February 2011
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Care to Marche with Detroit’s Devil? Oui, s’il vous plait.
Spokesman Peter Van Dyke and the organizing committee have taken what was basically a “pop-up parade” organized in three months and turned it into a Detroit-worthy extravaganza. They have an official beer (The Detroit Dwarf, natch). They had to get city-council approval, which they did. They got sponsors for the permits and other...
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goingtraveling asked: Hey~ I am curious what camera you are using :D
BTW I am really enjoying scrolling through your blog! It is pretty awesome and your building project is a great idea.
BTW I am really enjoying scrolling through your blog! It is pretty awesome and your building project is a great idea.
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Watchdet-riot:
Part of Detroit’s history kept under wraps: Rare vehicles await their turn to be displayed at historical museum
Tom Greenwood; Detroit News Detroit— Tucked away on the city’s southwest side is a 96,000-square-foot time machine. At Historic Fort Wayne, in a World War II-era brick and wood-beamed warehouse mottled with peeling red paint, more than 200,000 items of historic...
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I guess omnicorp scrapped the free statue idea and made a $25,000 donation instead. Robocop wins.
So the funds donated thus far can go toward a real...
Or Detroit gets robo twins?
barebonesdetroit:
Omnicorp has made a formal offer to pay for, build and deliver a full bronze statue of Robocop to the city of Detroit.
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Omnicorp has made a formal offer to pay for, build and deliver a full bronze statue of Robocop to the city of Detroit.
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Watchthedailywhat:
Lights Out: “Graffiti is mostly designed just to look good from a moving vehicle… Not necessarily in the history books”: Robin Gunningham introduces us to the man behind the garbled voice in B Movie — a short film about Banksy, whose real name may or may not be Robin Gunningham.
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The Process Theory: 313 SERIES UPDATE! →
theprocesstheory:
I know i’m late on the announcement. However, i am happy to announce that 313 SERIES will be sold EXCLUSIVELY at the following BRICK & MORTAR locations:
Burn Rubber
Detroit City Skateboards (both of their store locations)
You will also be able to buy them via my website when it…
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Watchthenormal-detroit:
Video I found off of Model D. Planning students from Europe video taped their trip to Detroit last year for two weeks and captured the essence of Detroit people, entrepreneurs, and workers.
detroit cousin: What Happens in Detroit Matters to... →
detroitcousin:
Some of the resistance I have heard from potential funders is that, “Do people outside Detroit really care what happens here?” As one of those outsiders, I can say “yes.” How do I know?First of all, less than 20% of all the BuyAFrame producers who are helping to fund this production are…
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From John Swansburg at Slate on last nights Chrysler 200 ad…
An ugly missed field goal set up the night’s best ad, one so strong I don’t even mind that it was paid for with my taxpayer dollars. In a mesmerizing 120-second spot, Chrysler, which still owes the U.S. government $5.8 billion, sets out to introduce its new 200 model and to rehabilitate Detroit’s tarnished...
