Summer of Stroh’s

What’s up with that lion on the label? I bet you’ve never wondered. Plus: the demise of the Eastown.

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To the rag bag

Palmer Park is on the list of parks slated for closure on July 1.

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Biking Detroit: A brief history

Gay parties on Detroit, bad-ass 1890s cycling clubs, paved roads, and how the bike made the car a reality.

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Monkeyshines

As if a fancifully written news report about escaped monkeys on Belle Isle weren’t adorable enough, a police inspector’s six-year-old daughter had to get involved.

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Frederick Douglass, John Brown and George DeBaptiste

Lately I’ve been falling asleep dreaming about Michigan Historical Markers. Is it just me, or are they really sort of gorgeous? Those heavy green tablets with their shimmery gold letters!  (DESIGN FREAKS: What’s that typeface? I love it.) And where do they come from? Who sponsors them and moreover, if you decide you want to make a Historical Marker happen, what’s your recourse? What do you do?

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Perrin Cemetery: Troy

A semi-restored 19th-century family graveyard nestled between an airport and a Meijer.

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