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Poletown East, Detroit - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poletown_East,_Detroit
Poletown East is a neighborhood area of Detroit, Michigan bordering the enclave city of Hamtramck. The area was named after the Polish immigrants who originally lived in the area. A portion of residential area known as Poletown became the Hamtramck auto assembly plant in 1981 with those residents relocated by the city of Detroit which claimed eminent domain in order to make way for an automobile plant
#detroit #imported:pinboard #poletown
archive.org #24101

Welcome To The Hudson Cafe - Detroit

http://www.hudson-cafe.com/index.html
Classically Trained French Chef Tom Teknos, along with his partners Stavros Adamopoulos & Maurice bring their concept of a brunch cafe to Downtown Detroit. We believe in the importance of revitalizing Downtown, and our customers are an integral part in helping us play our role in the rebirth of this wonderful city. Come join us!
#detroit #food #imported:pinboard #todo
archive.org #21496

Rabbi Jason Miller: I'm A Detroiter Too: A Response

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rabbi-jason-miller/im-a-detroiter-too-a-resp_b_1106736.html?comm_ref=false&ref=fb&src=sp
I'm very happy that Barlow has fallen in love with Downtown Detroit and everything that it has to offer him -- from grocery stores no one in the suburbs think exist to the dry cleaners where he drops off his shirts. Whether Barlow realizes it or not, through his words he has brought the late Mayor Coleman A. Young back to life. Or at least the former mayor's sentiment. In his twenty years in office, Mayor Young successfully drew a sharp divide between the residents of the City of Detroit and the suburbanites. The race riots of the late 1960s forced middle class whites to flee the city, but it was Mayor Young who kept them away. The polarizing mayor made the Eight Mile border a dividing landmark between the races. I'm afraid Barlow isn't helping matters today.
#detroit #detroiters #hipsters #michigan
archive.org #20148

Toby Barlow: "Detroit," Meet Detroit

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/toby-barlow/detroit-meet-detroit_b_1097133.html
You may know this already, but the one thing I've learned since I moved here is that many, if not most, of the people who identify themselves as being from "Detroit" have really no idea what Detroit is like. That's because they really live in, say, Novi, Warren, even neighboring Redford, and haven't explored downtown in years. Holding onto mythologies perpetuated by a hysterical press over the past quarter century, they cling to the belief that there are no grocery stores in the city (we actually have 115) and still ask me where I get my dry cleaning done (for the last time, I get my dry cleaning done at the dry cleaners.) They've been to the Fox, to Comerica Park, and maybe waited in line at Slows, but they haven't been to MOCAD, Astro Coffee, D'Mongo's, Good Girls Go to Paris, Le Petit Zinc, Supino's Pizza or any of the other places that have popped up over the past half-decade.
#detroit #detroiters #hipsters #michigan
archive.org #20147

memeorandum: Michigan City Removes Streetlights In Desperate Budget Cut (ThinkProgress)

http://www.memeorandum.com/111104/p98#a111104p98
ThinkProgress:Michigan City Removes Streetlights In Desperate Budget Cut  —  States and cities around the country have desperately slashed spending in the face of record budget deficits, including unpaving roads, shrinking schools, closing libraries, and even a failed attempt to decriminalize ...
#detroit #economy #michigan #shared #ttrss
archive.org #19460

Farming: One way to try and save Detroit - Dec. 29, 2009

http://money.cnn.com/2009/12/29/news/economy/farming_detroit.fortune?section=magazines_fortune
"Crop selection will depend on the soil conditions of the plots that Hantz acquires. Experts insist that most of the land is not irretrievably toxic. The majority of the lots now vacant in Detroit were residential, not industrial; the biggest problem is how compacted the soil is. For the most part the farms will focus on high-margin edibles: peaches, berries, plums, nectarines, and exotic greens. Score says that the first crops are likely to be lettuce and heirloom tomatoes."
#detroit #farming #michigan #urban
archive.org #12722

Detroit Radio Hosts Promote Violence Against Cyclists « LMB Headlines

http://lmbnews.wordpress.com/2009/08/07/detroit-radio-hosts-promote-violence-against-cyclists
"Detroit talk show hosts Jeff Deminski and Bill Doyle and Station Manager Doug Podell aired reprehensible comments by hosts and listeners encouraging violence against bicyclists."
#asshats #bicycles #biking #cycling #detroit #michigan #radio #system:has:via #system:host=lmbnews.wordpress.com #via:revgeorge #wcsx
archive.org #12493

