Aviation Subdivision: A neighborhood in two cities - Model D
May 6, 2016 · Dearborn Homes, the website of a local realtor, notes that the Dearborn portion of Aviation Subdivision was "one of the first exclusive subdivisions built outside the city of Detroit."A variety of home styles — tudors, colonials, bungalows, and ranches ranging from 1,000 to 4,000 square feet — can be found in the subdivision. Gary Alexander lives on …
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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 ...
Five Detroit makeup artists you should know - Model D
Jul 20, 2021 · George McKenney. Instagram: @officialgeorgemckenney. A Detroit native and celebrity makeup artist, McKenney is the preferred makeup artist of international gospel sensation, Kierra Sheard, and her mother, Karen Clark-Sheard, among others. McKenney is known for his glamorous yet soft looks that he shares with his more than 39,000 followers on ...
Since 1947, Dutch Girl Donuts has proven a rare constant in a
May 5, 2015 · Aaron Mondry is a Detroit-based freelance writer. Visit his website and follow him on Twitter @AaronMondry. Dutch Girl Donuts, located on Woodward just south of 7 Mile, has proven a rare constant in a changing city. The shop has been serving up fresh donuts at fair prices since 1947, and it has no plans on changing.
The Henry Ford Academy's senior mastery process helps students …
Nov 28, 2016 · The School For Creative Studies, The Henry Ford Academy campus in Detroit, adopted the program in 2012, and it has been an unqualified success. The school, which has 100 to 110 seniors on a yearly basis, saw every single student in the 2016 class accepted to a four- or two-year college, university, or other accredited post-secondary program.
Q&A with Fel3000ft: The story behind Detroit artist's latest mural ...
Aug 11, 2020 · Sarah Williams | Tuesday, August 11, 2020. Fel3000ft stands by his latest work, "The Justice Wall," commissioned by the Koussan Hamood PLC law office in New Center. Fel works on completing scales on the wall which hold an eternal flame. When Fel paints gears, he says he likes to leave the initials of his two sons, ages 21 and 5, in the stamp.
How Detroit's indie filmmakers are telling the city's many stories ...
Mar 15, 2022 · Randy Holloway Holloway believes Detroit filmmakers should also seek opportunities to work with industry veterans on the production side as a way to increase the ability to make better films, get their work recognized, and widen their perspectives. A Specs Howard School of Media Arts graduate, Holloway has worked in many areas of TV and film production and picked up useful nuggets of knowledge ...
Looking back on a decade of growth in Detroit's urban ag …
Sep 14, 2015 · 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.
Alley revolution: How Detroit rethought and repurposed its alleys
Nov 27, 2017 · That green alley is just one of many projects in Detroit that have repurposed the traditionally unwelcoming environment of an alley in innovative and positive ways. The Belt has redesigned a downtown alley as a commercial strip and public art destination. The Alley Project in Southwest Detroit has re-envisioned an alley as a safe space for ...