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Word has it that when GM took the plunge as the economy tanked in 08/09 CN took a pretty big hit with it, and when the govt came in to help GM out, CN was put in a really bad position, creating much...

Dang, what a shame. Not that this building was in good enough shape to be rehabbed easily or any special architectural wonder. But in my mind, the E. Jefferson corridor will soon be ripe for...

I realize this is basically impossible but it would be cool if the old "Bishop" streetlight in the alley right behind the Cadillac Tower could be carefully plucked off the site and preserved...

Besides the retail store and District offices, what other postal functions are still handled in that building? I know most outgoing mail is handled through the Metroplex in Pontiac and bulk...

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40 coaches in the DDOT 4100-4220 D40LF fleet [[acquired by DDOT in 2005) were sent to SMART in some kind of agreement reached in 2012. The coaches are being rebuilt and will at some point be painted...

I'm not a drawbridge operator but I used to sail through that bridge over a hundred times a year for a few years in the middle of the last decade. This is the Jefferson Street drawbridge, in the...

Another article about the historic firehouses closed in 2012 [[Ladder 8 on Junction closed in 2007?) and now being put up for sale by the City. I appreciate their desire to lure "community beacon"...

Interesting. I know a fair amount about Detroit history but this is the first I'm hearing of this wall. Kind of cool that it still exists today.
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First of all, DDOT will find some way to drag this thing out and in the end, these forward-thinking young minds will get fed up and take their aspirations to another place in the world, thereby...

http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/22159679/activist-handmade-benches-removed-by-ddot-will-be-replaced

Bench No.3 will be at Henry Ford Hospital, come Monday.



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I want to beat this guy over the head with an unabridged Webster's hard cover dictionary. Right now. Maybe the concept of "regional" hasn't dawned on him yet.

FROM THE DETROIT FREE PRESS
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I know the Skybar opened on the ground floor of the Stott Tower downtown a couple summers ago. I've read in a few places that they've finally been able to get their "upstairs" lounge site Skybar 33...

Wow, I was not aware that the cutbacks from last summer took so many historic firehouses off the active list. Many are up for sale and are starting to be vandalized. Some would make such great...

I realize my comment is more about operating costs than capital costs, but this change in funding allocation might make a good case for DDOT to raise its baseline ride fares to a generally-industry...

http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2013/04/urban-bean-cos-uniquely-orange-interior-is-finally-open.php

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For the...

I love ghost paint ads. Such a glimpse into the colorful era of the past when all we have to see for reference are B&W images.

Not to hi-jack, but does anyone know if the old Vernors ad is still...

Thanks for the update photos Buckster, great to see the progress[[and I live 12 hours away so its even better to see). I'm not sure how long that cheap looking fake brick panel will last given the...

The sad things is, available apartments in the Kales, Fyfe, and other locations on and close to Grand Circus have waiting lists. This area, near Capitol Park, the stadiums and right on the...

From The Detroit News, "The Home Newspaper:"

March 3, 2013 at 2:15 pm

Southwest Detroit group raises $6.4M to keep city streetlights burning



By Steve Pardo
The Detroit...

The C&O offered The Sportsman which ran from Detroit to Newport News, VA via Plymouth, Toledo, Columbus, and Ashland, KY before continuing east over the C&O mainline. Connections could be made at...

The yard scheme MikeM linked from 1988 is a fantastic and yet very depressing resource. By that time, pretty much anything west of Lonyo Street [[the Westbound Class Yard) was out of service, and...

It looks like the parking garage was there in 1955. It can be demolished at any time. Hopefully sooner.

From the well respected transit history page detroittransithistory.info:
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Good point Tig3rzhark. My understanding is that at least these initial signs are being placed primarily at transfer corners/stops. DDOT usually lists and highlights on the map the transfers on the...

I guess we shoulda leased away Belle Isle!Detroit firefighters ordered off ladders on aerial trucks; fleet hasn't been inspected in years

THE DETROIT FREE PRESS FEB. 4, 2013

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