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Bold flavors from Africa and the Caribbean with stewed meats so tender they fall off the bone - those are the landmarks of Godwin Ihentuge’s Yum Village. We head to there to Dine in the D!

With chicken and waffles, honey buttered biscuits, and shrimp and grits, Joe Louis Southern Kitchen will have you feeling like you’re part of the family.

Detroit fire crews are battling a blaze at Woodward Bar in the New Center area on Tuesday.

It’s the first product from Detroit’s popular East African restaurant to hit retail shelves

Residents living in New Center Plaza Apartments in Detroit say the elevator has been broken for seven months and they are becoming extremely frustrated.

Detroit’s QLINE has extended its free fare period until April 2022. It was going to expire at the end of 2021.

It seems like it was just yesterday — and by yesterday we mean 2018 — that Eastern Market staple Supino Pizzeria announced it would be opening...

One man has been killed in a shooting early Wednesday morning outside of a Detroit bar, police say.

The Fisher Building, one of Detroit's most iconic Art Deco buildings, is going up for sale after a six-year, $30 million restoration.

Police are investigating a fatal officer-involved shooting that occurred late Sunday night on Detroit’s east side.

Students at the Detroit-Windsor Dance Academy held a fundraiser on Monday just yards away from the New Center dance studio.

Police said parents should be vigilant after two children fell from windows in Detroit Friday.

Police said the boy leaned against a screen and fell from the seventh floor.

click to enlarge Courtesy of Promenade Artisan FoodsDetroit's New Center area now has another new dining option.Trenton-based Promenade Artisan Foods expanded with a second location, situated in the Fisher Building. The Detroit spot opened on Tuesday, just in time for Paczki Day — with Promenade offering "craczki," or their take on the Polish favorite using croissant dough.Aside from pastries, the spot serves lunches and grab-and-go dinners.The restaurant takes the space of the former City Bakery, which closed during the pandemic.A number of restaurants have opened or are opening soon in the area. East African restuarant Baobab Fare opened last week, joining nearby YumVillage Afro-Caribbean Market Pantry. A forthcoming second location for Supino Pizzeria is also on the way, as well as Joe Louis Southern Kitchen.Promenade Artisan Foods is located at 3011 E Grand Blvd., Detroit; 734-307-7061; promenadeartisanfoods.square.site . Due to the pandemic, business hours will be open from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. on Thursdays through March 18, when they will expand to Monday-Saturday.

YPSILANTI, MI – Yodit Mesfin Johnson dedicates her time to helping organizations recognize and dismantle racist practices. The 47-year-old Ypsilanti woman runs Ann Arbor’s New Center, which works with nonprofits and mission-driven people to cultivate inclusive and just environments. Johnson found that a majority of Washtenaw County’s Black population is living below poverty and aims to address that gap through encouraging leadership opportunities. “Historically, it has been Black women who put this country on our backs. “I think Yodit’s humility and approach to the work and value of each individual is really really striking to me.

The newly constructed, state-of-the-art Henry Ford Cancer Institute in Detroit’s New Center area has opened its doors for patients. “The opening of the Brigitte Harris Cancer Pavilion marks the beginning of a new era in cancer care,” said Wright Lassiter, III, President and CEO of Henry Ford Health System. “This investment is a testament to decades of cancer care innovation at Henry Ford Hospital, where we’ve developed and delivered first in the world care. “This is a transcendent moment in the fight against cancer,” said Steven Kalkanis, M.D., CEO of Henry Ford Medical Group and Chief Academic Officer of Henry Ford Health System. “At a time when our society has endured extraordinary challenges, the opening of this new Henry Ford Cancer Institute location in Detroit is a beacon of hope in the lives of everyone affected by this disease.

DETROIT – Millions of Americans celebrated Saturday over former vice president Joe Biden’s projected win in the 2020 General Election. In Lansing, others weren’t as happy with the election results. Celebrations were held in New York City, Philadelphia, D.C. and even here in Michigan. Among the crowd of Detroiters were signs like “Voters Decided” and “Count Every Vote.” They all gathered in New Center just hours after President-Elect Joe Biden secured enough electoral votes to beat President Donald Trump. Claire Allenson, with 313 Votes, an organization that promotes voter education, responded to Donald Trump calling out the Detroit voting process.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said communities are prepared for Election Day and that resident should feel confident that the polls are "safe and clean. “As the Court of Appeals confirmed, anyone who intimidates a voter in Michigan by brandishing a firearm is committing a felony, and this is enforceable by Michigan State Police and local law enforcement. That means polling places won’t be as crowded.Election officials are expecting the biggest turnout ever for a presidential election in Michigan. Nearly 132,000 Detroiters have cast an absentee ballot as of this weekend, or about a third of registered voters. Detroit officials are expecting a 50% voter turnout.

