DOCSLIB.ORG

Out on the Town Highlights New Exhibitions Coming in 2014

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text

Load more

1 WINTER 2014 Out on the Town highlights New Exhibitions Coming in 2014 Marking the first substantial changes in temporary exhibits at the Detroit Historical Museum since the Grand Re-Opening in November 2012, look for five new exhibits and displays opening throughout the Museum in the first months of 2014. Highlighting the new offerings is Out on the Town: Drinking and Dining in Detroit Since 1920, which opens to the public on Saturday, February 1 in the Booth Wilkinson Gallery. During the 20th century, Detroit offered drinking and dining places that reflected contemporary economic and social norms of the time. From prohibition era speakeasies, working man’s watering holes of the 1930s/40s, jazz clubs of the 1940s/50s, A 1960s party at The Roostertail (photo courtesy of The Roostertail) nightclubs of the 1950s/60s and businessmen’s restaurants of the 1970s, this exhibit will highlight many unique venues that were — and in some cases — continue to be, the places where relationships formed, deals were made and life happened. The Center Stage section of the Allesee Gallery of Culture will see the debut of Detroit Decides: Our Most Celebrated Skyscrapers, which will feature the Fisher Building, the Guardian Building and the Penobscot Building. Our popular Automotive Showplace replaces the 1963 Ford Mustang II Concept with a 1916 Packard Twin Six Touring Car owned by Henry B. Joy, who was president of the Packard Motor Car Company in Detroit. Finally, the latest installments of New to the Collection and Detroit Artists Showcase round out the Museum’s Katherine and Manya at Abick’s in Detroit latest displays. For a complete look at everything that’s new in 2014 at the Detroit Historical Museum, go to pages 4 and 5 of this issue of Making History. FEATURES 4–5 Detroit Historical Museum Exhibits 6–7 Behind the Scenes Tours 10–11 Dossin Great Lakes Museum Exhibits & Events (photo courtesy of Manya Abick Soviak & Eric Lakeman) 14 Membership News 2 Letter from the Executive Director Bob Bury History Doesn’t Take a Holiday This time of year can be so busy, as the holidays MAKING HISTORY is the official quarterly newsletter approach and collide with one of the most hectic parts of of the Detroit Historical Society, published each winter, spring, summer and fall. Questions and the Detroit Historical Society calendar. Nevertheless, it is comments may be submitted to Bob Sadler at a “good busy-ness,” and it also reminds us to appreciate [email protected]. all of the positives we’ve experienced in 2013. STAFF 2013 has been an amazing year. More than 125,000 Robert Bury Executive Director & CEO visitors have passed through the doors of the Detroit Tobi Voigt Chief Curatorial Officer Historical Museum in the year since our Grand Re-Opening. Kate Baker Managing Director Tracy Irwin Director of Exhibitions Attendance at the Dossin Great Lakes Museum on Belle Isle has also & Collections been very strong increasing over 30 percent since we re-opened after Alease Johnson Director of Operations renovations last Spring. With the transition of Belle Isle to a State of & Administration Michigan-operated park, we look forward to providing you with an even Kate MacEwen Director of Development Bob Sadler Director of Marketing & Sales better experience at the Dossin — starting this holiday season when we Joel Stone Senior Curator will be open every day from Thursday, December 26 through Sunday, January 5th (except for New Year’s Day). This year, you, your family and OFFICERS friends can enjoy extended hours at both the Detroit Historical Museum Thomas C. Buhl President and the Dossin and enjoy all that Midtown Detroit and Belle Isle have Francis W. McMillan II Immediate Past President to offer during this wonderful time of the year. As always, we offer free Vice Presidents admission at both locations and welcome your donations. Admission to Mark J. Albrecht Robert R. Lubera Belle Isle remains free. We will keep you advised of any changes you can Lawrence N. Bluth Kenneth J. Svoboda expect when Belle Isle officially becomes a State park in mid-February. James Deutchman Jeffrey Zaleski Dennis Levasseur Secretary As you are reading this, our hard-working Society staff has just Jeffrey Zaleski Treasurer completed our busiest day of the year — December 7 — when half of our staff welcomes more than 10,000 guests every year during Midtown’s Sheila Stone Historian annual Noel Night and the other half of our team makes the annual TRUSTEES Detroit Historical Society Ball happen, this year, at the beautiful Fillmore David A. Anderson John P. Moylan Detroit. The Ball is our biggest single day fundraiser and this year will Akosua Barthwell Evans Joseph S. Moynihan bring in more than $200,000 in support of our work. Gary Brown David Nicholson John C. Carter Gregory A. Nowak Visit us soon to experience some great new exhibits coming to the Detroit Gregory Cheesewright Linda Paullin-Hebden Historical Museum. Details of those exhibits are found on our cover and Judith Knudsen