Everyone knows Detroit's got problems.
Friday morning, the city's emergency financial manager announced a suspension of some payments to unsecured bondholders.
Detroit topped the list of Forbes' 'most miserable cities' list this year.
The city's finances had to be taken over by the state of Michigan.
And former mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is likely going to jail for a long, long time.
But
DETROIT IS LIKE a canvas of chaotic art, a Gerard Richter or Pollock, standing starkly out against the blank white room that surrounds it. You find yourself drawn in, compelled to stop and gaze at it. Whether it’s ruin porn or the saga of Kwame or now our new state-appointed Emergency Financial Manager, it’s hard to look away.
The national press has duly documented this most recent drama, how
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Major League Baseball is pitching a plan to bring the game back to the site of the old Tiger Stadium, although its vision for a MLB Urban Youth Academy at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull faces financial hurdles and lacks support from a key city official.
Darrell Miller, the league’s vice president of youth and facility development, said Monday that his office is
At Quicken Loans' headquarters, young employees play table tennis on breaks, ride scooters between offices and have management's ear whenever they want it.
The mostly-Millennial workforce — 55% of the 10,000 employees were born after 1980, the generation also known as Gen Y — also likes working in an urban area, so the online mortgage lender's downtown Detroit location can help attract them.
Starting June 3rd, German-based Kärcher, a global leader in cleaning technology, kicks off a two-week cleaning spree in Detroit, Mich. Through June 16, the Kärcher Clean Team will spruce up several beloved locations, including Belle Isle Park, Eastern Market and Isaac Agree Synagogue, just to name a few. The Kärcher Clean Team will also work on areas and structures that are nominated to be “
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Whole Foods Market opens a 21,506-square-foot store today in Detroit at the intersection of John R. Street and Mack Avenue.
Detroit Mayor Dave Bing and U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow will join company leaders in presenting the highly anticipated store to the community at an 8:30 a.m. bread-breaking ceremony. Doors open at 9 a.m.
“I can’t describe the pride and joy I feel when I look at this store
Between Mad Men and being the brand ambassador for Johnnie Walker, let alone the fact that she's a beautiful and charming woman, it's about impossible to not love Christina Hendricks. We caught up with her between takes of her upcoming movie (Ryan Gosling's How to Catch a Monster) to get her take on pizza, Scotch, Detroit, and the rest of Mad Men.
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