Art Van takes a step back into the Jurassic period and Ice Age with its new float “Dinosaurs on Parade.” The 125-foot-long float debuts at the 91st America’s Thanksgiving Parade presented by Art Van. It is one of the largest floats ever designed and built by the artists at The Parade Company. The float features […]
There might be only one location in the city that offers a variety of ice cream and sells fried okra inside a former (renovated) gas station. River Breeze Dairy Freeze opened as a seasonal business on Good Friday in 1980 at 10800 E. Jefferson Ave. Owner Clausel Maxwell, though originally from Alabama, moved in with […]
Detroit’s bid is on the way for Amazon’s second headquarters called HQ2. It wasn’t just a Detroit city bid. The entire region collaborated. The goal is to show the world Detroit was made to move. The stakes are huge. Amazon’s brings with it 50,000 jobs and would add to the innovative culture Detroit has cultivated […]
Maybe it was Bloomberg who started the soda companies thinking. When New York City’s former mayor slapped a tax on soda over a decade ago, it was met with cries of delight and disgust. How could a public official regulate what people drink, or eat, for that matter? The tax was imposed in an effort […]