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Highland Park

LISTEN: How Mama Shu Is Saving One Of America’s Most Blighted Blocks

May 13, 2018 by Daily Detroit Staff

What do you do when a neighborhood… and your city… crumble? Leave? Throw your hands up? Not Mama Shu. She’s taken tragedy — the death of her son by a hit and run driver, Jakobi Ra — and turned that …

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Filed Under: Development, Doing Good, Podcasts Tagged With: Cities, Communities, Highland Park, Mama Shu, Neighborhood, podcast, Revitalization

Detroit Greenways Coalition Gets Grant To Build Support For Greenway Segment In Highland Park

Jun 3, 2017 by Jer Staes

In support of overall plans to create a 26 mile loop trail through Detroit, Hamtramck, Highland Park and Dearborn called the Inner Circle Greenway, the nonprofit Detroit Greenways Coalition received a …

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Filed Under: Highland Park, Transit, Wayne County Tagged With: biking, Detroit Greenways Coalition, Highland Park, Inner Circle Greenway

The Fascinating Story Behind Highland Park’s Almost Forgotten Pedestrian Tunnels

Apr 26, 2017 by Jer Staes

At first when you walk up to these relics from a time when Fords rolled out of a plant on Woodward and Highland Park was the model of American success, you might not believe your …

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Filed Under: Highland Park, History, Wayne County Tagged With: Highland Park, Subway, Underground Tunnels

This City Had Their Streetlights Repossessed. Now Some Are Getting Light Thanks To Solar Power

Apr 25, 2017 by Daily Detroit Staff

To say Highland Park has seen better days is an understatement. Highland Park, a 2.98 square mile enclave city centered around Woodward Avenue is where Ford and Chrysler made thousands of cars, has …

This City Had Their Streetlights Repossessed. Now Some Are Getting Light Thanks To Solar PowerRead More

Filed Under: Doing Good, Highland Park, News, Wayne County Tagged With: Highland Park, Mark Ruffalo, solar power, Solar Streetlights, Soulardarity, The Solutions Project

The Story Of The Davison, America’s First Urban Freeway

Aug 3, 2016 by Ardelia Lee

While freeways are pretty standard in American cities now, it wasn’t always that way. Instead of the ability to potentially go up to 70 miles an hour like on today's highways, motorists had to use …

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Filed Under: History Tagged With: Davison Freeway, Detroit, Highland Park, Michigan Department of Transportation

Yes Shu Can

Jun 17, 2016 by Jer Staes

After what Shamayim 'Shu' Harris has been through, most people would have understood if she quit. Her son was killed by a hit and run driver just a few blocks away from her house in 2007. Her …

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Filed Under: Crowdfunding, Doing Good Tagged With: Avalon Village, Highland Park, Shu Harris

Highland Park Receives Grant to Improve M-8 Service Drives 

Jun 15, 2016 by Ardelia Lee

The quality, or lack thereof, of the roads in Metro Detroit is notorious. Feeling your teeth clack together as you bounce over potholes and poorly patched roads is a normal occurrence for most …

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Filed Under: Development Tagged With: Davison Freeway, Highland Park, Magna Seating Detroit, Michigan Department of Transportaion

There Are Just A Few Days Left To Apply For $10k For Your Detroit Based Business

Jun 2, 2015 by Ardelia Lee

If you're looking to get a big boost for your Detroit, Hamtramck or Highland Park based business, the window on getting your ticket to $10,000 is closing. NEIdeas, a program of the New Economy …

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Filed Under: Business, Doing Good Tagged With: business, Detroit, Hamtramack, Highland Park, NEIdeas, New Economy Initiative

Oh, The Places You’ll Go In Detroit: Red Hots Coney Island

Sep 27, 2014 by Patrick McNamara

Red Hots Coney Island, in business since 1921. Photo: Patrick McNamara

There is an "Art of the Coney" (or maybe a religion) that has been practiced by Richard Harlan for 40 years at Red Hots Coney Island in Highland Park. The place was opened in 1921 and holds the title …

Oh, The Places You’ll Go In Detroit: Red Hots Coney IslandRead More

Filed Under: Food + Drink, Gallery, Staff Picks Tagged With: Detroit Coneys, Highland Park, Red Hots Coney Island, Ron Crachiola

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