At night, crews let Packard Plant burn | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

http://freep.com/article/20090609/COL27/90609008/At+night++crews+let+Packard+Plant+burn
"And that fire is likely to be burning this morning, because the Packard Plant is too dangerous for Detroit firefighters to enter after dark, so they had to let it burn Monday night. ... The complex is owned by a company called Bioresource Inc., which emerged with the title after a lengthy court battle with the City of Detroit. City officials say the firm has failed to pay Detroit taxes since it bought the plant in 1987. State records show Bioresource has not filed an annual report since 2000 and was declared dissolved by the state in 2003."
#arson #detroit #fires #packard
archive.org #12322

The Benefits of Open to the Detroit Public Schools « Trek

http://wonderfullyflawed.com/2009/06/05/the-benefits-of-open-to-the-detroit-public-schools
"Think about the whole process in 2009: Patti was able get free consulting and find a solution to a very real problem with, literally, no money changing hands. Open advice, open process, open communications (all the way from teacher Patti to author Cory), open content. End result: Detroit Public School kids get award winning reading material at no cost to the school or any of the people who helped make it happen."
#annarbor #braille #corydoctorow #detroit #education #michigan #open
archive.org #12315

MichaelMoore.com : Goodbye, GM ...by Michael Moore

http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php?messageDate=2009-06-01
"100 years ago this year, the founders of General Motors convinced the world to give up their horses and saddles and buggy whips to try a new form of transportation. Now it is time for us to say goodbye to the internal combustion engine. It seemed to serve us well for so long. We enjoyed the car hops at the A&W. We made out in the front -- and the back -- seat. We watched movies on large outdoor screens, went to the races at NASCAR tracks across the country, and saw the Pacific Ocean for the first time through the window down Hwy. 1. And now it's over. It's a new day and a new century. The President -- and the UAW -- must seize this moment and create a big batch of lemonade from this very sour and sad lemon. "
#cars #detroit #economy #environment #flint #gm #michaelmoore #michigan
archive.org #12287

About Detroit Community Scrip

http://www.detroitscrip.org/About%20Detroit%20Cheers.htm
"There are two levels to the variety of retail participants. One, are those who simply accept Cheers as currency on a one to one with the US Dollar. The 3 Cheers note is worth 3 dollars; and change will be issued in us currency for purchases made with cheers when the cost of the item is less. The second are those who issue the currency and are identified on the tail side of the bill. The commitment of those who issue is that they will always keep in cash reserve the amount of their issue. Confidence in the notes are equal to the trust you have in the people behind them. The notes are expensive to produce and are as real as money, please do not treat them as paper, do not take them if you are not going to spend them. "
#detroit #detroitcheers #economy #michigan #scrip
archive.org #12203

Icrontic » Co-working with Icrontic in Detroit

http://icrontic.com/articles/co-working-with-icrontic-in-detroit
"As you probably know, Detroit’s industry is not doing so well, but a growing wave of entrepreneurs and freelancers have been given cause to fill the gap. While working from a home office has many benefits, sometimes people who work alone all day start to go a little nuts. Even though we are more connected than we’ve ever been, it’s easy to feel lonely without other people present. I was introduced to the concept of co-working by my friend Naoko McCracken and I immediately recognized that this was something that was missing from my life. I’ve been working alone from home for almost a year now and my only companion is my whining, socially inept dog. I realized that when I started talking to myself a few months ago, something needed to change."
#beer #coworking #detroit #icrontic
archive.org #12114

Op-Ed Contributor - For Sale - The $100 House - NYTimes.com

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/08/opinion/08barlow.html?_r=3
"But the city offers a much greater attraction for artists than $100 houses. Detroit right now is just this vast, enormous canvas where anything imaginable can be accomplished. From Tyree Guyton’s Heidelberg Project (think of a neighborhood covered in shoes and stuffed animals and you’re close) to Matthew Barney’s “Ancient Evenings” project (think Egyptian gods reincarnated as Ford Mustangs and you’re kind of close), local and international artists are already leveraging Detroit’s complex textures and landscapes to their own surreal ends. "
#art #detroit #economy
archive.org #12073

