The Detroit Metro Times has published their list of 100 favorite Detroit songs which is actually not that easy considering how many popular songs have come from or been associated with the city. A considerable number in the top 100 are Motown. Some would disagree with that but it remains true that techno, despite […]
What if there was a neighborhood in Detroit that was artificially made to look like it came from another part of the world? Well, I could be talking about African Town but I’m not. Nor am I talking about Asian Village or the ethnic city of Hamtramck or Mexican Town or any of […]
According to Maxim magazine these are America’s top 10 party cities:
1. Miami
2. Los Angeles
3. Atlanta
4. New York
5. Las Vegas
6. Tampa
7. Detroit
8. New Orleans
9. Dallas
10. Chicago
Here’s what they have to say about Detroit: Bless you, Detroit. Bless your downtown casinos. Bless your unwavering commitment to ordinance-free […]
It finally happened! Quicken Loans has announced that they will locate their consolidated headquarters in downtown Detroit moving some 4000 employees from around the metro area back to the city.
“After two years of speculation and negotiations, Quicken Loans and Rock Financial founder and Chairman Dan Gilbert told the Free Press on Monday that he […]
Faygo: The Detroit pop company celebrates 100 years of fizz Sunday
When Faygo Beverages in Detroit turns 100 on Sunday, employees will celebrate.
But they will not chug cans of Faygo Brau, the company’s nonalcoholic ginger beer from the ’60s that looked and poured like real beer.
[via Toledo Blade]
Short story collection explores Detroit’s seamy underside
There are many […]