Shorpy, the blog dedicated to digitally displaying high quality reference images of photos from the Library of Congress research archive, posted some more old Detroit photos recently (here and here). …

Despite Cass Tech High Schol’s fate on the Detroit demolition chopping block, there are still occasionally some relics that pop up allowing us to enjoy some of the good ol’ …

So, sure, there’s the US Social Forum coming up that will be a big event in Detroit. The Electronic Music Festival is also approaching us, too. But, I …

Stumbled on a cool new blog site called The Night Train through a post by Jim at Sweet Juniper!. What results is a thoguhtful and interesting approach to history in …

On February 10, MOCAD played host to a screening of Rick Prelinger’s collection of archived footage of Detroit. The hour-long film was occasionally accompanied by sound, but mostly silent footage …

An interesting little tidbit for those that have been to downtown Rochester or are familiar with the restaurant Kruse and Muer (located on Main Street in downtown Rochester). The restaurant …

Whoo! Been a bit here, there and everywhere. Lots of good stuff happening.
For starters, Shorpy threw up another cool photo of Detroit near old Campus Martius and City Hall. There …

Clearly on a historical kick, and well, having consistently stumbled on cool archived footage, here is another one from the vaults. In 1965, an unkown teacher at Parkman Elementary in …

It’s interesting the sorts of reactions you get when you try to show photos or evidence of success in Detroit’s past. Pictures of people lining the streets in old Campus …

Yes, there is oodles of content gushing out of all the talk from the folks involved with Assignment Detroit. The blog has been pumping out material and providing occasional insight …