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posted on
January 18th, 2012
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Auto zone

It’s early January in Detroit, which brings certain predictable things every year — weather charitably described as miserable, amateur skaters doing face-plants on the Campus Martius ice ri ...

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posted on
December 28th, 2011
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Holes in the wall

The look on his face says it all.

Vasile Sirca wears an expression of pure fatigue. He’s standing behind the cookie counter at his store, Nortown Bakery, on Van Dyke by Seven Mile. He’s ...

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posted on
November 9th, 2011
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Me, myself and I

Metro Times columnist Detroitblogger John, whose real name is John Carlisle, is the author of a new book called “313: Life in the Motor City,” which is available in stores now.

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posted on
April 1st, 2009
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Hot and steamy

It’s midnight inside a dimly lit banquet room on Detroit’s near east side. The place is like any low-frills dining space — cheap carpeting, plain walls and rounded booths ...

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posted on
March 18th, 2009
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Bum rap

There’s a crowd milling outside the Tom Boy Super Market at Second Avenue and Alexandrine, even though it’s freezing outside. There’s always a crowd here.

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