Woman Crashes Pickup Into Soul Food Gas Station
A woman crashed a truck into the HP Soul Food Valero gas station at the corner of McNichols Rd. and Woodward Ave. in Highland Park Saturday, March 23, 2013. Owner Hassan Beydoun says the woman crashed into the building, got out of the pickup, flipped off her high heels and ran down the [...]
Paris – Detroit: connections revealed.
As part of the Detroit Design Festival 2012, Detroit Artist Greg Fadell ties two historic cities together in his four-story work of art “Paris of the West” at Willys Overland Lofts in the city’s Midtown district. Fadell describes his concept for Paris of the West: Detroit’s connection with France is historic; I am using [...]
Governor Snyder Announces State Take Over of Motor City.
Michigan Governor Rick Snyder today announced that he will appoint an emergency financial manager to the city of Detroit during a meeting in the Maccabees Building on the campus of Wayne State University Friday March 1, 2013. During a town hall style meeting filled with community and business leaders, students, clergy and members of the [...]
“ARBEIT MACHT FREI” Graffiti Artist Comes Forward in Facebook Post
The mysterious author of the “ARBEIT MACHT FREI” graffiti installation at the Packard Plant in Detroit has come forward. An artist named Penny Gaff , alleging to be the author of the work issued this response at 11:03 Tuesday February, 19 in the comments of my post on Facebook of a Detroit Free Press article about the infamous [...]
Among the Ruins of the Detroit Packard Plant
An afternoon exploring the remnants of a once automotive giant. Since its closure in 1958, the Packard Automotive Plant has served as a haven for graffiti artists, urban explorers, paintballers, auto scrappers and photographers. One such artist and photographer is Detroiter J Kyle Keener. Kyle has been exploring and soaking in artistic inspiration from this place [...]
Detroit Area Woman Faces Jail for Vegetable Garden
This story is from July 2011. Julie Bass, of Oak Park, Michigan planted a vegetable garden in her front yard to replace the grass that once covered it back in the spring of 2011. The Bass family planted the garden after maintenance to their septic line left the area bare. Instead of putting an expensive [...]
Black Friday Protest at Walmart – Dearborn, Mi
A coalition of labor groups made it into the Walmart Superstore in Dearborn Michigan today as part of nationwide anti-Walmart Black Friday protests across the country.
Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects to be demolished with $6.5 million federal grant.
During a press conference November 15, 2012 at the historic Brewster-Douglass Housing Projects in Detroit, the city’s mayor Dave Bing, announced that the federal government has agreed to contribute $6.5 million to help tear down the deserted projects, just northeast of the city’s downtown. Built to provide affordable housing for the city’s residents in the late [...]
Detroit Water Workers on Strike
Workers feel that the city, management and Mayor Dave Bing have sold them out in favor of privatization and a no-bid $48 million contract with consultants to cut 81% of the Department’s jobs. DETROIT – Approximately 40 union workers from the American Federation of State and County Municipal Employees union (AFSCME) Local 207 walked off their [...]
Injured GM Colombia worker brings hunger strike to GM headquarters in Detroit.
Jorge Parra, former GM worker from Colombia now on hunger strike, along with members of Witness For Peace, student unions and worker’s groups, met members of the press in Hart Plaza near General Motor’s World Headquarters Wednesday, Sept. 5th, 2012. Parra, who arrived in Detroit on Sept. 5th, is here in an attempt to restart [...]
Horsepower, Burning Rubber and a Cast of Characters Hit the Motor City
On August 18th, 2012 more than a million people and tens of thousands of classic cars are expected to descend on Woodward Avenue in Detroit to take part in the 17th annual Woodward Dream Cruise. Here are a selection of images from last year’s Dream Cruise. The Woodward Dream Cruise in Detroit, Michigan is the [...]
Protesters to General Electric: Pay Your Fair Share!
An estimated crowd of 2,000 protesters march against General Electric in Detroit. Groups from Milwaukee, Pittsburgh, Toledo and Michigan showed up in force to protest General Electric at their annual shareholder meeting Wednesday April 25th, 2012. Protesters are angry that the nation’s largest conglomerate pays no tax and in fact received tax credits last year. Activists assembled [...]
Trying to Save the Detroit Day School for the Deaf
Organizers bring awareness to school’s possible closure No one can really put their finger on why the Emergency Financial Manager for Detroit Public Schools Roy Roberts wants to shut down the Detroit Day School for the Deaf. It receives most of its funding from the federal government, with very little coming from the city and [...]
Detroiters Rally for Justice & Peace
More than 1,000 supporters turn out at Hart Plaza in support of Trayvon Martin, his family and against crime. A coalition of Detroit’s Civil Rights, labor, clergy and community leaders held “Justice & Peace Rally” Monday March 26, 2012. The rally was for justice in the case of Trayvon Martin 17, a black teen who was [...]