Christie Dr. John Popovich on pages 4–5. It’s also a great time to be a Society member, with three John P. Decker Leslye Rosenbaum Bernadette M. Dennehy Rick Ruffner new special interest groups — the Friends of the Glancy Trains, Friends Douglas Dossin Jeffrey J. Schostak of Detroit’s Black History and Detroit 313 — that join our Dossin Maritime Diane Farber Lawrence Shaevsky Group as additional ways to get more involved in the areas of Detroit Stephanie Germack-Kerzic Lois Shaevsky history that interest you most. Learn more about them on page 14. Robert W. Gillette, Jr. Thomas Shea Nicholas B. Gorga Frederick E. Shell Enjoy the Winter issue of Making History. Thank you for your continued Ann Greenstone Andre L. Spivey support. I hope you have a wonderful holiday season that includes a visit Frederick E. Hall Ned Staebler to one of our museums! Scott J. Hamerink Matthew A. Swegles Robert E. Hoban Frank Taylor Sincerely, Kenneth Katz Susan Tukel Michael Kosonog Pamela Wyett Martin A. Krall Kimberly Youngblood Kristin A. Lusn Robert A. Bury ADVisory COMMITTEE Executive Director & CEO Maggie Allesee Sean P. Cotton Charles Bayer, Jr. Bob Gillette, Sr. Joanne D. Brodie Christa M. Schwartz Kevin P.A. Broderick Honorable Robert P. Young, Jr. Judy Christian 3 DETROIT HISTORICAL SOCIETY NEWS African American History Day Home Schoolers can have a “Field Day” returns February 1 at the Detroit Historical Museum The Detroit Historical Museum is a great place to kick Home school students and their families are invited to a special program off Black History Month as we celebrate our annual day at the Detroit Historical Museum on Wednesday, February 12 from African American History Day on Saturday, February 1 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. This free event celebrates African Students explore Detroit’s history through a series of 30-minute hands- American history and culture with activities on all three on workshops that will have them attending school in Detroit during levels of the Museum. the 19th century, handling and interacting with items from the fur trade, Find a variety of gifts or pamper yourself with items from comparing and contrasting automobile hand-assembly versus the our Artists Market throughout the museum; learn from assembly line and more. Students can choose which workshops they many of the historical organizations in the area, including will attend and record their participation on a Field Day Scorecard. the Tuskegee Airmen and neighborhood groups; and The cost for the event is $5 per student or chaperone. To register for this bring the kids to enjoy entertainment and a caricature program, please call a Marketing & Sales Specialist at 313.833.1733 artist all afternoon. Refreshments will be available for or email [email protected]. purchase throughout the event. Visit detroithistorical.org for more details. Tobi Voigt named to national council The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) announced the election of the Society’s Chief Curatorial Officer Tobi Voigt to its governing council in September at its Annual Meeting in Birmingham, Alabama. Voigt joins three other new council members, including: • Janet Gallimore, Executive Director, Idaho State Historical Society, Boise, Idaho • Jane Lindsey, Director, Juneau-Douglas City Museum, Juneau, Alaska • Kenneth C. Turino, Manager of Community Engagement and Exhibitions, Historic New England, Boston, Massachusetts. AASLH Council is comprised of 16 individuals and four officers, representing a diversity of institutions and professions in the field of history. Each council member serves one four-year term. AASLH is a nonprofit professional organization of individuals and Black Historic Sites Committee Chair Kimberly Simmons institutions working to preserve and promote history. From its (left) and member Ashley Richardson welcome guests at headquarters in Nashville, Tennessee, AASLH works to advance last year’s African American History Day. knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of local history in America. Border Crossings book receives statewide award The Detroit Historical Society’s 2012 book “Border Crossings: The Detroit River Region in the War of 1812,” edited by Denver Brunsman, Joel Stone, and Douglas Fisher, was honored with a State History Award in September in the category of Publications: Private Printing. The Historical Society of Michigan presented the 2013 State History Awards at their annual meeting and State History Conference in Kalamazoo in September. The State History Awards are the highest recognition given by the state’s official historical society. “Border Crossings” was the result of a year-long community history project conducted by the Detroit Historical Society and history graduate students at Wayne State University. The book’s contents focused on subjects often ignored by 1812 historians, namely the lives and interactions of the American citizens, British subjects, French settlers, Native Americans, and African Americans living in the Detroit River region before, during, and after the war.
Recommended publications
  • Treasure Is Where You Find It

