February 2011
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“#younotfromdetroit, heck #youDEFINITELYnotfromdetroit if you think you have to...”
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Imported from Detroit
In the few seconds after Chrysler’s commercial ended, sometime during the third quarter of Super Bowl XLV this past Sunday, my phone wouldn’t stop buzzing.
Tweets, texts, emails from friends and family exclaiming: “Did you just see that?!?” It was quite the two minutes and two minutes that won’t be forgotten anytime soon. Chrysler’s commercial, featuring it’s new 200 sedan and hometown rapper...
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“I got a question for you.
What does this city know about luxury?
What does a...”
– Imported From Detroit ; Chrysler Commercial, Superbowl XLV (via det-riot)
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What Could $2.5 Million Buy You in Detroit?!?
How about a 20-bedroom, 11 1/2-bathroom mansion only walking distance from Ford Field???
Neal Rubin writes in today’s Detroit News about a divorced couple’s hopes to sell their 11,000 square foot, renovated, late-19th century home on Winder Street just off Woodward in Detroit.
To put it into perspective, as Rubin does, $2.5 million bucks can buy one a lot more than a single home...
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JDETROIT TURNS ONE!
Yes, folks, yes. It has been a year since that first post heard ‘round the world shot out of a cold, placid dorm room on the south-side of the Michigan State University campus.
And, oh what a year it has been.
Does anyone really care though? I’ll bet a pretty solid no, but nonetheless I’ll keep truckin’ along in hopes that somebody somewhere out there finds something...
Du Detroit: Editor - Why Du Detroit? A history... →
dudetroit:
Since our blog’s humble launch no more than a month ago, we’ve been answering some tough questions like “how can you live without coney dogs?” or “do they have potholes in your neck of the woods for that ol’ hometown feel?”
More importantly, many readers and Detroit fanatics ask why our title is French. When I talk about the blog verbally (mostly out loud to myself since I haven’t...