Tag: detroit
Preservation: that word sometimes carries with it ideas of being stuffy, of putting things up on a shelf, of making no changes. That could not be further from the …
Welcome back. It’s been awhile. Welcome back, to the bleak brownness of a shucked corn field in nowhere Michigan. To billowing American flags, the red white and Trump blue, …
When people think of Detroit, a farmers market is probably not the first thing that springs to mind, but maybe it should be. The city’s historic Eastern Market (listed in …
Step, step to the left. Step, step to the right. Channel your inner Temptations smooth moves and footwork. “I’ve got sunshine on a cloudy day. When it’s cold outside, …
Travel has ruled my existence for the past decade and a half, with life always revolving around ‘away.’ Starting with a backpacking trip around Europe and branching out to …
I’ve been cheerleading Detroit for more than a year now, since my first visit last June on assignment. On that trip a small spark ignited with the thought, “we …
“If bankruptcy is disallowed, frankly, expect all hell to break loose,” said Anthony Sabino, a lawyer who teaches business law at St. John’s University in New York. “wolves …
This is the part where I’m supposed to trot out the long checklist of Detroit cliches and rattle them off in a formulaic preamble about the plight of the …
I really can’t recommend watching Roger & Me, Michael Moore’s seminal documentary on the decline of Flint Michigan, during the holiday season. In hindsight, it was an especially bad …
The Wellner who is interested in all things automobile is not this one. It’s my husband Phil, whose first word was “car”, who races cars, and who is an …
Of the 189 photos I took in Detroit last week, 17 were of the exterior of Michigan Central Depot, the city’s abandoned train station. I’m not the only one …