    Treasure Is Where You Find It

    TREASURE I S W HER E YOU FIN D IT Williaa Cowie Residenoe Northeast corner o£ Canfield Avenue We.t and Third Avenue Built in 1676 - Razed after 1957 1'rom ~ '!istoQ: ~ Detro! t ~ Michigan by Silas F .......r Volume I, 1689, page 420 Publication underwritten by a grant trom The Hiatorio Memorials Sooiety in Detroit, Miohigan April 1969 OUTLINE HISTORY OF CANFIELD AVENUE WEST BETWEEN SECOND BOULEVARD AND THIRD AVENUE IN HONOR OF ITS ONE HUNDREDTH BIRTHDAY 1869 - 1969 by Mrs. Henry G. Groehn One lovely Wednesday afternoon, in the 1870's, two little girls sat on the McVittie front steps on the south side of Canfield Avenue West, between Second Boulevard and Third Avenue. They were watching the carriagos and horses as they clip-clopped to a stop in front of the Watton carriage stone next door. The ladies in elegant afternoon attire were "com!"" to call" on Mrs. Walter I"atton, the wife of a prominent Detroit denti"t.. Wednesday was the day Mrs. Watton IIreceived," and this was duly noted in a Detroit society blue book, which was a handy reference book for the lIin societyll ladies. Once again, almost one hundred years later, the atmosphere of ele­ gantly built homes with beautiful, landscaped lawns and quiet living can become a reality on tilis block. The residents who are now rehe.bilitating these homes are recognizing the advantage of historic tOlm house lh-;.ng, wi th its proximity to the center of business, cultural, and educati'm"~_ facilities. Our enthusiasm has blossomed into a plan called the CanfIeid West-Wayne Project, because we desire to share with others our discovery of its unique historical phenomenon.
  • Discover Detroit's Hidden Gems Alina Waring Has Been an Emergency

    Discover Detroit's Hidden Gems Alina Waring Has Been an Emergency

    Discover Detroit’s Hidden Gems Alina Waring has been an emergency physician for 26 years and is currently on staff at Hedrick Medical Center in Chillicothe, Missouri. She lives in Alpharetta, Georgia. Alina was a guest and participant at the 2018 design:retail Forum in Detroit, a conference bringing together 175+ “thought leaders” from the retail, supplier, and consultant segments. The following are some of her thoughts and observations after her trip to Detroit. We’re pleased to share her recollections and favorite images from her visit. The 2018 design:retail Forum was held in Detroit, and as in past years the locations were always carefully curated by a committee such that the group would meet in “happening” places. However, not everyone I’d told of my Detroit destination was as convinced. I was alone for parts of my stay, and by particular request, was required to send signs-of-life messages to friends periodically when I was roaming around, just so they knew I was alive and well. As it happened, on my first foray from the hotel, I’d chosen a path leaving the Westin Book Cadillac heading toward the MGM Casino. It was cloudy and drizzly, and the street going past the bus station didn't seem quite intended to welcome tourists. I was a little intimidated and promptly started heading back from whence I came. But on the way back I started to see crowds of people and gravitated toward the group, feeling safety in numbers. Many were wearing Lions jerseys. I’d remembered that Monday Night Football would be in town that night, along with the Tigers across the street.
  • Mi0747data.Pdf

