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You Can Now Be Fancy With Shinola Headphones. Here Are Three Reviews.

Detroit’s newest pony in their stable of fancy goods with a connection to Detroit are headphones. Revealed earlier today, they range from $195-$650 and come in over the ear, on the ear, and two in-ear styles. They’re all named “The Canfield,” much like one of their signature watches and a street in Midtown neighborhood of Detroit. Before we get started, I really wish they had given names to the different types. This makes writing about them confusing. The over and on the ears come with ste...

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Shinola Releases New Limited Edition Lake Erie Monster Dive Watch

If you are a fan of Great Lakes lore, watches, and have some deep pockets — I have the perfect thing for you. Shinola is rolling out a new limited edition watch that pays tribute to the legend of the Lake Erie Monster. Shinola only made 500 of these watches. The Shinola Lake Erie Monster Dive Watch is a 43mm watch can withstand depths up to 1,000 feet underwater. The watch is also powered by Swiss-made aromatic R-150 which makes it Shinola’s first ever mechanical watch. It features a 40...

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Shinola Honors The Woman Behind "The Say Nice Things About Detroit" Motto Emily Gail With Watch Line

If you have been checking out the Shinola website recently you might have noticed a new women’s watch being featured, “The Gail.”   Shinola was inspired by Emily Gail the creator of the “Say Nice Things About Detroit” motto from the late 1970’s. Before there were shirts emblazoned with Pure Detroit, Everybody vs. Detroit, and De2Roit (thank you Detroiters!) there was the “Say Nice Things About Detroit” shirts and bumper stickers. The idea was more than just a simple motto. Emily Gail, th...

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Work Begins In Earnest On The Shinola Hotel In Downtown Detroit

The pace of change in the physical landscape of downtown Detroit is moving at breakneck pace. The latest news is that work on the Shinola Hotel has officially started today. Instead of a traditional “groundbreaking” putting shovels into the ground, a hole was made in a brick wall during the news conference. The boutique hotel, announced with much fanfare last September, will be located at the corner of Woodward and Grand River in downtown Detroit in buildings with some history, including one...

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Rethink High School With the XQ Super School Bus July 7-9

If you’re of the opinion that American schools must adapt to the modern age we live in, you’re not alone. What’s more, you can find out just how schools can do that with XQ: The Super School Project. July 7-9, the XQ Super School Bus will be in Detroit July 7-9. The Super School Project was created by Russlynn Ali, former assistant secretary of civil rights at the U.S. Department of Education, and Laurene Powell Jobs, president of Emerson Collective. From their experience in the field of educa...

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WATCH: Manufacturing Is A Pocket Of Hope In Detroit 2.0

Many people have written Detroit off, but CNN Money’s Poppy Harlow took a look at manufacturing in the city. But automotive isn’t the focus. The focus of the piece is Shinola, a company that has hired more than 300 people in the city. Although there have been a lot of pieces about the company, this one has some interesting new information. The watches have quickly become one of the iconic brands of Detroit, but the piece looks more at the fact that manufacturing could still be a big part o...

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Greektown's New Sidewalk Decks Reinvigorate One Of Detroit's Classic Attractions

Ah, Greektown, where the street artists, the pedestrians, the waiters on their cigarette breaks, all jockey for sidewalk space without stepping on anybody’s toes or walking into the streets where the cars have braked to a slow crawl. Not anymore. Greektown has (finally!) widened its sidewalks, making room for spacious dining decks outside its most popular restaurants that include Santorini Estiatorio, Pappy’s Grill, Golden Fleece, Krema, Plaka, Astoria Bakery, Pizza Papalis and Red Smoke Barbe...

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Jack White Buys Building In Detroit, Will Open Branch Of Third Man Records

More big moves related to music and development in Motown. Jack White’s Third Man Records is now going to neighbor to the Shinola store, occupying the space currently held by Willy’s Detroit. Shinola Founder, Tom Kartsotis, partnered with Detroit native Jack White to purchase the building that currently houses the Shinola Flagship store at 441 W. Canfield in the Midtown/Cass Corridor area. The area has seen a retail resurgence as a true shopping district as of late. The deal marks new expans...

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The Future Of Detroit Tourism To Be Discussed At Shinola Store In New York

Playground Detroit, an organization that advocates and helps build bridges between the Detroit and New York artistic communities, is holding in partnership with [wherever] magazine an event at the Shinola store in the TriBeCa neighborhood of New York City on Wednesday night to discuss Detroit tourism. Key discussion items at the event, which will be live streamed and so viewable in Detroit, are: * To discuss the overall prospects of tourism in Detroit * To further the discussion surroundin...

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OPINION: You Don’t Know $%^& About Shinola - It’s The Beginning Of Fashion Manufacturing In Detroit

If there is one thing I’ve learned in my lifetime, it’s that you can’t please everyone. And based on the comments generated from online news stories, there are some people who will never be pleased. I like to think that a proper education would help to enlighten some of these commenters, who would come to see the one-sidedness of their pissy remarks, but if you’ve ever read any of those comment threads, you know as well as I do that trying to change someone’s one-sided thinking just leads to...

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Shinola Launches Pocket Watch To Commemorate Henry Ford

Companies in the past have honored iconic Americans, but Shinola has given that tradition a local flair with the new Henry Ford, limited-edition pocket watch unveiled at the historic Fair Lane estate. Shinola is a Detroit-based designer and producer of luxury watches, bicycles and other goods. They have a “Great American Series” that honors iconic American innovators and industrial pioneers. The first timepiece honoree were the Wright brothers, and they were commemorated with not only a wris...

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Creator of WILDSAM Guides Taylor Bruce Talks About Detroit's Soul

The WILDSAM Field Guides are more than just a standard tourist checklist of things to see, do, and eat. The pocket-sized guidebooks, which have been created for Austin, San Francisco, Nashville and now Detroit are part of “a new American series with a bygone sense of place” designed to get at “the soul of a city.” The Detroit guide does have a concise list of suggestions that are pretty spot on, but also focuses on the history of Detroit, the people that create the social fabric here, and e...