Three-and-a-half hours from Cleveland and bursting with youthful energy, the college town of Ann Arbor, Mich., invites us to remember those warm-weather moments — at a street festival, in a bookstore or paddling across glimmer-glass water — when we lingered as soulful teenagers.
Those endless summers are gone, but there are weekends to rediscover the kind […]
Twenty years ago a record was set by the world’s most awesome drinker at the Pontiac Silverdome in suburban Auburn Hills for all-time indoor attendance for a live event, 78,000 people. The event was Wrestlemania III, Andre vs. Hulk Hogan.
Motor City Casino to debut 60,000 SF of new gaming space June 7
WSU works with Midtown developers to attract residents to neighborhood
Willys Overland Lofts grand opening set for June 8
Recycled Treasures opens on June 16 in Hamtramck
Michigan Avenue “Downtown to Downtown” collaborative to focus on strengthening corridor
New bar, Pit Stop, occupies ground floor of Broderick […]
The International Metropolis blog which features lots of photos from both the Windsor and Detroit side of the Detroit River has recently had a lot of historical pictures from downtown Windsor from the 1940s and 1950s such as above. Back then Windsor, like Detroit and many other older cities had a lively downtown retail […]
I discovered a new sneaker boutique in Royal Oak called Burn Rubber. It’s the same kind of shoe store as Bob’s Classic Kicks in Midtown Detroit which I think was the first of its kind in the Detroit area as well as the first within a few hours drive West of Toronto (not to […]
MACKINAC ISLAND, Mich.—The University Research Corridor presidents Thursday released a preliminary independent analysis showing that URC’s assets for a knowledge economy are comparable to those found in regions of the country known for their economic vitality.
The analysis showed that the assets of the three universities involved in the University Research Corridor, the University of Michigan, […]
Following on the heels of the debate over cutting arts funding in the state budget, something that would not even make a dent in the number of dollars that really needs to be collected in replacement taxes Michigan State University is about to get a new state of the art art museum. Here’s what the […]
Kids run through the multi-spout fountain on the big public plaza between General Motors’ headquarters and the river’s edge. There’s music. People on the many benches and ledges eat lunch, read, make phone calls and type briskly.Purposeful walkers, sightseers and strollers mix all along the RiverWalk from downstream (west) of Joe Louis Arena to the […]
Is it possible to even take a bus from the airport to downtown Detroit? If you ask most people at the airport they’ll say that they think it is possible but they’re not sure how. Most people take private automobile, either by renting a car (as low as $15 a day) or taking […]
I’ve noticed that the nicer weather has also resulted in allergies once again and that’s probably because the grass season which runs from May to July as well as all the pollen in the air. If this bothers you too the recommendation is to shower after mowing the lawn, if you have the lawn, and […]