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Legacy
Long-form reading of the city's cultural history.
Castalia poured its last drinks on New Year's Eve, closing on its own terms
Castalia, the Midtown cocktail bar that paired drinks with Sfumato fragrances, served a final Afterlife Menu on December 31 and closed after eight years, with its owners saying they chose to go out on top.
City Modern wraps in Brush Park, Detroit's first ground-up neighborhood in decades
Bedrock declared its eight-acre, 450-residence City Modern neighborhood complete in Brush Park, capping a build that started in 2015 on lots that were mostly empty.
Public Thrift, the worker-owned shop on Joseph Campau, closes in Hamtramck
Public Thrift, the worker-owned second-hand store at 10237 Joseph Campau, ran a final Fill A Bag sale on May 9 and 10 before closing for good.
The Belt turns 10
Ten years after Library Street Collective and Bedrock turned a downtown garment-district alley into a public-art corridor, The Belt is one of Detroit's most-walked outdoor galleries.
The New York Times put Hamtramck Disneyland in a national conversation
A backyard folk art landmark on Klinger Street landed in T: The New York Times Style Magazine, the latest national nod for a piece Hamtramck has been quietly keeping alive.
UFO Bar opens where UFO Factory stood
Roula David of Spot Lite reopened the closed Corktown punk room at 2110 Trumbull as UFO Bar, with a grand opening set for the night of August 16, 2024.
Hatch Art keeps Hamtramck Disneyland standing
Nearly a decade after buying the backyard folk-art landmark, the Hamtramck collective Hatch Art is still rebuilding it one rotted beam at a time.
The Vinyl Society opens on Randolph, a cocktail tribute to old Paradise Valley
Dennis Archer Jr.'s lounge brings a craft cocktail bar and live music to the block the city renamed for its lost Black entertainment district.
Detroit techno turns out for Anthony Shake Shakir
A benefit at Tangent Gallery brought the city's founding techno generation together to support producer Anthony Shake Shakir, who is in long-term care for multiple sclerosis.
