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I'm impressed by the prices they are asking $340 for a less-than-1000 sq. ft. house? Really? From satellite they appear to be a block or two away from the big houses with plenty of urban prairie to...

Screen snap from start of draft. Gates closed after 100,000+ fans pack into the draft arena.
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Screen snap of Cadillac Square and Campus Martius from Around 6 PM.

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It’s a largely untold story that the World War II years in Detroit were filled with strikes. Labor had new strength in those days, and if the companies were going to make big profits off the war...

It amazes me too. However, there is something to be said, or a whole lot of kids, a large majority of them, likely from humble means, becoming instant millionaires.

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NFL Draft
When: April 23-26
Where: Downtown Detroit
Details: Too many to list. See guide.

Black Business Pop-Up Shop & NFL Draft...

Keeping nominal Headquarters downtown may be easy to explain. When bringing bigwigs, investors, and the likes to town it is a little difficult to schmooze them in "Borin' Warren".

Better to bring...

The internet meme wags are at it again.
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The internet meme-sters are having fun.
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Great video work as always MAV. Are you in touch with any of the iron workers? They must love being able to show their work off to friends and family.

Huge news. This has to be earth-shaking news in the automotive world. And good news for Detroit in that it portends that our UAW shops will be increasingly labor-price competitive with those...

That building has some nice art deco elements that are reminiscent of those of the Brodhead Naval Armory by Belle Isle. It appears to have had an uglifying remodeling using pebble board. It would be...

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John Sinclair Celebration of Life

When: April 20 from 2-6 p.m.
Where: The Ralston Project [[Detroit)
What: A celebration...

Ooo I like this idea! Open air among the buildings. Break up the gloom.

The internet meme-sters are at work.

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Attributed to Detroit Peoples Platform but could not locate it on their site.

On the positive side, this Google Street view image from 15 years later in 2021 shows the Strand restored.

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It's April 16, 2006 as we visit the empty streets of Downtown Pontiac where the elegant Strand Theater sits vacant and boarded up. Downtown Pontiac, filled with beautiful architecture, faced, and...

I feel sorry for the little retailers and restaurateurs at RenCen. They took a beating with Covid and the home-officing of the GM workforce. This news has to be crushing, especially after GM's...

I want to make a well-earned shout out to praise the outstanding photographic and video works of our members Southen and MichaelAnthonyVideos and, in particular, for their embrace and mastery in the...

I highly recommend the Gordie Howe Bridge construction videos being posted by DetroitYES member MichaelAnthonyVideos via his YouTube channel to which I subscribe. His drone photography is the best...

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Witches Night Bazaar: Rite of Spring
When: April 12 from 7 p.m.-12 a.m.
Where: Tangent Gallery [[Detroit)
What: An evening...

What impresses me far more than the scoreboard is how much the Hudson Site skyscraper now dominates the Detroit skyline from the stadium as seen from this TV view.
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Why not Windsor? Just a mile away you have legendary hockey team and the only four major league town in [almost] Canada along with major celebrity events.

The real answer?

For decades Windsor...

Ye Olde colander trick catches the eclipse at around at around 60%.

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Ha ha. Indeed. The hype on this has been incredible.