Quicken Loans Begins Moving Employees To Downtown Detroit « CBS Detroit
Quicken Loans Begins Moving Employees To Downtown Detroit « CBS Detroit Awesome news!
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Ford Auditorium
Ford Auditorium is long gone. July 8th, 2011 July 29th, 2011 Oct. 22nd, 2011 Oct. 22nd, 2011
Broderick Tower
This development started before I started this blog. It is worth noting now because I think it is going to be amazing. Check out the website and especially the view of Comerica Park. I want to live there! Just added the photo in the lower right hand corner. All the new windows are in and when I went to choir practice last night there were a lot of lights on inside! Broderick Tower
A commons idea - Columns - Detroit Metro Times
A commons idea - Columns - Detroit Metro Times I'm kind of torn when I hear the word gentrification. I took a big step moving here. I thought I was doing a good thing with the idea of doing my part in helping Detroit recover from years of decline. I guess there might be some that don't see it that way. What do you think? Was I wrong or are these people just afraid of change?
Detroit Party Marching Band
I know my focus is supposed to be about urban renewal but that could get boring. A couple of weeks ago Sue and I sat down to watch a movie and started to hear some drumming going on over on 2nd Avenue. It started out randomly and then picked up speed and you could tell this guy was really good. It wasn't some street artists pounding on plastic buckets, but sounded like real musical instruments. Then there was another drum and finally a whole band joined in and they were very good. I didn't think much about until we were sitting on our deck after Dally in the Alley and a friend mentioned this Detroit Party Marching Band and how they just show up at different events and take over the stage! As we were sitting there drinking our beers we suddenly here the sound of drums over on 2nd Avenue again. I grabbed my camera and ran over there and asked if they were the Detroit Party Marching Band and one guy said yes and another said no. They were crazy! I heard later that they marched dow...