Old Detroit needs as much love as the new Detroit

Old Detroit needs as much love as the new Detroit

I refuse to call it Midtown. The last time I misspoke, I felt stinging from a thousand needles on my tongue, as the ghosts of Cass Corridor chastised me, enraged. I suffered mind-numbing paralysis that left me dazed for hours, as I repeatedly dabbed drool from my lockjaw-frozen lips. It was as if I’d spoken […]

How Detroit’s coffee shops are shaping neighborhood redevelopment

How Detroit’s coffee shops are shaping neighborhood redevelopment

For a city on the rise, it seems appropriate that alongside retail, restaurants and commercial renovation, coffeehouses are among the top hot spots around Detroit’s neighborhoods. These caffeine-fueled developments are new and old – longstanding and still in the development stages. Lots of sites are popping up across our city, building new spaces as well […]

With Millennials an infusion of investment could be just around the corner for some Detroit neighborhoods

With Millennials an infusion of investment could be just around the corner for some Detroit neighborhoods

They’re a generation on the move. Whether in their professional or private lives, millennials, adults born in the 1980s and ‘90s, have become known for exploring and adventure-seeking. In urban communities nationwide millennials are a valued and highly sought-after commodity by city and suburban housing agents and developers in need of occupants. Around Detroit and […]

Live. Love. Laugh Detroit: Detroit author creates the ultimate insider’s guide to understanding the cityscape

Live. Love. Laugh Detroit: Detroit author creates the ultimate insider’s guide to understanding the cityscape

Detroit might be the ultimate Rorschach test. Everyone sees something a little different, depending on his or her angle. When Aaron Foley looks at Detroit, he sees a city that “black history defined.” A thirtysomething writer living in Detroit, Foley is a Michigan State University graduate who has contributed to such publications as Jalopnik Detroit, […]