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Home»Posts tagged with»Second Avenue

From rotten meat to high-end leather: Cass Corridor gets new retailer

By Steve Neavling on April 22, 2015   Abandoned Buildings, Art & Entertainment, Buildings, Headline  

From rotten meat to high-end leather: Cass Corridor gets new retailer

A high-end leather retailer is opening up in the former Tomboy Market building, which often reeked of rotten meat.

Bronx Bar reopens after lightning strike caused downpour of bricks

By Steve Neavling on April 17, 2015   Art & Entertainment, Featured Stories, posts  

Bronx Bar reopens after lightning strike caused downpour of bricks

The Bronx Bar has reopened after bricks from a neighboring apartment crashed through the rear of the building, damaging the kitchen and bathroom late last week.

Restaurant to open along vacant stretch of Second Avenue in Cass Corridor

By Steve Neavling on November 5, 2014   Art & Entertainment, Headline  

Restaurant to open along vacant stretch of Second Avenue in Cass Corridor

The restaurant is expected to open this weekend and will seat about 80 people.

Gentrification? High-end retail to replace Cass Corridor’s only grocery store

By Steve Neavling on October 2, 2014   Development, Headline, Urban Renewal  

Gentrification? High-end retail to replace Cass Corridor’s only grocery store

Tomboy Market was a small grocer that served the Cass Corridor’s lower-income residents for years.

Lens on Detroit: Historic Second Ave. undergoes transformation in Cass Corridor

By Steve Neavling on June 19, 2014   Art & Entertainment, Buildings, Headline, History, Lens On Detroit, posts  

Lens on Detroit: Historic Second Ave. undergoes transformation in Cass Corridor

Beginning next week, Second Avenue in the Cass Corridor and Midtown will become a two-way street, a sign of the incredible decline of the street since the 1930s.

Steve Neavling

Steve Neavling lives and works in Detroit as an investigative journalist. His stories have uncovered corruption, led to arrests and reforms and prompted FBI investigations.

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