Metro Detroit: A Visitor's View
By: Tanya Muzumdar,
1/21/2010
Long after the high-voltage North American International Auto Show rolls up the red carpet, tourism remains a nearly $5 billion a year economic plug for Metro Detroit. Are visitors mapping out the region's praises or issuing their own travel advisories? Metromode takes a look from their vantage points. (
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Metro Detroit's Seven Day Weekend
By: Ryan Allen,
12/4/2008
Thursday is the new Friday. Or was that Tuesday? In Metro Detroit it doesn't really matter. Great local music can be had every night of the week. From punk to pop, electronica to jazz, hip-hop to hard rock,
Metromode offers up seven nights of tried and true sonic scenes. (
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Model D Radio: Hamtramck Zen Buddhist Center
By: Chris McCarus,
9/16/2008
A Buddhist temple in the city of Hamtramck is becoming a model for
community development. They start from the roots. They’ve got a total
package for strengthening minds and bodies, furthering religious
tolerance and even curbside clean up. Michigan Now’s Chris McCarus has
their story. (
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Blog/Rebecca Binno Savage
It is the work of a historic preservationist to keep buildings out of the graveyard. Well-known preservationist Rebecca Binno Savage, a project manager with AKT Peerless Environmental and Energy Services, has written the book on Detroit area Art Deco architecture. This week, she digs into a few vintage buildings and builds a case for their resurrection.
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Video/Hamtramck Blow Out
Sponsored by Metro Times --Detroit's free newsweekly-- this rock and roll smorgasbord is America’s largest local music fest, drawing 8000 rabid fans to Hamtramck. (
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