Monday, May 10, 2010
Saturday, May 08, 2010
Oneida Jackson: Free Press Copy Editor, Vandal!
Vandals mar new bridge in Detroit
Tom Greenwood / The Detroit News
Less than a day after it opened, the Mexicantown Bagley Avenue Pedestrian Bridge was vandalized, Michigan Department of Transportation officials said....
In fact, MDOT video cameras caught one woman as she used a colored pen to scrawl on a bench in the middle of the 400-foot-long bridge.
"Yes, it was me," said Oneida Jackson, a copy editor at the Detroit Free Press and author of the Sunday's "O Street" blog.
"I did it. If you see a person with a green pen ... dressed in black slacks and a red top, that's me. I was excited about the event and wanted to put my name on it."
Jackson eventually put away the marker and said "Oh, I guess I shouldn't be doing this," the tape showed. As a blogger, she has written about her efforts as a mom to raise her 16-year-old son and encourage citizens to be more patient and civil.
From The Detroit News
Monday, April 26, 2010
Saturday, April 17, 2010
Faces of Matty
Joel Thurtell scorches Matty Moroun once more.
Faces of Matty from Joel On The Road.
It turns out that Mr. Moroun have given a gift to Windsor as well.
You can view some of the construction of Mr. Moroun's WINDSOR ramp to nowhere here.
Faces of Matty from Joel On The Road.
It turns out that Mr. Moroun have given a gift to Windsor as well.
You can view some of the construction of Mr. Moroun's WINDSOR ramp to nowhere here.
Sunday, April 11, 2010
Madison-Lenox Hotel Demolition
Please check out the new sideshow covering the demolition of the Madison-Lenox Hotel that has been posted in the archives.
Matty Moroun and his big slice of Detroit
BY JOHN GALLAGHER/DETROIT FREE PRESS
Whether battling to keep control of Detroit's only bridge to Canada or sparring with neighbors over his blighted Michigan Central Station, businessman Manuel (Matty) Moroun faces a wealth of controversy.
It doesn't help his public image that he's rich, reclusive and he's suing the City of Detroit, the State of Michigan and the government of Canada, among others.
But when it comes to owning big chunks of real estate in Detroit's most depressed districts, Moroun sees no controversy. He is unabashedly proud of his record -- and thinks Detroiters should be, too....
Saturday, April 10, 2010
Tuesday, April 06, 2010
Monday, April 05, 2010
Henry Ford plans $500M hospital expansion, redevelopment in Detroit
Christina Rogers / The Detroit News
Henry Ford Health System is finalizing plans to make a $500 million investment in its flagship hospital in Detroit and expand the medical center's footprint across West Grand Boulevard, building a south campus with doctors' offices, research facilities and an education center....
The seven-hospital system also plans to lead a collaborative effort aimed at redeveloping a larger 300-acre section of Detroit's New Center neighborhood, turning it into a "Community Health Park." Henry Ford says it intends to work with developers to transform blighted land directly south of its hospital into a hub for mixed-use housing, retail and other commercial activity. It hopes these efforts will attract another $500 million in investment by outside residential and commercial developers.
