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Hey Detroit! We are back in our TechTown studio for your Daily Detroit, and on this Thursday, May 15th, 2025, the city is absolutely buzzing with news – from delicious new spots, to political shifts, to the city growing population for a second year in a row.  On today's show: Corktown Coffee & Bagel in Core City First up, Devon brought in a treat from the brand new Haraz Coffee in Corktown, which just had its soft opening. Located at 1501 Church Street (right off Michigan & Trumbull in a new parking deck), this Yemeni coffee shop is already impressing. Not to be outdone on the new-eats front, I shared my excitement about Bev's Bagels, the latest venture from James Beard-nominated Max Sussman. Tucked into a space on Grand River (south of Warren), Bev's offers an old-school diner counter feel but with amazing bagels.  Detroit's Growing Population & Development News The big headline? Detroit's population has grown for the second consecutive year, according to new U.S. Census estimates. This is the first time since 1957 the city has seen two straight years of growth, adding 7,000 residents and becoming the 26th largest city proper in America. Mayor Duggan credits reduced crime, more jobs, and new housing.  While positive news, there's much more work to do. We discuss the big pluses and what's ahead.  Speaking of development, the groundbreaking for Lee Plaza on West Grand Boulevard (in the Northwest Goldberg neighborhood) is a monumental step. This 100-year-old, long-vacant iconic eyesore is being transformed into 117 units of affordable senior housing, with rents capped at 30% of income. It's a complex project with 7-8 layers of financing, but it's a "jewel" being added outside of downtown. Political Tremors: 2026 Governor's Race Polls New polling for the 2026 Governor's race is turning heads. A Target Insyght poll shows Mayor Mike Duggan, running as an independent, with 48% overall support among Detroit voters (up 9 points since February). He's even leading 51-28 among Black voters in the city.  Democratic Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has slipped to 32%, and Republican Congressman John James is at just 3% with Detroit voters.  Although it's early, we get into it because it shows the former Mayor has more juice than some expected. Though it's kind of in line with what we predicted. What Do You Think? What are your favorite new spots in the city? Are you feeling the growth? And what's your take on these early political polls? Let us know!  Email us at dailydetroit@gmail.com or leave a voicemail at 313-789-3211. Thanks for tuning in, and remember — you are somebody.  Daily Detroit shares what to know and where to go in Detroit every day. Follow us on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942  Or sign up for our newsletter: https://www.dailydetroit.com/newsletter/  

A few years ago, Milwaukee and Brush streets was a quiet corner tucked just south of West Grand Boulevard. Now, between Kiesling, Milwaukee Caffe and a host projects since then, it's becoming one of Detroit's interesting intersections - of fun, work, and residential. Which projects like Chroma Detroit, Freya, Oak and Reel and more nearby, it's becoming a bonafide attraction. Today we're talking with the crew behind Kiesling - an approachable cocktail bar in the city's Milwaukee Junction neighborhood. The building started life as a grocery store in the 1890s, but is now one of the best bars in Detroit. They have been holding pop-ups and events there, helping foster even more development of the hospitality community in the city while delivering a fun time that you don't want to miss.  Owner Ashley Davidson, General Manager Jonny Brill and Bar Manager Allison Everitt  More on Kiesling here: https://www.kieslingdetroit.com/  Our all-local daily podcast is on Apple Podcasts: https://lnk.to/dailydetroitonapple  Spotify: https://lnk.to/dailydetroitonspotify  Or wherever you listen to shows.

May 7, 2024 ~ 760 WJR Senior News Analyst Marie Osborne tells Paul W. that demolition is underway of the former HAP building along the Lodge Freeway at West Grand Boulevard, which will make way for a $2.2 billion expansion of Henry Ford Hospital. The effort is part of a $3 billion collaborative investment in Detroit's New Center area between the hospital, Michigan State University, and the Detroit Pistons organization.

Dec. 10, 2023 ~ Host Ann Thomas talks with Robin Terry, Motwon Museum Chairwoman and CEO, about the $65 million project to transform the iconic building along West Grand Boulevard.

Detroit headlines: The city of Detroit and surrounding counties are having to slow their COVID-19 vaccine rollout due to supply problems from the Federal government. Rivian gets $2.65B in investment, while Stellantis unveils their new sign out in Auburn Hills. But with the merger of FCA and Peugeot with their Dutch headquarters, we're really down to just the Detroit 2. Or is it just GM and Ford, without a name? Online sports betting starts Friday in Michigan, and Detroit casinos are in on the action. Henry Ford Health System opens their new Birgitte Harris Cancer Pavilion on West Grand Boulevard in the city tomorrow. Tomorrow (Wednesday) is officially "What's Going On?" day to remember the iconic song and album by Marvin Gaye. Plus Fletcher Sharpe (http://www.twitter.com/saintfdw) joins us for sports: Michigan State and Illinois basketball has been postponed due to COVID-19. It's the third game for the program. Detroit Lions hire Brad Holmes as General Manager What are the coaching prospects now for the Lions as Saleh is off to the Jets? Jim Harbaugh shaking things up over at U of M Football Red Wings honor Marlowe Stoudamire Thanks for listening! If you love what we're doing there are a couple ways to help. 1) Leave a review on Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/daily-detroit/id1220563942?mt=2 2) Join us a member on Patreon. Your support, like Nissa and Jonathan did, means the world to this project. http://www.patreon.com/dailydetroit  

