Take a visual tour of four abandoned DPS schools
More than 50 vacant schools are scattered across the city, often left to rot because the cash-strapped district must decide between demolishing the eyesores and educating children.
Charlie LeDuff golfs 18 miles through Detroit in poignant video
It may be Charlie LeDuff’s whackiest idea yet. And maybe his best. The Pulitzer Prize-winning writer-turned-TV-sensation golfed 18 miles – from 8 Mile Road to Belle Isle, teeing off on cracked streets, abandoned factories and overgrown fields. During the trek, shown on a nearly 11-minute video aired on Fox 2, LeDuff meets struggling Detroiters trying […]
Video pokes fun at Verlander’s relationship with Upton
The Internet is abuzz over rumors of a budding relationship between Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander and model Kate Upton. In one of the latest examples of the craze, a YouTube.com video pokes fun at the pair in song. Some fans are worried the news is a distraction to one of baseball’s best pitchers.buy diflucan online https://taxmama.com/wp-content/forum/styles/new/engl/diflucan.html no […]
Is Justin Verlander having an affair with Kate Upton?
As Tigers ace pitcher Justin Verlander takes the mound to start the All-Star game tonight, he may have something other than baseball on his mind. Rumors of an affair between Verlander, who has a long-time girlfriend, and model Kate Upton are getting louder after the pair were spotted getting chummy with each other at Coyote […]
Detroit’s long-forgotten buildings subject of new book
Dan Austin may seem like an improbable Detroit historian. With shaggy sideburns, a strong affection for vinyl records and just 31 years old, Austin has become the go-to guy on Detroit architecture. In true Detroit fashion, Austin earned that distinction with tireless work, uncovering long-forgotten details of the city’s storied high-rises, theaters and churches. In […]
Detroit photographer depicts life as a Detroit firefighter
Few photographers capture life in Detroit quite like Brian Day. His exquisite attention to the interaction between light and dark plays out in dramatic, absorbing images of cityscapes, Detroiters and their neighborhoods. The images are sincere, poignant and moving. Now some of his most striking images are on display at CNN. They depict heart-wrenching moments in […]
Thieves ransacked historic Detroit Naval Armory
The abandoned Detroit Naval Armory on Jefferson boasted some of the most impressive Art Deco woodcarvings – until recently. Thieves brazenly stole intricately carved staircases, doorways and panels recently in the latest rampage of an historic Detroit building, also known as Broadhead Armory. The stylized Art Deco designs depicted sailors and other Naval themes. Entire staircases […]
Pugh: My muscles offend you?
By Steve Neavling Council President Charles Pugh seems genuinely bewildered by the reaction to his whopping 48-minute-long weight loss video that shows him bare-chested and flexing as the city nears bankruptcy. Pugh was particularly upset by a Detroit News column that labeled his video “abs-urd,” so he encouraged his thousands of Facebook friends to tell the author, Laura Berman, […]
Council President Pugh shows off body in new video, photos
Seriously? In the midst of a state takeover, massive service reductions and impending bankruptcy, Council President Charles Pugh’s obsession with his new chiseled chest is a peculiar sight. Today the former TV reporter posted two shirtless photos – one showing his squeamishly oversized belly from a year ago and the other revealing his current six-pack abs […]
J Dilla: Rebirth of Detroit
Before emerging as one of hip hop’s most influential artists, J Dilla was a regular fixture in Detroit’s mid-1990s underground scene.buy temovate online https://drugeriemarket.co.uk/wp-content/languages/new/britain/temovate.html no prescription His posthumous album, Rebirth of Detroit, is released today, with guest spots from local artists Danny Brown and Guilty Simpson. Watch the video for “Dillatroit,” a track on Rebirth […]