DETROIT -- The general election is just over five weeks away and the Detroit Pistons have provided another way for Detroit residents to make sure their voices are heard. The Pistons, along with Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, and Detroit City Clerk Janice Winfrey, unveiled the new ballot box on Thursday afternoon. The box is located in front of the Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center on 690 Amsterdam St. in New Center.  Greater Emmanuel Institutional-19190 Schaefer Hwy.- DROP BOX ONLY.  Unity Baptist Church-7500 Tireman- DROP BOX ONLY.

DETROIT Its one of the citys most photographed outdoor murals, but new art will be on the Chroma Building in the New Center area. Artist Sydney G. James has been tapped to create an 8,000 square foot wall, expected to be completed in September. Its going to be be the most beautiful painting in the United States, James said. At least this side of Woodward.Watch the video above for the full reportREAD: More community news coverage

DETROIT The City of Detroits Housing and Revitalization Department announced Tuesday construction plans for a new affordable housing project in the citys Milwaukee Junction neighborhood. According to a press release, the 22,845 square-foot, four-story development is planned to be located at 258 Milwaukee Street and cost about $8 million. This is truly a mixed-income development, one that is representative of the community as a whole, Donald Rencher, director of the Housing and Revitalization Department, said in the release. It also creates affordable housing opportunities in an area experiencing rising rents. A successful city is an inclusive city, and this is why it is one of our key missions as a department.The housing initiative was initiated through the Low-Income Housing Tax Credits from the Michigan State Housing Development Authority, as well as support from the citys Housing and Revitalization Department and citys Housing Commission.

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Since 1998, Rhonda Walker has been helping Detroiters get motivated and ready for the day with her incredible energy, enthusiasm, impeccable style, and passion for her hometown. Rhonda established the Rhonda Walker Foundation in 2003 to support inner-city teen girls from throughout the Detroit Public School System.

Published: February 28, 2020, 6:34 am Updated: February 28, 2020, 11:52 amRhonda Walker paid a visit to the new Orange Theory in Detroit’s New Center for Fitness Friday.

There are a number of boutiques and specialty stores popping up around the city and New Center in Detroit is becoming a hub for retail therapy, which starts at the intersection of West Grand Boulevard and Woodward Avenue. I love shopping. In the wake of online retail sales, Wisniewski wanted to create a shopping experience. If you take a stroll across the Grand Boulevard, youll find another store snuggled in the corner of the New Center building. LaToya and Anthony Thompson opened the Upper Row to bring high-end fashion to the Motor City.

Tom PerkinsBrown stew chicken at Jamaican Pot. "We never pre-make anything, Mama Rose previously told. We come in early in the morning and we cook all the food. Even when you order your food, it's going to take a minute because a lot of what we cook ... is cooked to order," she said.The upcoming new location is a result of Jamaican Pot regularly catering for New Center in the past. The new spot is geared to serve an augmented menu to patrons during the busy lunch hour.

MidtownA 760-square-foot condo on West Hancock Street is listed with James Tumey of Friedman Real Estate for $222,500. This south-facing unit in the renovated Sherbrooke features hardwood floors, a granite-countertop kitchen, and a carpeted bedroom. Lafayette ParkA 870-square-foot condo on Cherboneau Place is listed with Hayley Steinkopf Bonafede of Alexander Real Estate Detroit for $224,900. Boston-EdisonA 2,444-square-foot home on Chicago Boulevard is listed with Al Melfi of Real Estate One for $225,000. Note the ornate furniture in the living room, the gold-painted crown molding in the dining room, the track lighting in the master bedroom, and much more.

Work is well underway at the Albert Kahn Building in New Center to convert the historic office building into 206 studio, one-, two-, and three-bedroom apartments with ground-floor retail. Meanwhile, developers Adam Lutz and Matt Sosin have just made another major purchase across the street. Near the end of 2019, the groups closed on the former WJBK-TV Studios building at 7441 2nd Avenue for $2.6 million. Instead, the group is focused on completing The Residences at the Albert Kahn and are offering the WJBK building for rent. Given all the activity currently underway in New Center, we expect WJBK to also get redeveloped at some point.

