civicDetroitDan, to random
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Hello, Detroit. At 6:30 p.m. I’ll live-blog the Board of Police Commissioners (BOPC) Community Meeting for . 🧵

pluralistic, to detroit
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is headed to a in : “I want to do it, now make me do it.”

https://doctorow.medium.com/joe-biden-is-headed-to-a-uaw-picket-line-in-detroit-f80bd0b372ab?sk=f3abdfd3f26d2f615ad9d2f1839bcc07

GottaLaff, to detroit
@GottaLaff@mastodon.social avatar

😳"A politically connected synagogue president was found stabbed dead this morning outside her home in the city’s Lafayette Park neighborhood, east of downtown.

Samantha Woll, 40, led the Isaac Agree Downtown Detroit Synagogue and previously worked for Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin and on the re-election campaign of Attorney General Dana Nessel, both Dems." https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/detroit/2023/10/21/samantha-woll-dead-isaac-agree-downtown-detroit-synagogue-president/71271616007/

adamjcook, to random

At minimum, needs a train between the Detroit Metro Airport and Downtown.

Come on now.

This was last weekend.

Waited over 2 hours for a bus at the airport.

I am patient, but this should not happen.

Bus service cannot hope to (even remotely) satisfy a region the size of the Detroit Metro.

It simply cannot.

Not sure how many are coming in out-of-town for the this weekend, but the Draft next year is going to be a disaster from a transportation perspective.

adamjcook, to random

In , all week.

First blush… reminds me of a mini-.

It’s on the move though, just like Detroit.

More photos and videos soon.

adamjcook, to animals

So... last year during June's heatwave, when my wife and I were getting ready to leave for , a tiny that was living under a nearby industrial trash compactor found us.

We cleaned him all up, took him to the vet and because we already have two babies of our own... my wife's co-worker who had recently lost her cat baby adopted him.

His new parents named him "Cheeto".

Here he is at his first vet checkup.

1.5 lbs.

5 weeks (est.)

markpoole, to detroit

-controlled city council in greater area votes unanimously to flag. Apparently because + people are and oppressing religious people. It doesn’t matter what religion your fundamentalist and queerphobic prejudice supposedly stems from - Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, QAnon - is intolerance and hate is hate. https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2023/06/city-votes-unanimously-to-ban-pride-flag-to-respect-the-religious-rights-of-our-citizens/

adamjcook, to random

At some point, someone needs to do a investigative report on how many historic, vacant (but viable) buildings were demolished and condemned to surface parking lots in Downtown in the service of a shallow, one-time Super Bowl (2006) event…

adamjcook, to detroit

Oh. Cool!

Well. I missed the meeting. 🥴

But it looks like the three buildings next to the Harvard Square Centre Building (which is currently undergoing renovation into residential units) on Broadway Avenue might soon undergo their own "renovation".

That little area of could sure use a boost... and it looks like it just might be happening.

adamjcook, to detroit

The Hudson's Site Tower is coming along nicely...

Soon-to-be second tallest building in (and the second tallest in ).

adamjcook, to random

A walk down Cass Avenue (my first time) in over the weekend. 📸

There is work to do, of course, but things are really shaping up.

In the near-to-medium future, there are serious discussions about putting a cap over the I-75 highway (as shown) - which would partly undo the separation that exists between Midtown and Downtown.

The cap would feature a park, most probably.

mrxmrt, to photography
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Detroit, Michigan, July 2023

Color photograph looking across a street at dusk at a row of plants grown up like a wall at the sidewalk next to a faded old red GMC truck
Color photograph looking down a residential street at dusk, the opposite side of the street has houses tightly packed in next to each other the whole way down, some of them with porch lights glowing golden against dusky blue sky
Color photograph looking across a street at twilight at a catalpa tree, lower branches partially illuminated by a streetlight, the top of the tree is silhouetted against twilight sky

adamjcook, (edited ) to random

Here is a unique one that I snapped yesterday in .

This is from inside the original stairwell of the Kales Building (opened in 1914), looking out, at the stabilized facade that used to be part of the now-demolished Adams Theatre Building.

The facade and the Kales Building are shown here on Google Maps: https://www.google.com/maps/@42.3362573,-83.0521193,171a,35y,351.23h,18.18t/data=!3m1!1e3?entry=ttu

(I took special care when writing the for the image, so consider checking it out.)

adamjcook, to random

Almost Time here in .

Here it is displayed on the Mothership, the Renaissance Center.

The race is on June 4th.

adamjcook, to detroit

The Dime Building light well in Downtown .

The Dime Building (also known as the Chrysler House) is one of Detroit’s oldest skyscrapers.

23 floors. Completed in 1912.

adamjcook, (edited ) to random

Look. Real talk.

I like Governor ’s leadership in in general and I completely understand where this is coming from… but we need to get super aggressive in significantly reducing our dependency on .

Like, right now.

It is not coming back anywhere close to where it was at its peak.

Zero chance.

are not a growth industry, nor should they be.

adamjcook, to random

This is an interesting project.

Lord knows we need to hotel space.

I walk past the Bonstelle Theatre often.

Midtown has a lot of untapped potential, perhaps not untapped much longer though.

If we can manage to get a cap over I-75, we could really be in business I think.

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/real-estate/ac-hotel-bonstelle-playhouse-begins-construction

adamjcook, to random

I am working on a longer "response" to this.

In my view, and have assets and vast pools of human creativity and talent, here, already studying and living in the state and city, that are being tragically underutilized.

This article presents some ideas, but they are far too crude and high-level to be actually useful.

That needs to be honed quite a bit.

https://www.bridgemi.com/business-watch/can-michigan-defuse-its-population-time-bomb-see-how-far-we-fall-short

adamjcook, to detroit

Oh! This would be a big boost for Midtown in .

Detroit has one of the finest art museums in the world.

The elimination of surface parking lots?

Count me in!

https://www.crainsdetroit.com/politics-policy/midtown-cultural-center-gets-12-million-michigan-budget

serpicojam, to detroit
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Looks like a whole lotta faithful at for this preseason game. Teddy Bridgewater and this second string offense not looking so hot on that opening three and out.

adamjcook, to random

I am relatively new to , and it is possible that I missed it, but can someone reassure me that there is a near-term plan to dump the token-based fare system to ride the People Mover?

A near-term plan to consolidate all city/regional transportation into a single fare system?

This should have really been addressed during the recent Detroit State of the City address, if it was not done so.

j, to detroit
@j@janerationx.social avatar

"This past season, the NFL took away several games from American fans to play in countries that would rather watch soccer. You're welcome."

@nfl

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