Music Used in this Episode:Kevin Macleod-"Clean Soul", "Comfortable Mystery 3", "Covert Affair", "Creeping to Ship", "LightThought var 2", "Lightless Dawn", "Music for Funeral Home - Part 11", "Nervous", "Reawakening",“Shores of Avalon", "Sunset at Glengorm", "Unnatural Situation”, “Virtues Instrumenti”, “Hillbilly“Swing”, “I Knew a Guy”, “Clean Soul”, “Devastation and Revenge”Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Drake Stafford- “Weirder”Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/From www.freemusicarchive.orgflyingdeadman- “I see you”Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/From www.freemusicarchive.orgSteinbruchel- “Snowfall”Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/From www.freemusicarchive.orgAdditional incidental music by SkillpakThe Davis Sisters-“Crying Steel Guitar Waltz/Taking Time Out for Tears”Demo, Late 1952 or early 1953, possibly WJR radio studio, 3011 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit,Michigan (Betty Jack Davis: vocal; Mary Frances “Skeeter Davis” Penick: vocal; unknown: guitar“Takin' Time Out For Tears” )“Skeeter Davis-“Set Him Free” (RCA Victor, Nashville, February 1959)“My Last Date” (RCA Victor, Nashville, 1964)under Fair UseFAIR USE:Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include—(1)the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;(2)the nature of the copyrighted work;(3)the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and(4)the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.Past Dark is written and produced by Carmen Park

 Music Used in this Episode:Kevin Macleod-"Clean Soul", "Comfortable Mystery 3", "Covert Affair", "Creeping to Ship", "Light              Thought var 2", "Lightless Dawn", "Music for Funeral Home - Part 11", "Nervous", "Reawakening",                                        “Shores of Avalon", "Sunset at Glengorm", "Unnatural Situation"     Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)     Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0     http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/Drake Stafford- “Weirder”      Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0       http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/       From www.freemusicarchive.orgflyingdeadman- “I see you”        Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0        http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/        From www.freemusicarchive.orgEyes Closed by mwic (c) copyright 2018 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (3.0)         license.  http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/mwic/58714Steinbruchel- “Snowfall”        Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0        http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/        From www.freemusicarchive.org Additional incidental music by Skillpak Clarence Ashley- “Coo Coo Bird”Girls of the Golden West -“Barn Dance of Long Ago”Buell Kazee- “The Butcher's Boy”Grand Ol' Opry Broadcast, 10-14-1939XERF Radio Broadcast, Del Rio Texas, 1953            Public Domain, from www.archive.org The Davis Sisters-“Crying Steel Guitar Waltz/Taking Time Out for Tears”        Late 1952 or early 1953, possibly WJR radio studio, 3011 West Grand Boulevard, Detroit,          Michigan (Betty Jack Davis: vocal; Mary Frances “Skeeter Davis” Penick: vocal; unknown: guitar        “Takin' Time Out For Tears” )       “I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know” (RCA Records, Nashville) 1953Skeeter Davis-“Set Him Free”  (RCA Victor, Nashville, February 1959)        “The End of the World” (RCA Victor, Nashville, December 1962)         under Fair Use          FAIR USE:Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright. In determining whether the use made of a work in any particular case is a fair use the factors to be considered shall include—(1)the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of a commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;(2)the nature of the copyrighted work;(3)the amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and(4)the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.The fact that a work is unpublished shall not itself bar a finding of fair use if such finding is made upon consideration of all the above factors.  Past Dark is written and produced by Carmen Park

On today's show: A Coronavirus update, with new numbers and school start guidelines. A University of Michigan study says 1/3rd of parents will keep their kids home when the school year starts. Slaveholding former Michigan Governor and Senator Lewis Cass - his name is no longer on a state office building. It's now named after two representatives that fought for civil rights. Dearborn removes signs that used shawarma sandwiches to display distance apart from people after some pushback The nonprofit advocacy organization Friends of the Rouge River says it’s won a grant to develop a large rain garden project near its headquarters in downtown Plymouth. The Motown museum in two old houses on West Grand Boulevard will reopen its doors July 15th after four months of being shuttered due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The museum will also allow you to take video inside the museum for the first time.

