What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
Anxiously awaiting the start of the 2016-2017 NHL season? If you’re in Detroit, you’re not alone. WalletHub released a report that ranked 72 of the largest U.S. cities to determine which ones were the best for hockey fans. The report used 17 metrics, including ticket prices, stadium capacity, and the performance level of each city’s teams. Based on the findings, Detroit came …
Starting at the northern boundary of Antwerp Park on Pembroke Avenue is a 6-foot high wall, known by many names. The Detroit Eight Mile Wall, Detroit’s Wailing Wall, The Birwood Wall, or the Wyoming Wall. The wall extends about half a mile north and stops just south of 8 Mile Road. The wall served one purpose: To separate an already existent black neighborhood from a new …
Earlier today, the Southeast Michigan RTA, or Regional Transit Authority, unveiled a $4.6 billion new plan for a regional public transportation system. The plan is a response to over two dozen failed transit plans and aims to connect the four-country Southeast Michigan area. We’ve got your need-to-know info on the plan. The plan’s changes won’t happen all at once Lest we …
Did you know that Detroit had a serious proposal to construct a subway? According to a 1915 report at the New York Public Library and on the Internet Archive titled, "On Detroit Street Railway Traffic and Proposed Subway," we were pretty darn close to joining other major cities with this amenity. At the time, cars were just beginning to be a thing. The city had not only …
Awhile back, with much fanfare and commotion on the internet, a crowdfunded Kickstarter campaign raised thousands of dollars to construct a giant RoboCop statue. Last summer, we talked to both the artist putting the piece together and the organizers in an in-depth piece that we're not going to repeat here - you can go and read it to see how RoboCop in Detroit got here. We …
There is no vehicle more American than the pickup. One out of every five autos sold in this U.S. is a pickup truck, and flatbeds claim the top three spots on the bestseller list. Since the first farmers strapped wood crates onto their Model Ts in the early 1900s, trucks have—decade by decade—grown into the …
