What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
MoGo, the bike-share system that launched a network of stations in Detroit in 2017, will launch its expansion into five northern inner-ring suburbs and northwest Detroit on June 4, Daily Detroit has learned. Crews will be installing five docking stations in Oak Park starting Thursday, the city announced in a Facebook post. Work will also take place that day in …
While running errands the other day for the podcast I happened upon a new mural by one of my favorite artists, Hubert Massey. The Flint-born Massey has art installations in different parts of the city, and this one seems fresh, much like the donuts right across the street from Dutch Girl. This one celebrates the surrounding neighborhoods and the beautiful park across the …
On your Daily Detroit for Monday, April 22, we dig into a proposal to develop part of Palmer Park as "Palmer Square," a mixed-use development featuring luxury condominium towers, “experiential retail” and futuristic architecture. We recently aired an episode looking into the city's nascent Detroit Exploration and Nature Center, which is being run out of the former golf …
It's been a looooooooooonnnnnng winter, comrades. So your intrepid Daily Detroit team was intrigued to see a new sign outside the former Palmer Park Golf Course HQ announcing that something called the Detroit Exploration and Nature Center was coming to our favorite local park. On this episode, we stop by the still-nascent nature center and walk deep into the heart of the …
If you're not in the holiday spirit yet, I have just the events to get you in the mood to rock those tacky holiday sweaters. My four year old was crying this morning because today wasn't Christmas. All I could tell him was that I'm glad it's not Christmas yet, because I have nothing ready yet. One year I'll have my stuff together, but this year it is not it. Let's look at …
Detroit’s Palmer Park is getting some badly needed new tennis courts. Crews recently demolished the old courts, which sit along Woodward Avenue between McNichols and Seven Mile Roads and have hosted a popular youth Tennis Academy for the past five years. The group People For Palmer Park tells Daily Detroit the plan is to reconstruct the courts with new fencing, benches, …
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Every year thousands of people around the world take to streets to learn a bit more about a particular neighborhood. These events are known as Jane's Walk in honor of Jane Jacobs who was an urbanist and writer. She believed that cities were complex and needed a good population density to succeed. Cities need to be walkable and have public spaces for people who lived there. …
Hello everyone! Is it just me or is this week is flying by? It's been pretty busy since I got back from Grand Rapids on Monday, and it doesn't seem like it's going to slow down the rest of the week. Maybe that's why it seems like things are moving so quickly. Anyway, there are some fun things happening around town this weekend. Let's get started. Game and Trivia Night at …
I can't be the only one who is feeling the effects of these April snow showers. I know the snow isn't sticking down here, but in other parts of the state they are getting buried in snow. I'm ready for spring to really show up — and for Detroit Tigers games to stop getting postponed. Let's look forward to the weekend. The Populace Unveiling inside the Siren Hotel The …
This weekend is the annual Palmer Woods Home and Garden Tour. This means you will get two days to walk, bike, or take a shuttle around the 102 year old Detroit neighborhood. Palmer Woods is mostly known for the Tudor mansions that were built in the early 20th century. However if you have ever been through Palmer Woods you might have noticed the large assortment of …
I don't know about you, but having a holiday in the middle of the week really throws me off. So even though it feels like we just had a weekend, the weekend is almost upon us, which means it is time to start making plans. Have a great weekend everyone, and go find the fun! FRIDAY — Food Network Watch Party At Stache International Food Network visited Stache International …
Hooray! The weekend is almost here, and we have you covered for what promises to be a weekend of fun in the D. Let's dive right in. Jesus Christ Superstar Andrew Lloyd Weber and Tim Rice have been responsible for some of the most popular musicals of all times, and Jesus Christ Superstar is one of them. This weekend the Detroit Actor's Theatre Company will be putting on …
There has been a lot of work done on the Palmer Park Log Cabin. So much in fact that the People for Palmer Park want to invite people to a special grand opening concert celebration this Saturday. Usually the cabin is only open during Log Cabin day, however this year it will be open both Saturday and Sunday. If you have been around Detroit for any amount of time you probably …
Happy weekend to you all. I can not believe that we are already half way done with the month of May. We've got a lot of great events happening this weekend, so let's get started. Don Giovanni - Detroit I had to include this event on this week's City 5 because it combines two of my favorite things; Mozart's Don Giovanni and The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The cast will …
Patio season is fully upon us in Detroit and with that comes a myriad lists and heatmaps of where you should be spending your sun soaked days and nights. The problem with most of these is that they simply opt for a geographical map or perhaps simply a list of places randomly selected from the vast metro Detroit region. What they don’t do is get to the heart of why someone …
In the last few years the city of Detroit has seen the beginnings of a real estate resurgence. Although challenges remain in the city real estate market, such as continued difficulty in getting mortgages and the market having a high percentage of cash sales, there are three neighborhoods in Detroit that the real estate site Redfin (who also provides real estate agents as a …
Earlier this week we talked about an incident where on a Delta flight from Detroit, according to Dr. Tamika Cross, she was denied the ability to help a fellow passenger in distress by the flight crew. Delta Airlines released a statement yesterday that they’re doing a full investigation, and said in part: We are troubled …
