What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
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, …
The Corktown Race and St. Patrick’s Day Parade are one of the first events in Detroit that make you realize that yes, indeed, spring is starting. Opening Day for the Detroit Tigers is just around the corner, the weather starts to warm up and people from the Motor City are hitting Michigan Avenue to run …
