Some people from the Detroit Enterprise Academy think that bus patrons – especially older folks – shouldn’t have to stand and wait at the city’s bus stops, so they put together a voluntary force to do something about it. They build benches from reclaimed wood, fancy them up a bit, and place them at bus stops [...]

A recent conversation with folks on a Google Group about some of the wonderful downtown Detroit hotels spurred me to think about why people would chose a boorish suburban chain motel as opposed to one of the eclectic downtown locations. After all, what’s wrong with the suburban Extended Stay America hotels? You can BBQ in [...]

Detroit has been getting a lot of attention for its recent shootings. Not the usual criminal stuff, but the step-up in self-defense shootings as people have come to realize that the police only exist to mark the outlines of bodies with chalk. - Here is the story of a shootout at a tax preparation business in [...]

As I have been fond of reciting, Detroit’s city government is so inept and thus so powerless that it can accomplish almost nothing outside of the scope of employing and paying its inept and entitled employees. The city can’t even collect $130M owed to it in property taxes, even while it is on the verge [...]

After decades of white flight from the city, including the flight of dead, white bodies from Detroit cemeteries, the flight path has taken a 180-degree turn back to the city. As Time magazine’s “Detroit Blog” reported back in 2010: According to new studies, white people are moving back into Detroit proper in increasing numbers for the first time in nearly 60 years. Yes, [...]

The city of Detroit is getting what it deserves: a privately-funded parking structure to suit its renaissance personality. Quicken Loans founder Dan Gilbert is tired of the same old crappy structures, and like any good entrepreneur, he is doing something about it. Rock Ventures is going to build a 535,000-square-foot, Z-shaped parking garage and retail [...]

This post makes for a nice follow-up to my recent post of my interview on WHDT World News, where the topic was Detroit. This interview coincided with my rolling out of my new Detroit themed blog that is titled “Detroit: Rust to Riches.” Thanks to Butler Shaffer for the blog name suggestion that beat all other suggestions. [...]

I’ve always despised buses. All of the government-run monstrosities are designed like reptilian hoosegows on wheels, and the political purpose of these public blots on the landscape has been to further the social mission of centrally planned transportation and defeat the mindset of independence, while also creating another massive layer of entitled, government workers with [...]

I was mystified by last night’s rain postponement of the Tigers-Yankees game in Detroit because there was, uh, no rain here. I scratched my head when, upon turning on the game, I was directed to an episode of Seinfeld. Then I found this on ESPN. According to an announcement in the pressbox, the game was postponed [...]

As reported by HuffPo, Detroit is celebrating year 2 of a great, new tradition: the European-style, pop-up biergarten. Tashmoo, located in Detroit’s heroic West Village, is a celebration of Oktoberfest, neighborhood, friends, great companionship and conversation, and, of course, great beer. Tashmoo “pops up” on a vacant neighborhood lot for a few weekends in October [...]