two decades is going to see new life on Detroit’s riverfront. Today, city officials announced that Detroit-based developer Banyan Investments will redevelop the historic building into a mixed-use project and add three to six additional stories on the building. In 1907, according to the city of Detroit, the first two structures in the industrial complex were built. A three-story addition followed in the late 1920s. The building is named af...

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Cinema Detroit Sues Mark Cuban's Landmark Theatre Chain Over Access To Films

A national David vs. Goliath story in the film business has the side effect of pitting two local theatres that show art and specialty films against each other. Four small theatres, including Cinema Detroit located in the Detroit’s Midtown neighborhood, are suing Landmark Theatres and their parent company 2929 Entertainment (owned by billionaire and Shark Tank star Mark Cuban), claiming that the chain is coercing agreements from film distributors. The suit was filed by Cinema Detroit as well...

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Allow Me To Freak Out About $400K Homes In My Old Detroit Neighborhood

I last spent time in Woodbridge Farms, my old neighborhood, last fall, when I joined some coworkers to plant trees with crews from the Greening of Detroit. And I wrote about what I saw and how it illustrated the dramatic and jarring ways that Detroit is changing. But nothing quite prepared me for this. A developer team is working with the city to invest around $6 million to build up to 27 houses in the historic neighborhood, which began in the early 1870s. All good. But here’s the kicker, vi...

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10 Great Album Covers Featuring Detroit

Detroit’s not just the Motor City, we’re Motown. We have a beautiful history of musical accomplishment, and one way that’s expressed is through amazing record album covers. Vinyl aficionados can appreciate how the art goes with the record, helping reinforce the over feel of the experience. And today, although not quite the same, there are still digital album covers to promote music and appear on our Spotify or Apple Music app. So let’s sit back and check these out who we thought we’d highlig...

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The Best Mayor In Detroit’s History And “Idol of the People” Deserves More Recognition

The city of Detroit is rife with nods and tributes to ghosts of its past, legendary and sometimes infamous individuals who have helped shape the city for hundreds of years. Names like Woodward, Lodge, Fisher, and Cass are so synonymous with the thoroughfares and buildings they represent that many people don’t even associate the names with the actual individuals they represent. However, one name that doesn’t appear on any major road signs or building facades is that of a man who may be the grea...

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PODCAST: "The Race Is Over," Moroun Will Build His Bridge To Canada First With Dave Battagello, Windsor Star

This edition of the Daily Detroit Happy Hour is very timely as Sven Gustafson is talking to veteran reporter Dave Battagello of the Windsor Star about the bridge projects to Canada, the border crossing, and how it affects thousands of people. He’s been the lead guy covering this issue that most of the Detroit media has been silent on, even though long term, it will affect the livelihoods of many citizens of both countries, and there’s important news. There are some key points you’re going...

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Signs Seem To Be Pointing To More QLINE Routes In Detroit

It’s not hard to think that there is a concerted push for more QLINE routes, especially in Greater Downtown. It’s important to watch because when they focus, what major funders want they often get in this town and money starts to appear. The latest hint of a new QLINE route would be from downtown to the old Michigan Central Train Station, as Matthew Maroun (the son of Billionaire Matty Maroun) hinted in a long interview interview with Crain’s as part of their coverage for their Homecoming ev...

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Amazon Should Be A Wake-up Call To Metro Detroit To Think Bigger

All the Mayor’s horses and all of Dan Gilbert’s men are looking to put together a deal together with Amazon. After all, the prospect of 50,000 jobs — with well-paying salaries — and a $5 billion total investment has the entire nation talking about where the online retail Goliath will build its second headquarters. Beyond the breathless headlines that will get shared ad nauseum on Facebook, we should take this as an opportunity to look at our region in the mirror and ask ourselves how we coul...

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Detroit Is The Number One Spot In U.S. For Pizza Lovers, Says Report

Any way you slice it, Detroiters love their pizza. According to SmartAsset.com, Detroit has taken the number one spot in the United States for pizza lovers. It’s a top spot we can be proud of. Detroit beat out both New York City (third) and Chicago. In fact, Chicago didn’t even break the top 10. So sad of a showing, Chicago. So sad. SmartAsset analyzed data on 150 of the largest cities in the United States. They then looked at the data from five categories to come up with this list....

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City Unveils Hidden Camera Program To Catch Illegal Dumpers, Two Out Of Three Are From Suburbs

Illegal dumping is a problem in the city in Detroit, and no neighborhood is immune, from Midtown to Brightmoor to Warrendale to Ravendale. It was interesting to head to the Detroit Police HQ to check out the details on a hidden camera program the city has launched to help catch more dumpers. Above you’ll find some video the city shared of people in the act. Over the summer the police tried the technology with more than a dozen internet-enabled cameras, and today Chief of Police James Craig t...

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PODCAST: "You're There To Serve People" - Jonathan Merritt On Running A Cafe And Being A Pastor

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WATCH: Coleman Young Jr. Alleges White Supremacy In Manoogian Mansion In New Rap Video

Detroit never ceases to disappoint when it comes to entertaining political stories. This one might take the cake so far this year. Mayoral candidate Coleman Young Jr. has posted the above rap video on his Facebook page with Ciara Sharda and Beezy called, “We Be Winning.” Lyrics include, “With Coleman Young in the office, yeah we can make a change” “Detroit City, we be winnin’.. always stay positive and don’t forget it.” That’d be interesting enough. But two minutes in, the video takes a...

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Detroit's First Lactation Lounge Is Open

For the past three years a pilot project in the Osborn community has been working on how to better support breastfeeding in the Detroit community. The pilot program was funded by the W.K. Kellogg Foundation. Last year, nine local moms were trained to design and execute a program to help area moms. One of the ideas they came up with was a community lounge for breast-feeding. The Mother’s Room is Detroit’s first community lactation lounge, and it is located in the Matrix Human Services Cente...

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(17 PICS) Construction Kicks Off On Historic Metropolitan Building That's Finding New Life As A Hotel

Since 1979, the historic Metropolitan Building on John R. in downtown Detroit has sat vacant. In fact, trees even started growing on it. One that was 13 feet tall, and they brought it down to light it up for the ceremony this afternoon. There has been some activity at the site for awhile, but today came the word of what exactly is going into this triangle-shaped building. It will be home to Michigan’s first Starwood Element Hotel. The $32 million project kicked off today in a lobby that...

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New Founders Taproom Location In Detroit Is Hiring

One of the more anticipated openings in Detroit is the new Founders Taproom, bringing a Grand Rapids-based, Michigan favorite to Detroit’s Cass Corridor section of Midtown. As we’ve reported, the taproom is expected to open this winter.  Here’s how the company pitches the job openings: Founders is a growing team of hardworking beer enthusiasts; we value our employees and their enthusiastic dedication to brewing delicious beer. Founders employees love what they do and regard themselves as t...

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Refugee Couple Wins $50k To Start Business In Detroit

On the rooftop of one of Detroit’s swankiest loft buildings – the space the party was thrown in currently is listing for $1.4 million – Hatch Detroit announced that the winner of their seventh annual contest was Baobob Fare. Baobob Fare idea is a a restaurant, market and juice bar that plans to offer  prepared menu items, groceries, juices and other retail products unique to East Africa. The people behind the idea are a married refugee couple from Burundi, Nadia Nijimbere and Hamissi Mamba...