The Peculiar Flavors of Lithuanian Ice Cream
Lithuanian ice cream parlors become as eclectic as the country’s nature during the summertime.
History
Morning History Note
In 1905, the call for a mass meeting in Mexico, Missouri, read:
Corrado Giuseppe Parducci | A Sweeping Shadow Across Detroit’s Iconic Buildings
He feels that all design is in a constant state of change and that perhaps fifty years from now, people will see more value in styles that are discarded today.”
400 years after shakespeare
Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once.
MICHIGAN CENTRAL STATION | In Response 01
Readers respond to The Metropolitan's call for Michigan Central Station to be granted official Ruin status
the detroit historical society |video archive
The Detroit Video History Archive features nearly 170 hours of newly digitized film footage from 350 pieces of media.
OLD FRENCH WINDMILLS
In early Detroit the French inhabitants brought with them their craft-ways and technology of the time. One technology was the mastery of windmill construction to grind grains and for water power.
100 + Things We Love About Detroit
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Detroit Almost Lost Its Historical Monuments to WWII Scrap Metal Drives
Even Rita Hayworth, the pin-up sensation actress, announced she was “harvesting a bumper crop for Uncle Sam.”
THE BATTLE FOR DETROIT
There is a battle for the soul of our city currently underway, and each of us should determine what kind of city we wish to live in when it’s over. We must maintain our fingerprint.
NBRHD | PALMER PARK
Named for Detroit businessman, philanthropist, and U.S. Senator, Thomas W. Palmer, the area of Detroit known as Palmer Park is the site of Merrill Humane Fountain (1904), Palmer Log Cabin (1887), and the Old Spanish Bell (1793