The Egyptian pyramids. Stonehenge. Crop circles. Now Detroit has its mysterious feat – a tangled installation of pianos, pews, sofas, chairs and anything else found inside the abandoned Woods Cathedral Church of God in Christ in Detroit. The meticulously assembled piece spills across the sanctuary and crawls about 10 feet up the wall. It’s unclear who […]
The City of Detroit is at it again. One step forward, two steps back. Everyone knows the City of Detroit needs every penny it can get. What some do not know is that there are divisions within Detroit’s departments that are charged with generating revenue. One would think that those departments and divisions would be […]
To many, the sprawling Packard Plant is nothing more than a dangerous eyesore and an unsettling reminder of Detroit’s tragic decline. To others, it’s an urban playscape. A mammoth canvas. The Great Ruins of Detroit. But to the embattled city, the 40-acre plant is a stark reminder of how broke and powerless the cash-starved government has […]
Chad Brown is a bit off. He sports a flattop, prefers video games over showers and is crazily versed in Russian literature. “I’m always the odd person in the room,” Brown, 34, said. “But today, I can get my funk on. We bassists are weird birds.” Brown joined about 100 other bass players Saturday on […]
90 feet away. Man on third. Runner in scoring position. No outs. Yesterday was a very frustrating one for Tigers fans, ending with a bad taste in everyone’s mouth. The Tigers dropped a second game to the New York Yankees on Thursday afternoon, losing 4-3 despite some late rallies. Unlike Wednesday, when both teams scored […]
The FBI is not down with the clown. In fact, the growingly suspicious agency categorizes the Juggalos – fans of the Detroit-based rap group, Insane Clown Posse – as gang members on par with Crips, Bloods and Latin Kings, according to the 2011 National Gang Threat Assessment. So when police last week arrested a 20-year-old Juggalo wanted […]
The Detroit Tigers took the first two games of this week’s series against the New York Yankees, with scores of 7-2 Monday night and 6-5 Tuesday night. Two big victories, especially given the opponent. This week has shaped up to be a potential playoff preview for the Tigers, with four games against New York and […]
In baseball, tomorrow is always a new day. No matter what happened the day before, there’s always a new game on the horizon. For the Detroit Tigers, that will come with four games at home against the New York Yankees, forever a powerhouse, starting tonight at 7:05. After the weekend, the Tigers are now 1.5 […]
In an era of declining municipal revenue, it would appear George Orwell is alive and well. How else can you explain the logic of asking for more money from homeowners for the arts when budgets for core services like public safety, schools, and badly needed infrastructure repair are being cut back year after year? The […]
Detroit City Council declined to vote on whether residents should have the opportunity to vote on raising taxes to put more cops on the streets, saying the police department needs to provide a more thorough plan. Council members said they want to ensure the roughly $56 millon that would be raised from a tax hike […]