February 15, 2013
Belle Isle and The Park Question: 1871 – 1873 (Part I)
How, and why, Detroit spent three years arguing over the purchase of a park.
February 15, 2013
How, and why, Detroit spent three years arguing over the purchase of a park.
November 20, 2012
Three-hundred years of history. Dozens of places you’ve been meaning to visit. The story of Detroit in person, from Hog Island to Log Cabin Park, Scott’s Folly to the State Fair. And we’re going to the bar.
June 5, 2012
Why build an aquarium on Belle Isle at all? Where did it get the fish? How adorable is a lake sturgeon? Answer to these questions AND MORE!
February 7, 2012
The Detroit Boat Club, founded in 1839, is the oldest in the country. Its home on Belle Isle is crumbling, compelling, and calls home centuries of water sport.
July 15, 2011
Sheba the elephant gets a bath. John C. Lodge hugs adorable child actor. The end.
July 8, 2011
Gourmet Underground’s willow-shaded picnic cove.
April 28, 2011
And it was the best.
December 30, 2010
OR: What I learned about Detroit history in 2010.
October 29, 2010
A compendium of haunted theaters, restaurants, bars, bridges and hotels.
July 20, 2010
Dear readers:
June 17, 2010
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.
May 23, 2010
Unequaled Detroit historian Silas Farmer has some advice for you.
April 13, 2010
Was this “vindictive, scurrilous misanthrope” really so bad? The New York Times didn’t think so.
February 23, 2010
In the fall I wrote about the Peace Carillon on Belle Isle, an 85-foot limestone tower dedicated to Detroit News advice columnist Nancy Brown. It’s gorgeous, even though it’s starting to fall apart a little.