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I'm glad to see someone besides me is seeing past the smoke and mirrors of the company named Shinola. On their overpriced wallets and watches I won't hazard an opinion, but as a cyclist, I was rather...

I stopped by Ye Olde Butcher Shoppe yesterday evening, and again this afternoon, and I noticed changes afoot: very little stock, especially among perishable items and whole coolers emptied. So I...

Monsieur Dwarf, I wish I could answer your [[apparently sincere) question, since it's one that I have wondered myself. But at least I don't mask my ignorance with off-topic digressions or, worse,...

Boy, what a stupid idea!

Looking at the maps posted on freep article, it appears all the effort and expense of removing I-375 would free up about 1/4 sq. mile of land, at the I-75/I-375/Gratiot...

I'm flattered!

I'm flattered!

Wow, I don't know who the enterprising Wikipediac was who wrote this entry, but it's remarkably well done, with well-researched history of the area, maps and diagrams, and a lot of pretty photographs...

You seem to have a frightening familiarity with such things, Dave :-)

If you look carefully in the photos, you can see a guy dressed in a Ronald McDonald outfit, holding a gas can ;-)

Mikey, I share your affection for older, urban church buildings. I've seen smaller ones repurposed into galleries, performance spaces, and even a one-room schoolhouse. But the larger ones are, well,...

Mikey, Detroit, like many other aging, heavily Catholic cities suffers from the "you can't closed the church my Grandmother was married in!" syndrome. Folks love to praise the glorious architecture...

A friend of mine [[not in Detroit) forwarded the Slate article to me yesterday. My first reaction was "do gay ghettos still exist?" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Certainly, in...

Yes, I'll concede that many out-of-staters will drive hundreds of miles to visit Saugatuck, Luddington, or the Porcupine Mountains State Parks; Kensington metropark [[as beautiful as it is), not so...

In the last year or so, since I moved to Detroit, I have heard folks go on and on about the State "take-over" of Belle Isle. Frankly, I can't see what the fuss is about. My hometown city owns a...

I'm somewhat familiar with that part of Columbus, and can remember the area before and after the rebuild. I don't think it was much of an improvement. In any case, comparing Columbus, a relatively...

I've noticed that people from the Grosse Pointes will describe themselves as being "from Detroit," but folk from Birmingham or Bloomfield want to make a distinction between themselves and the city;...

First off, can we please stay on topic? The correct pronunciation of the Anglo-Saxon letter "thorn" may be of interest to amateur linguists like myself, but it doesn't lower the price of chicken! ...

I meant to reply to this post earlier this morning, but I see PaulGall beat me: the Huron-Clinton Metroparks publish a map which is the best I've seen of the metro area: it includes not only Wayne,...

Anyone know what was happening at the RenCen this morning around 4am? Ten cop cars, with their flashers on, in the U off jefferson. And what was I doing there at that time, you ask? Going to work,...

I meant to type southeast Michigan -- although SW of Detroit. oops.

Despite the meandering nature of the posts, this thread combines my two favorite subjects: Language and Geography. If Mr./Ms. King [[that's Király to you and me) would look further a field in...

O renf, you're making me just a teency bit homesick!

While taking a coffee-break at the Starbucks in Midtown this afternoon and glancing at the NYT, I noticed this article. Although the details were kinda vague, it states that Mr. Hill is living there...

As I've only recently moved here, I've been yearning for the Vietnamese and Cambodgian food that seemed woefully underrepresented in Detroit. Obviously, I just didn't know where to look! I'll have...

Having recently relocated to Detroit from Cleveland, Ohio, I find it interesting to compare the situation with Belle Isle with the one facing the park's counterpart in C'land, Edgewater Park. Both...

The Boll YMCA has a great running track and one of the best pools I have ever swam in, although I agree with ismoakrack that the weight equipment is lacking. Living downtown, I usually walk or ride...