The city of Detroit has announced plans to sell Lee Plaza, the hulking and abandoned former apartment tower on West Grand Boulevard near Linden, to a pair of developers for a cool $350,000. The Roxbury Group and Ethos Development Partners plan to convert it to 180 apartments and retail as part of a $50 million redevelopment. It’s good news for an ailing but iconic building in a part of town that could use some love. Also on today’s show, we run down the first partisan fight of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s tenure. Republican lawmakers have overridden her executive order restructuring the state’s main environmental department. They objected to her effort to do away with industry-friendly panels overseeing environmental rules and permitting. Here’s what else you’ll hear: An update on the Piet Oudolf garden coming to Belle Isle Details on Michigan’s new Move Over Law Bob Seger adds a Detroit-area date to his farewell tour, which is currently under way A new Meijer is coming to the new shopping center development taking shape at 13 Mile and Woodward in Royal Oak Jer and I talk about the news that Amazon is scrapping its plans to build part of its HQ2 campus in New York City amid a wave of local opposition about the incentives on offer and other issues. As a reminder, Detroit offered similar incentives as part of its package to try and woo the e-retail behemoth, and we devoted an entire podcast episode to doing the postmortem on why the Detroit-Windsor bid fell short. And finally, an interview with Ryan Landau from the staffing agency Re:Purpose. Thank you for listening to our show. Happy Valentine’s Day, errybody. We

Recorded on September 24, 2018: After your headlines, Sven talks with Miranda Mayuiers about Purrlates at the Ferndale Catfe, the first cat cafe in Michigan. Detroit Stories: - A rookie Detroit police officer has been fired after an offensive Snapchat post. Sean Bostwick shared a Snap over the weekend that read, quote, “Another night to rangel up these zoo animals.” - The Ambassador Bridge was closed in both directions for about an hour Monday morning to deal with a man who was threatening to jump off the bridge. - Crews have been spotted installing plexiglass windows at Lee Plaza. That’s the 15-story Art Deco former luxury apartment building on West Grand Boulevard that dates to 1927. - The struggling Eastland Center shopping mall is hitting the auction block. Current owners CW Capital will auction off about 640,000 square feet of the mall’s 1.4 million square feet of space in an auction on October 11th. - A bit of good health news for former Dean of the House of Representatives, John Dingell. - The men’s clothing shop The Shirt Box and Kenny’s Lakes Area Auto Experts are accepting donations of gently used bicycles in working condition now through Saturday, Oct. 20.  - A locally produced sitcom is holding a viewing party for its pilot episode next month, and you’re invited. “Vampartier” follows a a happy, nerdy, middle-aged workaholic with no kids and no social life. It all changes when he is visited by an ancient vampire who insists he’s the "perfect candidate" to transform into a blood-sucking creature of the night. Like the show? Don't forget to subscribe wherever fine podcasts are found: http://www.dailydetroit.com/podcast

Finally, the show everyone's been waiting for. West Grand Boulevard features in our first ever Spotlight Special in which we talk about ninjas, dinosaurs and lots of other things no one cares about! PLUS. exclusive sneak previews of songs off their debut album, Waiting For You! Songs featured: Now We Will Backwards Waiting For You Show links: Dead End Drunk On The Cutt Funkie Monkies Thanks for listening to Rampage On The Airwaves' Spotlight Special: West Grand Boulevard. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. The album should be out really soon in all major record stores so look out for it! By the way, Rampage On The Airwaves was mentioned in the Sunday Times on the 20th of August, in the Gen-Y section. To evryone who checked us out after reading the article, you're awesome! Please leave us a comment using the comment button below (you will need to have a blogger account!) or drop us a line at rampageontheairwaves@gmail.com. Stay tuned, we'll see you really soon!

We wrap up this amazing trilogy of shows with a killer BBC-like extravaganza! (well not really) Bands featured: Electrico The Leaven Trait Plainsunset Ken Stringfellow On the show: Interviews with Electrico and Plainsunset where we talk about MTV music, pizzas and more! Show links: Lagwagon MTV Asia My Precious The Posies R.E.M. Shamejoannshame Surreal Disclaimer: The song by Plainsunset on this show is 'Find A Way', instead of 'Girl On Queen Street' like we announced. Our apologies! We hope you've enjoyed our post-mortem and coverage of Baybeats 2006. We had a blast, and we hope you did too! Next week, we will be releasing the first ever Spotlight Special on Rampage On The Airwaves, featuring West Grand Boulevard! With exclusive insights into the band's history as well as preview tracks off the album, you wouldnt want to miss it! Vote for us over at Podcast Alley, and drop us a line at rampageontheairwaves@gmail.com

For the first time in the history (not that we have a history) of Rampage On The Airwaves, a show released on time! From this show onwards, we welcome onboard a special person who has been very supportive of our cause, Mr Wayne Thunder, who is in charge of show production! Bands featured: Lunarin Love Me Butch Angelas Dish Nothing To Declare Tiramisu On The Show: Interviews with Love Me Butch, Angelas Dish and Nothing To Declare Please vote for us over at Podcast Alley! And ask your mom to vote too. Your friends, teachers, principal, and the tuckshop auntie who sells your favourite bandung too! If you have any enquiries don't hesitate to hit us up at rampageontheairwaves@gmail.com. If you have a band and want to be played on the show, drop us a line as well! Thanks for listening, and dont miss the series finale of The Aftermath of Baybeats out this weekend, featuring Electrico and Plainsunset! Also, go down to the Esplanade Outdoor Theatre this friday, 4th August from 8pm onwards for West Grand Boulevard's launch of their debut album, Waiting For You. With vocalist Daphne Khoo of Singapore Idol fame, WGB are one of singapore's biggest talents and are fast becoming a force to be reckoned with in the local scene.With supporting acts Caracal and