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Ford Field has been the Detroit Lions’ home turf since 2002, but the team has called several stadiums home through the years.
By George Bulanda
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November 2009 |
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Actor Ed Asner appears to be making himself at home in this Detroit News office, looking every bit the part of a hard-boiled journalist.
By George Bulanda
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October 2009 |
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The Shubert Theatre, at the corner of Shelby and Lafayette in downtown Detroit, was a longtime venue for legitimate theater. Here, the marquee is touting Janet Blair and Webb Tilton in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s South Pacific.
By George Bulanda
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September 2009 |
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The State Fair attracted some of the biggest names in entertainment, and nabbing the hometown girls (Florence Ballard, Mary Wilson, and Diana Ross) to perform at the crest of their popularity was quite a coup.
By George Bulanda
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August 2009 |
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Amusement parks once were as popular as watermelon in July; among them were Electric Park on East Jefferson.
By George Bulanda
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July 2009 |
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In 1879, a water-pumping station and standpipe (to equalize pressure) were built to supply drinking water to the city, but the 110 acres included a public park with picnic sites, tennis courts, swimming, and baseball diamonds.
By George Bulanda
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June 2009 |
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No one even remotely familiar with Detroit’s musical history can dismiss the importance of The Grande Ballroom, a virtual temple of rock ’n’ roll.
By George Bulanda
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May 2009 |
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In downtown Detroit during the ’40s, dapper gentlemen had an embarrassment of wardrobe riches to choose from. Emporiums catering to well-dressed males included Whaling’s, J.M Citron, S.L. Bird & Sons, Hughes & Hatcher, Kilgore and Hurd, Scholnick’s, Capper & Capper, and Harry Suffrin.
By George Bulanda
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April 2009 |
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“I like Ike” was the campaign slogan of Dwight D. Eisenhower (nicknamed Ike) and, judging by this downtown crowd on Woodward Avenue in front of Hudson’s, many Detroiters concurred, as the Republican presidential candidate waves with both hands to the masses.
By George Bulanda
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March 2009 |
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Grown-ups complain endlessly about the snow — driving in it, shoveling it, even looking at it. The kvetching seems only to prolong the winter, and there’s not a blessed thing anyone can do about the snow and cold anyway.
George Bulanda
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February 2009 |
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