Detroit news you can use & a gift card giveaway
Tuesday, July 26, 2011 at 12:05PM | Becks Davis Did you know Detroit just celebrated its 310th birthday this past Sunday? Antoine de le Moth Cadillac founded Detroit on July 24, 1701. The Detroit Historical Museum is commemorating the event with free admission and special programs through July 31st. Check out the full schedule.
Mayor Bing officially announced the Live Downtown program yesterday. The initiative is modeled after the popular Live Midtown program. Read more about it in the Detroit Free Press.
Somerset Collection CityLoft celebrates their grand opening this Thursday, July 28th. The upscale suburban mall will be bringing some of their retailers downtown in a pop up shop. The mini-versions of the shops will be open Thursday through Sunday through September. Somerset Collection City Lofts will be located at Merchants Row at 1441 Woodward.
Win a $50 gift card to spend at the CityLoft shops
The summer of giving continues! I have two $50 gift cards to give away to Detroit Moxie readers courtesy of Quicken Loans.
How to enter
Add a comment to this post with what shop you would most like to see in downtown Detroit. You must leave your email address when leaving the comment or you won’t be eligible. (Your email won’t be published; I just need to contact you if you win!)
For an additional entry, tweet the following:
I entered to win a $50 gift card to Somerset Collection CityLoft from @becksdavis & Detroit Moxie. http://bit.ly/puVdPO #moxiecard
For the additional entry, you must have posted a comment.
The contest ends on Wednesday, July 27th at 11:59 p.m. The two winners will be selected at random using random.org and will be announced on Thursday, July 28th.
So, what shop or retailer would you like to see in Detroit?
Reader Comments (45)
So, EnoLa, let me get this straight. You like looking at a window that had a single "Detroit Dairy" sign hanging in it and another that had Easter displays? With fashion sense like that I see why you have disdain for CityLoft.
Funny guy. OK, Papa. Put down your can of Ensure and listen closely. If you were paying attention you would know that more than a month ago a local artist, (Mike Han) in cooperation with 323 East Gallery in Ferndale orchestrated an art installation called "Woodward Windows." It was a curated (with-permission) 4-window display of street art by local artists of some reputation in popular culture. This was across the street from the newly-installed homage to fashion called "City Loft" on Woodward. The school marm of this blog had many nice things to say about the "Windows" at that time.
You are welcome to continue to enjoy the hollow aesthetics of consumerism now on display up and down the block in the wake of style and good taste coming back downtown.
The real art was buffed, snuffed and covered up.
EnoLa,
There is much afoot at Woodward Windows and I'm not sure you have the complete picture. It wasn't "buffed, snuffed and covered up." Stay tuned for more info.
Yes, I love the Woodward Windows project AND retail in downtown Detroit.
School marm? Ha! Very nice.
I will enjoy the much better looking windows, and your continued pouting about it, Enola. I'll take retail and consumerism (and the money it brings) downtown over a non-revenue generating window display any day of the week.
. . . and there you have it, folks. Wisdom from the mouth of your BgPaPa -- the very important rea$on that arts are the first thing cut from budgets. Nothing must stand in the way of commerce and money changing hands in chasing after economic growth. Hasn't worked to everyone's benefit in Detroit for the last 40 years. Won't work now.
Forgive me, PaPa for forgetting that money is what makes life worth living.