    Mi0747data.Pdf

    DETROIT'S MILWAUKEE JUNCTION SURVEY HAER MI-416 Milwaukee Junction HAER MI-416 Detroit Michigan WRITTEN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE DATA FIELD RECORDS HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD National Park Service U.S. Department of the Interior 1849 C Street NW Washington, DC 20240-0001 HISTORIC AMERICAN ENGINEERING RECORD DETROIT’S MILWAUKEE JUNCTION SURVEY HAER MI-416 Location: Milwaukee Junction, Detroit, Michigan The survey boundaries are Woodward Avenue on the west and St. Aubin on the east. The southern boundary is marked by the Grand Trunk Western railroad line, which runs just south of East Baltimore from Woodward past St. Aubin. The northern boundary of the survey starts on the west end at East Grand Boulevard, runs east along the boulevard to Russell, moves north along Russell to Euclid, and extends east along Euclid to St. Aubin. Significance: The area known as Milwaukee Junction, located just north of Detroit’s city center, was a center of commercial and industrial activity for more than a century. Milwaukee Junction served, if not as the birthplace of American automobile manufacturing, then as its nursery. In addition to the Ford Motor Company and General Motors, many early auto manufacturers and their support services (especially body manufacturers like the Fisher Brothers, C.R. Wilson, and Trippensee Auto Body) were also located in the area, probably because of the proximity of the railroads. Historians: Kenneth Shepherd and Richard Sucré, 2003 Project Information: The Historic American Engineering Record conducted a survey of Detroit’s Milwaukee Junction, a center of auto and related industrial production, in summer 2003. The City of Detroit and the city’s Historic Designation Advisory Board sponsored the survey.
  • American City: Detroit Architecture, 1845-2005

    American City: Detroit Architecture, 1845-2005

    A Wayne State University Press Copyrighted Material m er i ca n Detroit Architecture 1845–2005 C Text by Robert Sharoff Photographs by William Zbaren i ty A Painted Turtle book Detroit, Michigan Wayne State University Press Copyrighted Material Contents Preface viii Guardian Building 56 Acknowledgments x David Stott Building 60 Introduction xiii Fisher Building 62 Horace H. Rackham Building 64 American City Coleman A. Young Municipal Center 68 Fort Wayne 2 Turkel House 70 Lighthouse Supply Depot 4 McGregor Memorial Conference Center 72 R. H. Traver Building 6 Lafayette Park 76 Wright-Kay Building 8 One Woodward 80 R. Hirt Jr. Co. Building 10 First Federal Bank Building 82 Chauncey Hurlbut Memorial Gate 12 Frank Murphy Hall of Justice 84 Detroit Cornice and Slate Company 14 Smith, Hinchman, and Grylls Building 86 Wayne County Building 16 Kresge-Ford Building 88 Savoyard Centre 18 SBC Building 90 Belle Isle Conservatory 20 Renaissance Center 92 Harmonie Centre 22 Horace E. Dodge and Son Dime Building 24 Memorial Fountain 96 L. B. King and Company Building 26 Detroit Receiving Hospital 98 Michigan Central Railroad Station 28 Coleman A. Young Community Center 100 R. H. Fyfe’s Shoe Store Building 30 Cobo Hall and Convention Center 102 Orchestra Hall 32 One Detroit Center 104 Detroit Public Library, Main Branch 34 John D. Dingell VA Hospital Cadillac Place 38 and Medical Center 106 Charles H. Wright Museum Women’s City Club 40 of African American History 108 Bankers Trust Company Building 42 Compuware Building 110 James Scott Fountain 44 Cass Technical High School 112 Buhl Building 46 Detroit Institute of Arts 48 Index of Buildings 116 Fox Theatre 50 Index of Architects, Architecture Firms, Penobscot Building 52 Designers, and Artists 118 Park Place Apartments 54 Bibliography 121.
  • Spotlight on MHPN in Detroit

