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J.L. Hudson Thanksgiving Day Parade

In 1949, snowflakes heightened the holiday spirit, as evidenced by the jolly fellow in red from his perch in front of Hudson’s, waving to throngs of people crammed on Woodward Avenue.

Trophy Life

College bowl games, with all of their pageantry and tradition — are magnets for sports fans in search of a little winter R&R. And when a Big Ten team from Michigan earns an invitation to play, travel planning heats up. We asked Detroit News sportswriter Lynn Henning for his insider’s observations of six bowl venues.

On Track

Joel Landy is as much a collector as a developer — and his current fascination with trains has gained so much steam that he’s engineered a miniature railroad coursing through his domain.

Standard of Giving

Most nonprofits’ websites list specific items that are accepted by the organizations, materials that help them deliver their valuable services.

Of Vice and Men

When attorney and potential Detroit mayoral candidate Geoffrey Fieger floated the idea of a local red-light district as an alternative to “streetwalkers” in a TV interview, some metro Detroiters might have been left scratching their heads: With all of the city’s many intractable problems, would setting up a prostitution corral make that much difference?

Candy Cane or Coal?

A candy cane to…

Trash and Treasure

Dave Walsh used to haul his trash to the curb once a week for pickup. Today, the Ann Arborite performs that age-old homeowner chore just once a month. That’s because his city began letting residents separate their food scraps from the rest of their refuse, and put them in new, separate compost-collection bins.

Rocky, for Real

Some dogs have more fight in them than others.

40 Different Words and Phrases Not to Use

Icon, iconic. Is there anyone or anything left who isn’t an icon these days? If everyone is an icon, then no one is.

Tracy Reese

After receiving rave reviews for her spring collection shown at New York Fashion Week, Detroit native Tracy Reese took a break from her jet-setting schedule to talk with Hour Detroit via e-mail.

Documenting Detroit

Filmmakers focus on the Motor City.

Restaurateur Jim Lark

Contrary to rumor, Jim Lark — aka James David Lark, J.D., Maître Sommelier Vins de France, Chevalier du Tastevin, Commandeur Honoraire du Bontemps de Medoc et de Graves, Commandeur L’Académie Brillat-Savarin, Confrérie de la Chaîne des Rôtisseurs, et cetera, et cetera, et cetera — does indeed sometimes dine in other local restaurants.

Wyandotte Turns Up the Heat

Wyandotte prides itself as a down-to-earth, pioneering city, having created its own electrical utility in 1892. The modern Wyandotte now finds itself literally down to earth — drilling about 400 feet deep to capture geothermal energy beneath its streets.

Books: ‘Reimagining Detroit’

It’s a rare metro Detroiter who hasn’t questioned: Can the city survive? Will its turnaround happen in my lifetime?

Plastic Surgery in America

When CNN.com trumpets “Heidi Montag’s plastic surgeon dies in Malibu crash,” and that story becomes one of the most popular articles of the week, you know we’re living in plastic-surgery obsessed times.

Books: ‘No Ordinary Crime’

We may think our national borders are porous today, but they were virtual sieves in April 1942. Four months after Japanese planes pummeled Pearl Harbor, a sworn enemy of the United States easily slipped into Detroit.

Skyclock Saves Daylight

Although we “gain” an hour when we fall back on Nov. 7, the end of daylight saving marks four months of elusive sunlight. But one local business has found a way to help us maximize sunlit time.

Brendan Benson

Despite having a successful solo career since the 1990s, Brendan Benson has enjoyed the spoils of mainstream success, mostly in the shadow of Jack White in the band The Raconteurs.

Mariners’ Church of Detroit

It’s dwarfed by the towering RenCen hovering over it, but Mariners’ Church of Detroit on East Jefferson is a giant in its own right.

Betty Fox Above the Fort Shelby Hotel

Betty Fox fearlessly executes one of her famous “split jumps” high above downtown Detroit.

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