Can Detroit Become A Vision Zero Bike City?
Detroit has the highest pedestrian fatality rate in the nation. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration there are 6.79 fatalities per 100,000 people in the city of Detroit proper.
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Why Aren’t Schools Hooked On Phonics?
Literacy is more than just reading. It’s reading, writing, and spelling, and it begins with a solid phonetic foundation ~ By Harry Onickel
From Horror Writer Josh Malerman: Plots (a graveyard lovestory)
World renown Horror writer Josh Malerman crafts an original tale of fear and love (exclusively for The Metropolitan).
Shop Local | Happy Holidays from Detroit City USA!
The Metropolitan invites you to shop from the many local, independent boutiques and specialty shops that help maintain Detroit's entrepreneurial fingerprint
At Table | Chef James Rigato
“I’m not the greatest chef, even in this town, but I just love good food. I have a philosophy that says ‘I only want to eat delicious things’”
Detroit | Meet You Under The Kern’s Clock
One of Detroit's iconic landmarks
NEW JOINT | MABEL GRAY
"He was asked why he was opening in a town where there was nothing and James [Rigato] said, ‘please, don’t say that: Hazel Park has been something for a long time, and I am very happy to be here.’”
New Orleans | The French Quarter pt III
Never Deny Oneself Any of Life's Earthly Pleasures...
New Orleans | The French Quarter part I
To Not Deny Oneself Any Of Life’s Earthly Pleasures
Artist Statement | Elizabeth Isakson
After ten years as an artist in Detroit, I feel the environment of the city in everything I do.
In my first year in Detroit, I was surrounded by concrete, di... Read More...
William Irving Singer | A Concerned Detachment
“Detroit is cheap, strange and full of people who want to create things” ~ William Irving Singer