    Spotlight on MHPN in Detroit

    Michigan Historic Preservation Network August 2015 It has been a busy summer for the Michigan Historic Preservation Network (MHPN) in the Metro Detroit area! From launching Brick + Beam Detroit in partnership with Preservation Detroit and Detroit Future City, starting Phase III of the Jefferson-Chalmers Preservation Demonstration Project, and welcoming Jennifer Reinhardt, our new Detroit Preservation Specialist (see page 4 for an introduction to Jennifer), MHPN continues to build upon our core areas of education, advocacy, and community engagement. Brick + Beam Detroit Selected by the Knight Foundation as a Knight Cities Challenge winner in March of this year, Brick + Beam Detroit aims to create a forum in which building rehabbers and DIYers can connect with each other as well as developers, tradespeople, lenders, and organizations doing complementary work in order to demystify the building rehab process and get projects done. MHPN Emeriti Leader Jim Turner demonstrates window Spearheaded by Emilie Evans (MHPN), Amy Elliott Bragg (Preservation Detroit), restoration techniques at a Brick + Beam Detroit work- and Victoria Olivier (Detroit Future City), Brick + Beam Detroit had already hosted shop (image courtesy of Amy Elliott Bragg). a June panel on the basics of building rehab and a July hands-on workshop on wood window restoration. Future projects include how-tos and online forums, rehab storytelling, social networking events and more. Be sure to check out the recent feature posted in Michigan Community Resources’ Neighborhood Exchange for Spotlight on more information and an in-depth interview with Emilie! MHPN Jefferson-Chalmers Preservation Demonstration Project MHPN’s Jefferson-Chalmers Demonstration Project in Detroit aims to demonstrate the role strategic preservation and rehabilitation play as catalysts for revitalization in Detroit in a tipping-point neighborhood.
  • War Council to Meet on the ‘FIFTEENTH of the MOON’; the Phases of the Moon Were Used As the Indians’ Way of Establishing Time

    War Council to Meet on the ‘FIFTEENTH of the MOON’; the Phases of the Moon Were Used As the Indians’ Way of Establishing Time

    THE PONTIAC COUNCIL & PONTIAC’S WAR* Historical background: 1763 *Variously referred to as Pontiac’s War, Pontiac’s Uprising, Pontiac’s Rebellion, or the Conspiracy of Pontiac. WHO: PONTIAC, or Obwandiyag (born ca. 1720 – April 20, 1769), was a Native American Ottawa war leader, remembered for his participation in the struggle against British occupation of the Great Lakes region that bears his name: Pontiac's War. Pontiac rose to great fame and importance during this war, and yet the documentary evidence of Pontiac's life is scanty. Much of what has been written about the chief has been based on tradition and speculation, and so depictions of him have varied greatly over the years. Beyond Pontiac himself, we turn to a literal cast of thousands on the 1763 stage: the CHIEFTAINS and WARRIORS of the Indian Nations of the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley regions; the British SOLDIERS and OFFICERS who commanded and garrisoned the forts in the region; the British SETTLERS with the aim of moving westward from the crowded English/American colonies; the French HABITANTS who had lived in the region for generations; and the French & British TRADERS, all hoping to make their fortunes here. [For a list of important names see the last pages.] [portrait of Pontiac by John Mix Stanley, Detroit Historical Museum] Flag of New France 1760 Flag of Britain 1760 WHAT: It is said that Pontiac’s April 1763 COUNCIL on the ECORSE RIVER* was the largest Indian council attended by multiple Nations yet to meet in the western territory. Chiefs and warriors of the Great Lakes Nations were summoned together, and in a few weeks’ time over a dozen tribes would join the campaign.
  • Lo Er Ots Ects of Isuse

    Lo Er Ots Ects of Isuse

    loerots ects of isuse R University of Michigan This paper will examine the radical behavior of discrete pursuit and protection of land that Detroiters have been walling and contentious oects of uranis in etroit that themselves off, literally and figuratively, from the feared “other” since erfor as deiations of eerda oects hrough Fort Detroit three centuries ago. Reinforced by institutional racism, a series of eales analed through a discussion the value (or lack of value) of property shaped the grim turf battles of oectthing theor including art or and that plagued 20th Century Detroit. Two infamous strategies found in Detroit and other major northern citiesredlining and blockbusting conteorar architecture the aer argues that provided the framework for racial divisions that remain present in areas the intentional isuse of oects in etroit a oer today. Redlining instituted by banks and insurance companies refused a fraeor to consider discrete site secic and mortgages and limited other financial services based on the racial architecturalscale roositions that interface eteen composition of the neighborhood. 3 uranis and infrastructure Redlining produced overcrowded enclaves and real estate agencies took advantage, applying scare tactics to strategically buy adjacent properties OBJECTS OF MISUSE from white owners at low prices and resell to black buyers at inflated The flower pot, an innocuous object, fitting comfortably both in the prices. This process of blockbusting became one of the pressures that domestic and public realm, made national headlines in 2015, labeled caused white homeowners to defend and fortify, or retreat; to intensify as “controversial, divisive, and even racist.”1 The offending flowerpots their efforts to protect their turf, or abandon their neighborhoods resemble their typical brethren albeit for one substantial difference: their and move further outside of the city.
  • 05311 Uniteherelocal24 4 Pg Summer News 6-7-11.Indd

