September 2010
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detroit broadband expansion
alliedmedia.org :: Detroit Digital Justice Coalition Awarded $2 Million to Enhance Local Information Economy
Detroit, September 28 2010 – The Detroit Digital Justice Coalition (DDJC), in partnership with Michigan State University, is receiving approximately $2 million in federal stimulus funds to support its community organizing and economic development efforts in the Detroit area.
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The Drug - Röyksopp
The Drug from Röyksopp on Vimeo. The Drug from Röyksopp - sniffed
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More Than Just Ruins - Newsweek →
9/8/10: Artists and historians explore and photograph Detroit’s abandoned buildings in hopes of protecting them from the wrecking ball.
August 2010
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Detroit looks at downsizing to save city; Wants to... →
kateoplis:
Detroit, the very symbol of American industrial might for most of the 20th century, is drawing up a radical renewal plan that calls for turning large swaths of this now-blighted, rusted-out city back into the fields and farmland that existed before the automobile. Operating on a scale never before attempted in this country, the city would demolish houses in some of its the most...
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8tracks - Detroit
8tracks | mhbednar | Hitsville, U.S.A.
8tracks | Pseudochild | We Almost Lost Detroit
8tracks | halflite | Detroit Soul City
8tracks | artificialsweetner | Detroit Stand Up
8tracks | philippe | Detroit Rock City
8tracks | kosmo | Electronic Music from Detroit and Beyond (Part 1)
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The Detroit Breakdown
nytimes.com/slideshow :: The Detroit Breakdown, a festival of music from Michigan, took place on Saturday at Lincoln Center Out of Doors.
“There were two through-lines at the Detroit Breakdown, a festival of music from Michigan on Saturday at Lincoln Center Out of Doors. One was the crisp, enterprising gospel-turned-pop that found its biggest audience on Motown Records. The other was a...
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night drive a bluffers guide to detroit techno
(…) The sound of classic Detroit Techno is eerily detached and mechanical (influenced by the city’s industrial roots, as well as by synthesizer-based music like Kraftwerk, Gary Numan, the B-52s, Prince, and New Order), but it is also smooth and soulful, making the music uplifting and dark all at once. (…)
Night Drive: A Bluffer’s Guide to Detroit Techno - Article - Stylus Magazine
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Detroit to Memphis
8tracks mix by joemiller
Nostalgic rhythm and blues road trip. Fifteen tracks including music by Barbara Lewis, Eddie Floyd and Jackie Wilson.
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Despite Tough Times, Some See Opportunity In...
Residents of Detroit like to say, when the country catches a cold, their city gets the flu. These days Detroit is sick. The U.S. auto industry is in crisis and there are too few jobs. Crime and foreclosures are on the rise.
That doesn’t sound like the best climate for new business ventures, but Ryan Cooley, a Detroit native, thinks he’s at the beginning of the city’s...
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Detroit Renaissance - Tonic
Detroit stories are about one thing: cars. In the industry’s heyday, Detroit was about opportunity and a burgeoning middle class. These days, the stories revolve around the death of the auto industry and what that has meant for the community: layoffs and joblessness, high crime rates, urban blight. The list goes on. But, as NPR reports, amid the ruins of this once mighty city, some see the...
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Detroit's Hair Wars
time.com : Detroit’s Hair Wars: Part Art, Part Trade, All Attitude. By Madison Gray
via time.com
see also my blog lichtconlon.posterous.com/tag/detroit
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The Bilbao effect
The Bilbao effect - a model for downtown Detroit?
“The Guggenheim Bilbao opened 10 years ago, transforming a gritty port city in northern Spain into a tourist magnet. The so-called Bilbao Effect was studied throughout the world, as second-tier cities sought to reinvent themselves with their own architectural trophies. But while Frank Gehry’s titanium masterpiece continues to draw...
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Lear leads the way in building up Detroit
Lear’s financial commitment to Detroit — a $5-million neighborhood revitalization investment and plans to open a manufacturing facility — could be the beginning of a slow but steady resurgence of manufacturing in metro Detroit, according to a local turnaround expert.
via Lear leads the way in building up Detroit | freep.com | Detroit Free Press
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Wringing Art Out of the Rubble in Detroit -...
DETROIT — The latest must-go event in this gritty, left-behind city — where D.J.’s flourish among ruins, trespassing in tumbledown buildings is part of a night out, and even garage rock is bare-bones — centers on soup.
Soup, as it’s known, is a monthly gathering, held above the MexicanTown Bakery in southwestern Detroit, where guests pay $5 for a homemade bowlful, salad (locally grown, to be...
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NYTimes.com: Motor City Zooms Into Town for a... →
Mitch Ryder, Death and Gories Come to Lincoln Center - NYTimes.com
July 2010
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Detroit police chief resigns
(CNN) — Detroit, Michigan, Police Chief Warren Evans has resigned, the city announced Wednesday.
“We appreciate the time and dedication that Warren Evans has given to the Detroit Police Department,” Mayor Dave Bing said in a statement. “He has put the department on a path to reducing crime.”
via edition.cnn.com
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April 2010
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The Mayor Of Detroit’s Radical Plan To Bulldoze... →
How do you save a city that is dramatically declining like Detroit? Well, for the mayor of Detroit the answer is simple -you bulldoze one-fourth of the city. Faced with a 300 million dollar budget deficit and a rapidly dwindling tax base, Detroit finds itself having to make some really hard choices.
Ganz ruhige Lage — Der Freitag →
In Detroit sind manche Straßen menschenleer, zahlreiche Häuser werden für 100 Dollar verscherbelt. Für die einen ist es eine Katastrophe, für andere aber eine Chance
March 2010
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February 2010
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Who Is Running Detroit? The Obama Administration -... →
GM, Chrysler, and Ford deserve credit for finally building cars Americans want. But the real driver of change is the Obama administration.
via newsweek.com
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The Knack's Lead Singer Doug Fieger Dies : NPR →