Fishbones | Locations. Jay Walljasper: Southwest Detroit: Community-Driven Revitalization. Cities are complex hives of human activity that highlight all that's inspiring and troubling about modern life, often at the same time. Like any commons, they are made up of interconnnecting relationships that transcend our neat divisions into rich and poor, thriving and troubled. New York's revitalized districts sizzle with creative fervor yet other parts of town struggle with poverty and crime. Chicago's Lakefront exudes prosperity while pockets of the West and South sides look like they've been bombed. Even an economically challenged city like Philadelphia sports charming, bustling Center City neighborhoods along with extensive post-industrial ruins. We expect extremes in American cities -- except in the case of Detroit, which all too often viewed as one, big, monolithic mess. And that's only part of what people don't know about Detroit. It's also hailed as Detroit's most walkable neighborhood.
But people didn't give up, she says. Night Train: Detroit. Indian Village Home & Garden Tour - Detroit, Michigan. The Historic Indian Village Home and Garden Tour is celebrating the 118th anniversary of our elegant, historic neighborhood. This is the tour’s 40th year. It is the second oldest tour of its kind in Michigan, preceded only by the Marshall Michigan Historic Home Tour. In the mid 1950s, the Women’s Garden Club held many events in Indian Village. Their Garden Fair was a precursor to the current tour, which began its run in the 1960s and became an annual event in 1973. It is now sponsored by the Historic Indian Village Association (HIVA), the Indian Village Women’s Garden Club and the Indian Village Men’s Garden Club.
Today, the Indian Village community consists of 352 households, plus four churches and two elementary schools. Although there are features on many homes that fall into a distinct architectural style, Indian Village can best be described as eclectic. Crime Statistics | Police Department | City of Detroit | www.detroitmi.gov. Thank you for visiting the Detroit Police Department’s new interactive online crime mapping system, CrimeMapping. For the first time ever in the department’s history, reported crime activity is available to the public by way of easy-to-use maps. Our maps provide information within specific geographic distance from a chosen center point on types of crimes and the time period that these crimes occurred. This feature may be of particular interest to members of community groups and neighborhood watches who now have the ability to obtain public safety information whenever they like, as often as they like. We encourage signing up for the Crime Alert system which will provide an email notification of specific crimes happening in your area.
Awareness is the first step toward prevention. The Detroit Police Department is pleased to provide this valuable public resource that will strengthen the partnership between community and police. Dr. Seuss and The Blue Pigs Band! Last week we did many activities with Seuss books in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday. Here are two of the projects we made: The Cat in the Hat project idea came from the blog Teaching Two. The kiddos had so much fun making them! The Horton Hears a Who project idea came from the Fun in First blog. We read many Dr. On another note, we had special guests at school today...the Blue Pigs band!