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About 20 years ago, I attended an event hosted by Dan Duggan, brother of the mayor and owner of a minor league soccer club then called the Mid-Michigan Bucks, now the Flint City Bucks. Way back then,...

Here are the strengths and shortcomings of DTW I've observed as a regular traveler.

Strengths:

1.) Plenty of seating at the gates.

2.) Good overall interior design with tall ceilings that...

Brick construction Second Empire Victorian mansions in a revitalizing neighborhood < 1 mile from Campus Martius are an asset in extremely short supply. Not at all surprised this got snapped up. A...

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I remember Engler's lame duck DARTA veto very well as I wrote about it at the time. We might well be enjoying the benefits of rapid regional transit today were it not for this. ...

Renovations at 312 Watson have been taking place throughout the summer.

Here's a shot from today:
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That was the Woodward Avenue Baptist Church. It burned down in 1986. The townhomes of Woodward Place at Brush Park now take its place.

Who needs to come downtown? IDK, maybe the 35,000 who live in, or the 136,000 who work in, the 7.2 sq. miles of greater downtown? Greater downtown is the largest cluster of HQs in the region: General...

Likely route would be Mack to St. Aubin to E. Grand Blvd./Hamtramck Dr. to Jos. Campau

For generations in Detroit, Catholics in Detroit identified by what parish they came from. Neighborhood was secondary. It's been hypothesized that were it not for the Catholic territorial parish,...

The scene over in Brush Park was vastly improved this year.

Alfred Street between John R and Brush is fenced off by Bedrock. Work was going on at the Scott today. Numerous city-owned lots were...

Update: construction has started.

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Could tell that this establishing shot was at the old location right away based solely on the setback. At its current location, the building is set back probably 10'-15' from the street to...

What's your point? This incident happened miles from EEV. Might as well have been in St. Clair Shores.

I have friends who have been living in EEV for many years and love it! I considered EEV myself, but bought in a different neighborhood so that I could walk to work. There's a very proactive...

Looks like construction is expected to begin in July, according to this article in Crain's:

The Mondrian on track after struggles

You mean like this:
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466 riders x 365 days = 170,000 riders per year. Supposing each visitor spends $500 during their visit, that's $85 million in direct economic benefit to our state every year. Sounds compelling to me....

Nothing on the horizon. Unlikely to see anything on that block in the near term save for surface parking for the Wings arena, sadly. The northern half of the vacant property includes the former First...

FWIW, the United Artists Building is part of the "District Detroit" RFP:

From Crain's:

"The United Artists Building is planned for about 75 multifamily units, the RFP says. According to a...

I've heard Winder Street in Brush Park pronounced both with a long "i" that rhymes with grinder or finder and with a short "i" that sounds like cinder or hinder.

I'm not 100% sure of the correct...

View of the Book Tower from State and Griswold on Wednesday night:
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David Stott:
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La Dolce Vita is at 17546 Woodward Ave in Detroit north of McNichols. It's not in Highland Park.

Interesting read. Thanks for sharing. Lots of good points made in the article. Having recently visited the arena district in Columbus, the only interesting thing surrounding the stadium is the...

Sachs has also tried marketing the Park Ave as a triple net lease - whereby the renter would be responsible for bringing the building fully up to current building codes, while paying rent to the...

Biked by the buildling today. Bottom two floors on the Alhambra, as well as the lower floors of the building on the other side of Temple, have been painted red to cover up graffiti.