    05311 Uniteherelocal24 4 Pg Summer News 6-7-11.Indd

    UNITE HERE! ETROIT D LOCAL 24 Fall 2011 Hospitality Workers Union Contract Updates • MGM Grand, Greektown and MotorCity Casino Members Ratify Four (4) Year Agreements • Detroit Club Managers Association Members Ratify Agreement • Hotel Negotiations Continue Negotiations continue at a number of our downtown properties. Local 24 negotiating committees have met over the last several weeks with Westin Book Cadillac, Hilton Garden Inn and CenterPlate @Cobo Hall. Negotiations are being scheduled at the Detroit Marriott Hotel and Sportservice @Comerica Park. After months of negotiations, contracts were ratifi ed at the MGM Grand, Greektown and MotorCity Casinos. Our members at the Westin Airport Hotel, the Detroit Metropolitain Hotel and MET Troy are still involved in tough negotiations. Unfair labor practice charges have been fi led against the Detroit Metropolitain Hotel and MET Troy. Members at LSG SkyChefs, as part of national bargaining, have been organizing to be released from mediation and secure the right to strike, if needed. Negotiations are scheduled to begin for our members at the Hyatt Hotel in December. The contract expires December 31st. A number of club contracts have now been ratifi ed, including the Detroit Club Managers Association Contract. Club contracts were also ratifi ed at Bloomfi eld Hills Country Club, Forest Lake Country Club, and Meadowbrook Country Club. Negotiations are continuing with Country Club of Detroit. Negotiations are going on during some diffi cult economic and political times, but the negotiating committees of Local 24 are fi ghting hard at the bargaining table to protect our past gains, deal with challenges of negotiating health benefi ts and costs and to further secure our future.
  • Makinghistory

    Makinghistory

    WINTER 2012 MAKING A QUARTERLY GUIDE TO EXHIBITIONS, EVENTS,HISTORY TOURS, PROGRAMS AND OPPORTUNITIES Pulling history out of the Detroit River! See page 15 for details Past>Forward ide Campaign Update Ins FEATURES African American History Day .............................................. 3 Public Programs .................................................................... 8 Discover Detroit! .................................................................. 3 Give the Gift of Membership .............................................. 14 2 Letter from the Executive Director MAKING HISTORY is the official quarterly newsletter Bob Bury of the Detroit Historical Society, published each winter, spring, summer, and fall. Questions and When Opportunity Knocks … comments may be submitted to Bob Sadler at Last year, a cozy Detroit-themed holiday image adorned [email protected]. the cover of Making History’s winter issue. And we could have done that again this year. While we, of course, STAFF extend our best wishes for a wonderful holiday season Robert Bury Executive Director & CEO and new year, we just couldn’t wait to tell you about the Michelle Wooddell Chief Operating Officer newest addition to our collection — discovered quite by Harry Pianko Vice President of accident by a member of the Detroit Police Department’s Finance & Operations dive team on a training exercise in the Detroit River. Tracy Irwin Director of Exhibitions What did he find? History! Alease Johnson Director of Operations Peter Poulos Senior Director of The obscured piece of iron encountered turned out to be a rare zebra Communications & Sales mussel-covered 18th century British cannon. Once the cannon was Bob Sadler Director of Public & retrieved on October 5, it gave us the chance to do our job of preserving the External Relations city’s history.
  • Living and Investing in The

