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# The Ilitches Own Even More Vacant Property Than We Realized — Plus Food, Fun & Detroit City FC Playoff Action
- URL: https://www.dailydetroit.com/the-ilitches-own-even-more-vacant-property-than-we-realized-plus-food-fun-detroit-city-fc-playoff-action/
- Published: 2019-07-18T16:33:17.000Z
- Updated: 2019-07-18T17:58:54.000Z
- Author: Sven Gustafson
- Tags: #wordpress, #Import 2024-02-25 18:12

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There’s been a ton of scrutiny, [including from this podcast](http://www.dailydetroit.com/?s=district+detroit), about the Ilitch family’s failure to follow through on its promises to develop the District Detroit. Now, *The Detroit News* [reports](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2019/07/18/ilitch-family-empty-properties-around-motor-city-casino/1744643001/?ref=dailydetroit.com) that the Ilitches also own 44 vacant lots and eight empty buildings surrounding the MotorCity Casino Hotel complex, where the family now hopes to build a seven-story parking structure.

But ya know, yours truly has been doing some thinking about the whole District Detroit thing, and I may have actually found a silver lining, which I discuss in this episode.

Elsewhere, we round up some recent food and fun news:

- The New York Times name-dropped two Detroit chefs among its list of [16 Black Chefs Changing Food in America](https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/07/16/dining/black-chefs-restaurants-food.html?ref=dailydetroit.com). And here’s our friend Melody Baetens’ writeup on the same [at the ](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/dining/2019/07/17/detroit-chefs-new-york-times-article-black-chefs-america/1755521001/?ref=dailydetroit.com)*[News](https://www.detroitnews.com/story/entertainment/dining/2019/07/17/detroit-chefs-new-york-times-article-black-chefs-america/1755521001/?ref=dailydetroit.com)*.
- Syd Gold’s Request Room opens Friday.
- Taqueria Mi Puebla is expanding to Macomb County.
- The Detroit Symphony Orchestra will hold a pop-up old-school video game arcade on Tuesday, coinciding with the performance of “Video Games Live.”

Last but certainly not least, soccer correspondent **Fletcher Sharpe** joins us to talk about Detroit City FC’s NPSL Midwest Region semifinal match Friday against Minneapolis City SC, plus some weird shenanigans elsewhere in the Midwest Region. 

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