Detroit. Good idea or crazy as hell?

abe supercro

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had a moment to view some Detroit News. some dumbass dtown mc/rapper was advocating dog-fighting on an 'underground' YouTube Channel... so his ass got ray-dead, can't stand ppl that think it's ok to treat animals w anything but respect. Young Calico, rapper... W. outer Drive. said, he was "just kiddin" but the nieghbors heard the shit at night. Fire Depts in dtown are not all runnin, so response varies vastly from hood to hood. emergency prolly same thing... popo too.Detroits' Budget crisis is only beginning IMO, very soon the Intrest Rate on their loans will increase 300%, about a $10,000 more per day. not sure what 'bankruptcy' for dtown would end up lookin like. new strain name ideas: Detroit-og-mystery train or, DGH: Detroit-ghost haze
 

abe supercro

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Demo, hope it happens.. good article outlining a number of detroit target demo zones.
a., struck w an acute sense of need to check on a property. have had haunts about deferred maintenance.
rollin' w/ a vacant not like collecting seeds
 

abe supercro

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the good thing about vacants is they're there just waiting for you when you return. and if not, remember to keep insurance on it.
the worst thing is never-ending semiannual tax bills.
 

Huel Perkins

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I love Detroit and have spent many years of my life living there. With that said, if you can afford to live outside of Detroit, that's where you should stay. The population is dropping fast, there are many neighborhoods that have entire vacant blocks and police won't even go....
 

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http://www.freep.com/article/20120717/NEWS01/120717017/Detroit-homicide-bodies-police-hands-feet-heads?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE
I'm sure this is just a misunderstanding.

30 years ago I was at this very same park w/ my dad. I found a dead body floating. Went to school and told my friends up in the suburbs I found a dead body in detroit. Nobody believed me. lol. I must have sounded like Napolean Dynomite wrestling wolverines in Alaska. lmao.
Aahhh, the good ol days.
It wasn't really a misunderstanding; just the result of a circular saw safety session gone horribly awry.

Someone lost a nice DeWalt down by the river today...I'm sorry...I can't go on...oh the horror of it all.
 

gladstoned

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Many are calling him tone on the other site. Owner of the vehicle lent this guy their vehicle to go to detroit and then they went out of town on a fishing trip and didn't have cell phone service. When they got back from fishing trip, they heard of homicide in Detroit.

Man that shit doesn't sound right.
 

abe supercro

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some stories never completely unravel. it does sound strange. RIP Tone, dude was young. now i'm determined to locate some positive news about detroit city. it's out there jus hafta sift through the headlines. Presto.. good news.
 

abe supercro

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that one boy that was shot couldn't find a ride to the enbalming station, so popo had to load 'em up in the trunk of cruiser like a sack o' potatoes. shit u not
 

abe supercro

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JULY 16, 2012 AT 3:12 PM
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120716/BIZ/207160323/Detroit-s-Corktown-area-finds-life-after-Tiger-Stadium?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

Detroit's Corktown area finds life after Tiger Stadium
BY MICHAEL MARTINEZ THE DETROIT NEWS 55 COMMENTS

The changing face of Corktown: Residents and business owners talk about the changes in Corktown.
Cast off as dead when the Tigers left for Comerica Park a decade ago, Detroit's oldest neighborhood — Corktown — is experiencing a resurgence, thanks to an influx of young entrepreneurs and new residents.

In the past 18 months, seven businesses, including restaurants, a hostel, a coffee shop and a cocktail bar, have opened along a neglected stretch of Michigan Avenue. Other ventures are in the works, and neighborhood stalwarts like Nemo's, a popular sports bar, are helping the revitalization with plans to expand or launch businesses.

"People thought Corktown would die after Tiger Stadium left," said Dennis Fulton, co-owner of the Mercury Burger and Bar, which opened in March at the corner of Michigan and 14th Street. "It's been quite the opposite. There's a real young, hip crowd moving in creating a great mix of the old and new."

The buzz about new businesses, along with incentives to encourage downtown workers to live in some city neighborhoods, are luring residents to the area settled by Irish immigrants who arrived here from County Cork in the mid-19th century. The rental market is white hot. While the neighborhood west of downtown has been on the verge of a comeback in the past, the latest effort seems to have more momentum, with many new businesses working collaboratively to create an eclectic mix of shops and eateries.

"This is maybe the first model of locally owned businesses that are diverse in every way possible," said Phillip Cooley, an owner of the popular Slows Bar B Q, who has encouraged and worked with others to set up shop in Corktown. Slows, which opened in 2005, has been a catalyst in the redevelopment, drawing lots of local and national attention, and enticing suburbanites back to Corktown.

The activity, though, extends beyond Michigan Avenue. A few blocks away, in an area called North Corktown, the city's first hostel in 15 years, Hostel Detroit, opened in April 2011, offering cheap lodging to mainly young travelers.

Plans also are in the works to refurbish the old Roosevelt Hotel on 14th Street, near the derelict Michigan Central train station, perhaps the city's most famous ruin.

"Slows was the anchor," said Fulton, a former Detroit Police Department commander who thought the time was right to open an eatery in Corktown. "There are now people walking up and down the street. That's just something you never saw before."

'A collaborative effort'
Among the new business owners are Jason Yates and Deveri Gifford, who opened a breakfast spot, the Brooklyn Street Local.

