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'Red Pole Park'

I'll have to take stock of what sort of ghetto I live in, because that looks like a nice street to me.

Fort & Griswold, 1908

Walter Reuter Library

I’ve heard it pronounced laFAYette by some broadcasters from out of town as well as some others in the neighborhoods – but that always seemed antagonistic, to match their demeanor. The vast majority...

Love for eggs: I don't think there's a strong emphasis put on any syllable, locally. I've heard it pronounced as southen stated -- with an emphasis on the FEE -- but generally feel like there is a...

Living adjacent the street for a few decades, it was pronounced as jcole said: La-fee-ETTE -- with only the barest emphasis on the ette.

correct French pronunciation is as noted by the State.

Contrived it is, but I also like sushi boats with flaming wasabi barrels and carrot palms -- another contentious topic! The variety of bricks are likely a nod towards that -- the essence of the...

A few hastily taken photos
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Orleans side, at Atwater
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More of the same, at the side of the old boatworks
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The lucky few with the view on the atwater side
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A peak up...

I'll have to check out the film -- there's a decent write up on Nina Simone at the New Yorker, as well.

Bill McGraw has an interesting expose over at Bridge Magazine, on the man purportedly behind the start of the '67 riot.

Part One
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It's a fascinating examination of a...

Ranting man might be more apt nomenclature, per the description.

After the Nutcracker, we regrettably chose to eat at the Peterboro. The waitstaff were exuberant. Their enthusiasm, sadly, was largely wasted on the product. The crab wontons were fantastic, as...

11. Check out All Things Detroit, Sunday at the Eastern Market:

All Things Detroit is returning to Eastern Market Sunday, April 3, 2016. This event has earned it's place as one of the city's...

It's as simple as costs passed on to insurance companies are passed on to consumers:

*Recent increased liability for med claims before MCCA kicks in
*Recent MI Supreme court ruling that the...

Possibly the Orleans Landing development: http://detroit.curbed.com/archives/2015/03/orleans-landing-might-actually-build-something-soon.php

That wedge between Vernor and Gratiot seems like an ideal location for expanding the Elmwood-type, condos and townhouses. Great proximity to downtown and, so far, still beyond the ring of raised...

The Metro Times has a piece on Joumana Kayrouz, star of DOT, SMART and road-side signage -- a quite remarkable woman and very interesting history.

The "50" that's casually mentioned -- going...

Fanning the flames.

"Car insurance companies charge higher rates if you’re poor, less educated or just plain lazy, two new studies show."

[QUOTE=ElmwodParkRez;427609]Here's a YouTube clip just as pertinent today as it was 50 years ago. Brief clips of Detroit waterfront, the 1300 Building and Mt Clemons public housing are included. ...

Car hit U?

Kreiner v Fischer, 471 Mich 109 [[2004)
In this case, the Court departed from almost three decades of no-fault tort jurisprudence by redefining the threshold element of “serious...

Schaap said cutting pensions and selling art to satisfy city debt would hurt an already injured city.
“None of us want to see individual people hurt and lose pensions,” he said, “and also then to...