What To Know And Where To Go In Southeast Michigan
For 85 years, Sanders did business at this location on Woodward Avenue - 1529 Woodward, just south of Grand Circus Park. That's until the December of 1982, when, according to newspaper reports, it closed up shop. The signage was was covered over, and except in the minds of the older among us, the downtown Detroit store was forgotten. Sanders was founded in 1875 and is a …
On what is basically Detroit's Bourbon Street of Monroe Avenue, there has been a lot of investment as late, whether it's through Greektown Casino (soon to be known early next year as JACK Detroit Casino-Hotel Greektown), the new Wahlburgers, or the litany of restaurants, some of which have been there for many years (like Pegasus Taverna, for more than a quarter …
You're going to want to see this. It has taken $92 million and countless hours of effort, but the historic David Whitney Building is back in action after sitting dark since 2000. Yesterday, the facade was lit and the beauty of the 1915 skyscraper showed through. There's been a new cornice installed, and we got to peek not just at the outside but the inside of the glorious …
It may be one of the smaller buildings, but downtown Detroit has yet another renovation success story. DTE Energy has completed renovating the long-vacant Art Deco building across the street from its downtown Detroit headquarters as part of its investment in the neighborhood that the company has called home for more than a century. It will be named the Navitas House, and the …
Good day to you, Detroit! We’ve got another weekend packed to the gills with good times, so get out there and enjoy these fast moving summer days before they fly south for the winter. Oh – and friends, we’re launching a podcast version of the City 5. Here’s our first trial episode below. Don’t worry, the post …