The Canadian couple chose Corktown after staying at Hostel Detroit and realizing the neighborhood was "the perfect spot" for their restaurant.

Fellow business owners have been overwhelmingly supportive.

"It's a collaborative effort, rather than competitive," Yates said. "It's fun because we're all doing this at the same time."

Astro Coffee, which opened on Michigan Avenue last July, epitomizes that collaborative spirit.

Owner Dai Hughes was running out of money before he was set to open, so Phillip Cooley provided wooden tables, and David Kwiatkowski, in the process of opening a nearby cocktail bar, The Sugar House, helped with the metal work.

"We joke that it takes a whole village to raise a coffeehouse," Cooley said. "Everyone wanted him to succeed."

Hughes is returning the favor by helping with the development of the Detroit of Institute of Bagels, which will open nearby soon.

"You can't be in it for yourself," he said. "It just won't work."

A group of business owners — including Fulton from Mercury Burger and Tim Springstead, co-owner of the venerable Nemo's sports bar, which survived the post-Tigers downturn — are teaming up to open an upscale Italian restaurant, Otto Via, on Michigan Avenue.

The new venture is just one way Springstead, who has worked at Nemo's since 1965, has adapted the changing landscape.

"Business is better now than when Tiger Stadium was around," he said.

A booming housing market
While there always has been some demand for housing in Corktown, things didn't heat up until this spring.

Ryan Cooley, owner of O'Connor Real Estate and a partner in Slows with his brother, Phillip, said the new businesses have helped attract residents. Ryan owns seven rental units and works with landlords at about 50 units.

"There's not one availability," he said, noting he has never had to turn a prospective renter away until this spring. "We turn away at least one person a day."

Also contributing to the demand is the Live Downtown initiative, which gives up to $2,500 the first year and $1,000 the second year for new renters in downtown, Corktown, Eastern Market, Lafayette Park, Midtown and Woodbridge.

Among the new residents is Achille Bianchi, 27, who snagged a sought-after loft two months ago.

"The younger people (here) do a good job of integrating with the rest of the community," he said. "Everything's walkable down here, and I'm noticing more and more new faces. This is the spine of the revitalization of the city."

Waves of newcomers
The influx of businesses and residents is prompting many to spruce up their yards and houses.

"It looks like everybody's trying to make their houses better," said Joel Quitoz, a 32-year Corktown resident who has been remodeling the façade of his century-old house. "It's good for downtown."

The idea of young people helping create a cohesive community doesn't surprise the Rev. Russell Kohler of Most Holy Trinity in Corktown.

The church, he said, was founded in 1834 in the midst of a cholera epidemic.

Its founder, the Rev. Martin Kundig, then just 23, turned the church into a makeshift hospital and recruited Irish immigrants to serve as doctors and nurses, he said. That effort helped break down prejudices, something relevant today.

"There's been some degree of alarm of a takeover, of gentrification," Kohler said. "I have to remind the people that we welcomed (new residents) in the past."

The latest wave of newcomers is reinstilling hope in the community.

"You're seeing real leadership in these young people," he said. "They're bringing an attitude of fearlessness. They're not afraid to invest and keep the roots of the community alive."

mmartinez3@detnews.com
Detroit's Corktown sees revival

The Corktown area near the city's downtown has experienced a surge in ventures that are supplementing established businesses that weathered the closing of Tiger Stadium in 1999.

Address Name Opened
2138 Michigan Ave. Slows Opened in 2005
2163 Michigan Ave. Mercury Burger and Bar Opened March 2012
2132 Michigan Ave. Honor & Folly Bed and Breakfast Opened 2012
2130 Michigan Ave. The Sugar House Opened in October 2011
2124 Michigan Ave. Astra Coffee House Opened July 2011
2700 Vermont St. Hostel Detroit Opened April 2011
2200 West Lafayette Blvd. Green Dot Stables Opened March 2012
1266 Michigan Ave. Brooklyn Street Local Opened Spring 2012
Opening Soon
1236 Michigan Ave. Detroit Institute of Bagels Opening soon, date uncertain
2100 Michigan Ave. New restaurant, formerly Gold Cash Gold Opening in 2013
1400 Michigan Ave. Otto Via Opening date uncertain
Established Businesses
1384 Michigan Ave. Nemo's
1254 Michigan Ave. P.J.'s Lager House

Dennis Maynard, left, president of D.E. Maynard Contracting, and carpenter Adam Collins renovate a 102-year-old home on Labrosse Street in Corktown. The area has seen an influx of new residents and businesses. / Max Ortiz / The Detroit News
The upswing in activity extends beyond Michigan Avenue.

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abe supercro

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This website here is a nice dtown resource: http://detroithalffull.com
Half Full -NOT- Half Empty, I get it!


Under "Positive News Articles" check out pic of hallway entrance to the Gaurdian Bldg.... Holy Shit, Detroit had an opulent era. With a lot of gentrification and some great deals still, I may have to grow there!
 

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Im in the San Francisco Bay Area, other medical states have me curious..what is the grow scene like in MI..specifically Detroit? I see a lot of dispensaries in southeast MI on weedmaps..is it like California where growers/caregivers can take their stuff to dispensaries, who vend it for them? Oakland Ca isnt violent and impoverished enough for me anymore, so Im looking to take it to the next level haha, kidding :)
 
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