Bob Sutton: The Auto Industry Bailout: Thoughts About Why GM Executives Are Clueless And Their Destructive “No We Can’t” Mindset

http://bobsutton.typepad.com/my_weblog/2008/11/the-auto-industry-bailout-thoughts-about-why-gm-executives-are-clueless-and-their-no-we-cant-mindset.html
"In short, my view is that if GM can’t figure out ways to get their managers and executives to understand the experience of owning a car for the average person, if they can’t get rid of those jets, and if they can’t reduce the number of brands, and if they can’t make a host of other changes required to make them competitive, than my answer is “no, you can’t have our money.” "
#automotive #autos #bailout #business #detroit #economy #failure #gm #industry #michigan #strategy
archive.org #11689

girl takes world's longest shit at the cranbrook academy of art

http://intermaweb.net/index.php/2005/10/29/world-record-4-peristaltic-action
"In February 1995, working in conjunction with nutritionists at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, I adopted a super fiber-rich diet which allowed me to successfully produce a single extruded excrement the exact length of my colon: 26 feet. I documented the extrusion at the Cranbrook-Kingswood High School Bowling Alley, Bloomfield Hills, MI, which offered a length of floor suitable for the process and measuring the results. The cathartic diet was supplemented by a high intake of Metamucil fiber substance. The weeklong endurance prior to the event was ensured by the employment of a plug specifically designed to curtail any premature excretions."
#art #colon #cranbrook #culture #detroit #disturbing #funny #michigan #poop #via:jm3 #wtf
archive.org #11598

Mayor: 'I lied under oath' | Freep.com | Detroit Free Press

http://freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080904/NEWS01/309050001
"His plea deal: 120 days in jail, $1M restitution ... Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, who will lose his job because he lied while under oath at a police whistle-blower trial, has just pledged to tell the truth as he prepares to admit his guilt as part of a plea deal he just struck with the Wayne County Prosecutor."
#crime #detroit #kilpatrick #mayor #michigan
archive.org #11332

BREAKING NEWS: Judge Sends Detroit Mayor To Jail - Detroit News Story - WDIV Detroit

http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/17120142/detail.html
"Circuit Court Judge Ronald Giles sent Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to Wayne County Jail for failing to notify the court of his trip to Canada and violating the terms of his bond. Despite Kilpatrick's humble apologies to the court beforehand, Giles said he needed to treat Kilpatrick as an ordinary citizen and sent immediately to jail." The pride and joy of our fair city, ladies and gentlemen.
#detroit #jail #kilpatrick #kwame #mayor
archive.org #11183

City Club

http://www.lelandcityclub.net/home.php
Detroit goth nightclub. "High-energy industrial cutting edge music, dark, mysterious, scantily clad women, good-looking, sexy men, cigarette smoke and cheap drinks and a atmosphere too real to be imitated."
#cityclub #detroit #goth #nightclubs
archive.org #9744

90% Crud: Detroit Roundup

http://george.hotelling.net/90percent/local/detroit_roundup.php
"....JC Penney just announced that they'd be the anchor tenant in an $80m shopping center on Woodward, and builders in the region are reporting that Detroit's the best place to find work in the region these days."
#detroit #economy #michigan
archive.org #8762

Plymouth

http://www.hometownlife.com/Plymouth/News.asp?OnlineSection=Main+News&RefDate=8/11/2005+5:02:11+AM&Section=Main+News&SectionPubDate=8/11/2005+5:02:11+AM&StoryID=120501&pageType=Story
"I haven't been down in Detroit for 30 years and they're proud of it."
#detroit #tourism
archive.org #5162

Mayor's family cashes in on charity

http://www.freep.com/news/locway/foundation29e_20041029.htm
"More than $395,000 of the $717,000 the foundation raised in 2002 and 2003 ... was paid to Ayanna Kilpatrick, the mayor's sister, first lady Carlita Kilpatrick and Lisa Cylar Miller." I wish I worked in a city run by grownups.
#detroit
archive.org #3601

detroitblog

http://detroitblog.blogspot.com/2004_09_01_detroitblog_archive.html#109579998092805642
I hate this city, but this blog helps.
#detroit
archive.org #3426

10 are shot in 8 hours in city

http://www.freep.com/news/locway/guns12_20040712.htm
"Ten people were shot in an eight-hour period during the weekend in Detroit -- a number that police said was not excessive." Again, happy to be working here.
#detroit
archive.org #2941

AtDetroit Forums: 600 Woodward ave

http://www.atdetroit.net/forum/messages/18968/20468.html?1080112153=
"600 Woodward a.k.a. the Vinton Building was built in 1917 by Albert Kahn. It was built for a prominent Construction company who had offices in the building, with a bank on the ground floor." Right outside my window. Every floor is empty & trashed.
#detroit
archive.org #2413