FLINT PUBLIC ART PROJECT SOON TO PRESENT ART FESTIVAL AT CHEVY-IN-THE-HOLE
PLAYGROUND DETROIT is pleased to announce a special call for proposals for the Free City Public Art Festival. The presenting organization, Flint Public Art Project, is particularly interested in receiving proposals from the PLAYGROUND DETROIT community and has extended the deadline. This is a special extension which closes by Monday, March 11th at midnight. See...
DETROIT FUTURE CITY URBAN PLANNER TONI L. GRIFFIN SPEAKS AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
In a small Columbia University speech hall, NY-based Toni L. Griffin, Director of Techinical Planning Team Urban Planning and Design for the American City, spoke to an almost full room about how she had been asked to come to Detroit to help figure out what to do the overwhelming amount of land not being utilized...
NEW YORK TIMES BLOG, THE LOCAL PROFILES PLAYGROUND DETROIT
PLAYGROUND DETROIT has been profiled in The New York Times blog, The Local, “Putting New York Artists in a Detroit State of Mind.” You can read the full article below. We are so flattered they were in attendance for our Sausage Party event and to be written about along with our cohorts Solid Dudes Kitchen,...
FORMER NEW YORK TIMES WRITER CHARLIE LEDUFF RELEASES DETROIT: AN AMERICAN AUTOPSY
According to Charlie LeDuff’s Twitter account, his most recent book DETROIT: An American Autopsy was released February 11th 2013, and it’s already receiving several reviews and news articles. Bill Shea writes: “As for Detroit, it works. No one book can tell the entire story of the city, and there’s no right way to do it. This...
NBC NIGHTLY NEWS FEATURES DETROIT SOUP AND THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN
NBC Nightly News features local Detroit superheroes Detroit Soup, The Empowerment Plan, and Ponyride as a part of their “Making a Difference” report. Ron Mott interviews Amy Kaherl, co-founder of Detroit Soup and Veronika Scott, a Detroit Soup Alum and winner of the program. Watch the four-part segment below. Veronika Scott on Ponyride and the...
PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION 2012: GOVERNOR, THE PEOPLE IN DETROIT DON’T FORGET
This article was originally written by Presidential candidate, Governor Mitt Romney for The New York Times. As President Barack Obama pointed out in the recent Presidential debate, “the people in Detroit don’t forget.” [Below is the article in full, in case you forgot. Happy voting!] Let Detroit Go Bankrupt BY MITT ROMNEY Published on November...
LIGHT RAIL PUBLIC TRANSIT ALONG WOODWARD AVENUE WILL MODERNIZE DOWNTOWN
Detroit’s once-booming automotive industry paved way for the sprawling suburbs in which Woodward Avenue now extends, but along with that 20th century innovation came the well-known de-population of downtown Detroit. Now the question has become, how do we bring people- young, working people- back downtown and bring the city into the 21st century? One major way is: public transportation. The...
CHALLENGE DETROIT PROGRAM ENCOURAGES YOUNG PROFESSIONALS TO MOVE DOWNTOWN
A new incentive program, Challenge Detroit, is giving 30 participants an amazing opportunity and ‘jump start’ to living and working in Downtown Detroit. Over 900 applicants from across the country have applied and now the voting public process has begun- the applicants have been narrowed down to the top 100. The chosen 30 ones will receive jobs...
20 IN THEIR 20′S: CRAIN’S DETROIT PROFILES YOUNG MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Crain’s Detroit Business just announced their 2012 “20 in their 20′s Award Nominees! It’s really great to see young people doing great things in Metro Detroit and also to be recoginized for their efforts. Check out this years winners! Also check out some of last years winners, friends of PLAYGROUND DETROIT- links are below: Daniel...
TEDxDETROIT: SPEAKER VERONIKA SCOTT ON THE EMPOWERMENT PLAN
TEDxDetroit Speaker Veronika Scott explains the inspiration behind Element S, a convertible sleeping bag and coat she designed while in college, which are now made by and distributed to the homeless community in Detroit. Her speech exemplifies the innate spirit of the Detroit can-do attitude: the people who call Detroit their home do what they have to in order to overcome various...
NEW YORK CITY X DETROIT: CARHARTT X 5BORO COLLABORATION RELEASED
Carhartt Work In Progress and 5Boro have released their recent clothing and newspaper collaboration inspired by two skate crews’ tours of NYC and Detroit. This exciting collaboration, is only the beginning of how NYC and Detroit’s energy can work together creating inspiring, fresh, and exciting new opportunities. PLAYGROUND DETROIT believes that the more that New Yorkers and...
OPINION: “THE NEW HIPSTER CITIES OF AMERICA: WHO’S EMERGING AS THE NEXT ‘AUSTIN’?”
As SXSW soon approaches we’d like share an article from self-proclaimed hipster capital of the United States who boasts, There is no place more hipster-plentiful than Austin, Texas. - CultureMap Austin, “The New Hipster Cities of America: Who’s Emerging as the Next Austin?” The article highlights various US cities that are on the horizon for “being the ‘new’ Austin,...
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