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Nov 6, 2024 · Jacob JonesFriday, October 25, 2024. Welcome to History Lesson, a new recurring feature in Model D led by local historian Jacob Jones, in which we delve deep into the annals of Detroit history and nerd out over a different topic each time. This month, we're talking elm trees.
Looking back on a decade of growth in Detroit's urban ag …
Urban agriculture has a rich history in Detroit that includes Hazen Pingree's pioneering potato patch plan of the 1890s, victory gardens during World War II, and the Farm-A-Lot program initiated in the 1970s. But the time since Model D planted its flag on the city's media landscape has been one of growth and new possibilities.
Detroit has always been a hotbed of jazz artists. This year's Jazz ...
Aug 28, 2024 · They will be immersed in Detroit’s true jazz scene through artists like saxophonist Wendell Harrison and his band Tribe, drummer Sean Dobbins Ensemble, professor Leonard King, and trumpeter Anthony Stanco, who is making his debut as a leader at the festival. Stanco is one of the young lions keeping Detroit’s musical lineage alive through ...
Mexicantown Visiting Guide - Model D
Feb 28, 2006 · Mexicantown Visiting Guide. Mexicantown is a place where vibrantly colored buildings, decorated with even brighter murals and hand-painted signs, dot the main thoroughfares of Bagley and Vernor Streets. One might guess there are more restaurants per square foot than any other neighborhood in Detroit -- but the smell of fresh tortillas and baked ...
Global Detroit: Attracting immigrants key to Detroit growth
Jul 30, 2013 · If Detroit simply maintained its ranking of 18 on the foreign-born scale, we would experience a population gain of 108,586 residents. That is almost half of the 250,000 residents Detroit lost over the last decade. But it’s not just a numbers game. Historically, immigrants are important to cities because they breathe new life into disinvested ...
“Everyone knows about Banglatown”: Why this dynamic Detroit …
Aug 16, 2022 · But this is Banglatown, a community of Bangladeshi immigrants that spills over Conant from Hamtramck to Detroit. In the gardens here, tucked among the fruits and vegetables more commonly found among the gardens of the Western Hemisphere — your pumpkins, your cucumbers, et al. — are varieties of produce that are staples of a Bengali kitchen ...
Detroit Development News - Model D
Sep 24, 2024 · Detroit celebrates $1.5M worth of improvements made to Balduck Park on city's eastside. MJ GalbraithTuesday, April 2, 2024. Community Development.
How has Detroit remained the nation's automobile hub?
Oct 23, 2018 · The greater Detroit area has been a hub for designing and building automobiles for decades, and the region is poised to continue to be an automotive hub into the future, even as the industry faces challenges ranging from the push for market-ready automated and connected vehicles to competition from technology firms around the world. The ...
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From maker space beginnings to international aspirations, Floyd …
May 25, 2021 · An expansion is currently underway. For all their success, Floyd remains, and will remain, rooted in Detroit. And it makes sense. The city has a rich history in design and innovation, and a future that is just as fertile. Detroit’s 2015 designation as a UNESCO City of Design — the only American city to have received such a designation ...