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Tag Archives: Detroit
When book-lovers dream of luxury…
Drifting into dreamland after the ultimate reading experience… When book-lovers dream of luxury, they dream of Detroit’s Book-Cadillac Hotel–at least according to this fabulous ad copy from 1928. The curtains flutter, the readers snuggle, and service is swift and silent. … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Books, History, Hotels, Tourism, USA
Tagged Detroit, Michigan, Renaissance Revival
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Free Houses (for writers)
Are you are writer looking for free housing? Are you willing to relocate? Maybe Detroit is the place for you? Write-A-House is a unique non-profit group based in Detroit, Michigan that helps to train people in construction skills by renovating … Continue reading
Occupy Libraries
In December, 2011 The Detroit Public Library Commission voted to close four branches of the city library. Some library-loving Detroit 4th graders decided to take matters into their own hands and fight back. The 4th grade class at Detroit’s Marcus … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Libraries, USA
Tagged Detroit, Detroit Public Library, Libraries, Melanie Manos, University of Michigan
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Despite What Eminem Says…
Despite the touching platitudes from the resurrected hip hop artist, and the hard-boiled TV commercials from the supposedly resurgent Chrysler brand, Detroit is 138 square miles of ramshackle, crumbling ignominy. Take a look at a few examples of America’s humiliation … Continue reading
Our Cultural Chernobyl
Last month we posted two stories on Chernobyl’s new-found status as a tourist destination. This week we stumbled upon a photo-documentary by French photographers Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre that’s now available in the book Detroit in Ruins. The young … Continue reading