    Living and Investing in The

    DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 08-11-08 B 49 CDB 8/6/2008 12:58 PM Page 1 www.crainsdetroit.com Vol. 24, No. 32a Fall 2008 www.crainsdetroit.com Living and investing in the FillingD in the gaps ■ Catalysts for ■ Selling ■ New Detroit: mass neighborhood restaurants in transit, urban buying power Midtown, farming Corktown CDBmagazine.qxp 7/16/2008 11:08 AM Page 1 Together, we can change the future. All it takes is working harder — and smarter. Bank of America is proud to support Crain’s House Party for reaching out and making this community a better place for all of us. Visit us at www.bankofamerica.com. Bank of America, N.A. Member FDIC. Equal Housing Lender ~ © 2008 Bank of America Corporation. All rights reserved. SPN-71 DETROIT BUSINESS MAIN 08-11-08 B 1 CDB 8/6/2008 5:44 PM Page 1 Living and Investing intheD Vol. 24, No. 32a ON THE COVER: Table of Contents Counterclockwise from top left: Book Cadillac Mary Kramer building; Justin Mooter, Optimism amid turmoil. Detroit is making progress, Royal Container Inc. but it needs to fill its political leadership gap. Page 2. general manager and downtown renter; RiverWalk; Cindy The Corridors Warner, managing A development report from Woodward, Michigan and Gratiot partner of Northpointe avenues, and Detroit’s Page 8 Food Ventures, parent riverfront: new lofts, company of Zaccaro’s restaurants and collaborative Market. projects. Page 4. ABOUT THIS The Catalysts ISSUE: Tipping-point Detroit initiatives: urban farming, the Living and Investing Dequindre Cut recreation in the D was edited path, new retail and mass by Assistant transit.
  • Updated November 20, 2009 BOX NUMBER ONE: Michigan Historical

    Updated November 20, 2009 BOX NUMBER ONE: Michigan Historical

    C:\ARCH\MIHISTCT MICHIGAN HISTORICAL COLLECTION (July 21, 2005) - Updated November 20, 2009 BOX NUMBER ONE: Michigan Historical Collection consists of histories of counties and cities. Material will be listed first by title and second by publishers or authors. Courageous Women of Alger County. Munising Business and Professional Women's Club. Historical Highlights of Alger County Michigan. Alger County Historical Society. They Came To Laughing Whitefish (Alger County). Fred Lindquist. Baraga County Historical Book 1972-1973. The Baraga County Historical Society, Inc. Baragaland Bicentennial 1776--1976 (Baraga County). The Lumberjacks. Bay County Centennial 1857-1957. Bay County Historical Society. Gerrish Township Centennial 1880-1980. Centennial Committee. Huron County "Playground of the Thumb". The East Michigan Tourist Association. They Came to Iron County, Michigan. Iron County Bicentennial Committee. Rockhound Guide to Keweenaw County. Don H. Clarke. The Story of Lord River Township. Jean Peterson Brayak. A Brief History of The Tahquamenon Valley (Luce County and Newberry). The Luce County Historical Society. Historical Album and Program Book (Menominee County). Culbert Swan Productions Co. The Old Copper Culture People of Oconto County. The Oconto County Historical Society. The Kalamazoo Valley Newsletter, Winter Quarter 1977-1978 (Ontonagon County). The Kalamazoo Valley Genealogical Society. Oscoda County 1881. The AuSable River Valley Historical Society. BOX NUMBER TWO: Otsego County. Clear Water Land Roscommon County Centennial 1875-1975. Roscommon Historical Society. The Bicentennial History Of Saginaw County 1776-1976. William K. Mitchell. Saint Clair County Centennial and Home-Coming Celebration 1821- 1921. Saint Clair Historical Committee. Their Yesterdays: AuSable and Oscoda 1848-1948. Edna M. Otis. Bay City Centennial 1865-1965.
  • 1460 Michigan Avenue Detroit, MI

    1460 Michigan Avenue Detroit, MI

    The Corktown Historical Society was founded in 1979 to preserve data touching on the history of Detroit's Corktown neighborhood, disseminate information about such history, advocate for the restoration and preservation of historic buildings, and to perpetuate the memory of those who, by their labor and heroism, contributed to make the history of this neighborhood. We welcome you to our neighborhood and hope you enjoy your tour! A brief History of Corktown Detroit The Corktown historic district located just west of Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It is the oldest extant neighborhood in the city. The current boundaries of the district include I-75 to the north, the Lodge Freeway to the east, Bagley and Porter streets to the south, and Rosa Parks Boulevard (12th Street) to the west. The neighborhood was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1978. The Great Irish Potato Famine of the 1840s resulted in extensive Irish migration to the United States and Canada. By the middle of the 19th century, they were the largest ethnic group settling in Detroit. Many of these newcomers settled on the west side of the city; they were primarily from County Cork, and thus the neighborhood came to be known as Corktown. By the early 1850s, half of the population of the 8th Ward (which contained Corktown) were of Irish descent. Historically, the neighborhood was roughly bounded by Third Street to the east, Grand River Avenue to the north, 12th Street to the west, and Jefferson Avenue/Detroit River to the south. By the Civil War, German immigrants had begun making inroads into the Corktown neighborhood.