Vernor Highway
Human
East Side
Green Acres Park Mural
Brightmoor
Warren Evans was the Chief of Police for the Detroit Police Department until about July 21, 2010. Mayor ...
Warren Evans
The 2013 Detroit Mayoral election will be held on November 5, 2013. The primary election will be held ...
2013 Detroit Mayoral Election
Plum Street
Grinnell Warehouse
Electric Street
Dutch Girl Donuts
Coleman A. Young International Airport
Hired by Interim Mayor Ken Cockrel Jr. Fired by Dave Bing. Official City Biography Police Chief James R. ...
James R. Barren
Incentive programs intended to bring employees of major local organizations to central Detroit. Live Dowtown Expected to be ...
Live Midtown / Live Downtown
The DRIC/NITC is the public option for a new bridge to Canada. 2008 February: Gateway Project begins. Moves ...
Detroit River International Crossing (DRIC) aka New International Trade Crossing (NITC)
One of the three charter operators selected in the first phase of the Renaissance Plan 2012. The company ...
New Paradigm for Education
Burns about 800,000 tons of trash a year, of which 300,000 is from the City of Detroit. The ...
Waste-to-energy incinerator
What are the key things people should know about Detroit? History Too much to summarize right now. Check ...
Briefing book
There are a number of jails and/or correctional facilities in Detroit. Wayne County Jail (267 inmates) Ryan Correctional ...
prisons
Charter Schools in Detroit
In the second half of the 20th century, Detroit's population began to fall and its economy declined. By ...
The decline of Detroit
A large number of senior staff have left the Bing administration. Some are catalogued below. Kirk Lewis, Deputy ...
Bing Exodus
Special Assistant Attorney General appointed by Michigan Attorney General Mike Cox to represented Detroit Public Schools Emergency Financial ...
John F. Clark
Stars Mural
Karen Dumas is a communications professional/media contributor/public speaker committed to excellence, entrepreneurship, and equality. As founder of Images ...
Karen Dumas
There are many excellent books on Detroit's history. Several that come highly recommended (and are frequent sources on ...
Books on Detroit history
Greenacres Woodward Civic Association Detroit
Westin Book Cadillac
Wurlitzer Building
Main article: Education Achievement Authority Detroit Public Schools appointees: Sharlonda Buckman is executive director for Detroit's Parent Network. ...
Education Achievement Authority Board
Longer Narratives of Detroit (Cooper) Class and race in Detroit (Matt) Mid Detroit's Jewish community (Matt) German areas ...
History project list
M@dison Building
555 Gallery and Studios is a gallery that has had a few locations throughout Detroit. The present location ...
555 Gallery and Studios
A voluntary organization that coordinates activities around the park, including restoration and fundraising for maintenance. In late 2011, ...
Friends of Belle Isle
Healthy Environment Partnership (HEP)
Zoot's Coffee
Housing Is A Human Right Coalition
The State Fairgrounds are located just east of Woodward Avenue along Eight Mile Road. The Michigan State Fair ...
State Fairgrounds
Visger Street
Active Publications Detroit News DetroitLocal.News Detroit Free Press Deadline Detroit ModelD Metro Times Crain's Detroit Michigan Citizen Voices ...
List of Detroit Newspapers
A nonprofit, 501(c)3 organization that is targeting crime and nuisance issues in Detroit. Headquartered at 1001 Woodward Ave, ...
Detroit Crime Commission
Detroit Entertainment Commission
Germack Coffee Roasting Company
(for lack of a better name) What it is: a list of open-source tools that can be used ...
GeoInformatics Tools
Maccabees Building
Griswold St
Ponyride
Barsamian Preparatory Center
Public art project ideas
Nain Rouge
In January 2010, Kim and Hollis Smith opened a produce store in Midtown at 4206 Woodward Ave (near ...
Kim's Produce
Lisa Poszywak is artistic director of Corktown Studios and a vocalist in the Rogue Satellites. She was in ...
Lisa Poszywak
A social worker by trade, Castañeda-López is Councilwoman-elect for District 6. Her district includes Southwest Detroit, Corktown, and ...
Raquel Castañeda-López
Coffee shop in Midtown Detroit, on Second Avenue across the street from Model D and the Green Garage. ...
Thistle (closed)
Good Times Livernois Mural
Janice Winfrey is the Detroit City Clerk, a position she has held since 2005. She succeeded Jackie L. ...
Janice Winfrey
Library Street Collective
Sal Rodriguez is a photographer for Channel 4 who has exhibited in fine arts galleries like Corktown Studios, ...
Sal Rodriguez
Name given to the group accused in a racketeering scheme that intended to take contracts through the Detroit ...
Kilpatrick Enterprise
General Baker
Kresge Building
Boston-Edison Historic District
After World War II, white working-class neighborhoods in Detroit redoubled their efforts to organize and keep African-American residents ...
Defended neighborhoods
Tyrone E. Winfrey represented District 4 and was president of the Detroit Board of Education. He is an ...
Tyrone E. Winfrey
Sunshine
Orchestra Hall
Published history Celebrating Two Centuries of Michigan Newspapers A brief history of newspapers in Michigan. link. On guard, ...
History of Detroit Newspapers
Loving Elementary School
One of the three charter operators selected in the first phase of the Renaissance Plan 2012. The company ...
Global Education Excellence
Shinola
What Pipeline
Chez | Zara Coffee
Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue
Sam Riddle is a convicted criminal. The media can be like vultures and often the court of public ...
Sam Riddle
Gary Brown is President Pro Tem of the Detroit City Council. Brown has been named as a possible ...
Gary Brown
The Peoples Water Board is coalition of organizations (labor, social justice, environmental, conservation) working together to protect our ...
People's Water Board Coalition
M-1 RAIL
Not sure what to write about? Here are some ideas. Just click on the page title to start! ...
DetroitWiki wishlist
Belle Isle Nature Zoo
Riverside Park
As of 2013, the DFD had about 781 firefighters. 60% of the City's 11-12,000 fires each year are ...
Detroit Fire Department
Roosevelt Hotel
J.L. Hudson Co.
Detroit Music Box
Resigned as fire commissioner in January 2011, along with deputy Seth Doyle, under pressure from Mayor Dave Bing. ...
James Mack Jr.
Birmingham
midtown co-lab
Baker's Keyboard Lounge
The Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority (GDRRA) is a quasi-public agency responsible for overseeing disposal of the city's ...
Greater Detroit Resource Recovery Authority
Avalon International Breads
We're aiming to create or improve a number of good pages on different topics by July 1, 2012. ...
Goals
The “Detroit Americanization” movement, begun by major auto manufacturers as the industry experienced rapid growth in the 1920s, ...
Detroit Americanization movement
Saul Green is Of Counsel at the law firm of Miller Canfield, where he works with the Litigation ...
Saul Green
Starbucks
Was head of communications for mayor Dave Bing from May to June 2009, when he resigned. He was ...
Robert N. Warfield
Inner State Gallery
Minister Malik Shabazz is a leader of the New Black Panther Nation/New Marcus Garvey Movement and the Detroit ...
Malik Shabazz
Jefferson Avenue
Federal Reserve building
Paradise Theatre
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