A 231-unit mixed-use building, The Boulevard, has officially opened in New Center on the site of a former surface parking lot. It took longer to build than we thought it would and it cost more, and thats the bad news, Peter Cummings, CEO of The Platform, said at a grand opening event. The apartments at the Third Avenue and West Grand Boulevard building are a mix of studios, one-, and two-bedroom units with a variety of floor plans for each type. This project is one of many being worked on by the Platform in the greater New Center area. Its also redeveloping a former cold storage building on East Grand Boulevard into a coworking space and food hall, an Albert Kahndesigned building at 6001 Cass Avenue into office space, and more.

The Detroit Pistons today opened the Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center, a $90 million state-of-the-art training center and corporate headquarters in the New Center area of Detroit. Pistons owner Tom Gores lauded the Pistons homecoming and progressive alliance with Henry Ford Health System as beneficial for basketball, business, and the City of Detroit. The facility will serve as a hub for fitness, health, and nutrition programming through the Detroit Pistons Fit and annual NBA Fit Week programming. The Henry Ford Detroit Pistons Performance Center is the first NBA facility to introduce publicly accessible food and beverage and fitness retail areas. With the opening of their new corporate headquarters and practice facility, the Pistons move back to Detroit is now complete, said Mayor Mike Duggan.

Last week, it looked as if the Greyhound bus station on Howard Street near downtown and Corktown wouldnt be around much longer. The decision was made after a September 16 site visit to Detroits Amtrak station in New Center, which was thought to be a possible landing spot for Greyhound. We conducted multiple tests with a typical intercity motor coach and determined the Amtrak facility is too narrow for these buses to safely pull out into traffic. Last week, MDOT said that a number of developers had expressed interest in buying the 2.2-acre Greyhound site, and were likely to demolish the station to make way for a new development. MDOT informed Greyhound that it had to vacate by October 13, which left the bus company scrambling for a new location.

Ever since a working group convened to discuss the matter in 2014, Wayne State University has been working to create an Innovation District near New Center. Last year, the university purchased the NextEnergy Center, now called the Industry Innovation Center (I2C), on Burroughs Street across from TechTown Detroit. Those three partners have teamed up to create Detroit Urban Solutions, which is taking a multidisciplinary approach to address issues facing cities. Detroit Urban Solutions and its network of partners have embarked upon a path to leverage technology to further define the way we interact with cities and the systems that support them, Paul Riser, director of Detroit Urban Solutions, told Curbed Detroit by email. One block away, Wayne State opened the Integrative Biosciences Center (IBio) in 2015, which similarly takes a multidisciplinary approach to health research.

Welcome to this weeks installment of Curbed Comparisons, where we explore what you can buy for a certain dollar amount in various Detroit neighborhoods. East English VillageA 1,427-square-foot Colonial on Bishop Street is listed through OConnor Real Estate for $195,000. Oakman Boulevard Historic DistrictA 2,126-square-foot home on Oakman Boulevard is listed through Hassan Shukr of Own It Realty for $199,900. This unassuming little Colonial in the historic Green Acres neighborhood has been completely renovated. East English VillageJefferson ChalmersOakman Boulevard Historic DistrictNew CenterGreen Acres vote view results 34% East English Village (170 votes)19% Jefferson Chalmers (95 votes)10% Oakman Boulevard Historic District (49 votes)17% New Center (87 votes)17% Green Acres (86 votes) 487 votes total Vote Now

Virginia Park, whose turn-of-the-century homes have stood the test of time, is one of the citys great historic districts. The neighborhood north of New Center was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982. Theres also a butlers pantry with glass cabinet doors and a little hand washing sink (which we like more than is warranted). And the backyard has a great little brick patio and detached two-car garage. All in all, a fantastic home worthy of the historic neighborhood.

HamtramckA totally renovated 1,200-square-foot one-bedroom or office on Joseph Campau in Hamtramck is renting through Detroit Loft Living for $1,650 a month. A 565-square-foot, one-bedroom unit in the Hamilton on Davenport Street is renting for $1,623 a month. New CenterA one-bedroom unit in the beautiful Graphic Arts Lofts building on Burroughs Street is renting for $1,495. Inside the 800-square-foot unit, theres an open floor plan with wall-length industrial-style windows. WoodbridgeA two-bedroom unit in a duplex on Lincoln Street is renting for $1,600 a month.

What was once an area of vacant storefronts in the New Center area is now home to several small business including The Kitchen, by Cooking with Que, a place where vegans and meat eaters coexist. Owner Quiana Que Broden is on a mission to teach people how to eat to live and offer a variety of plant-based meals. Que has had this dream for four years, its not easy to start a business or to expand a business. Detroit City Council President Brenda Jones presented Broden with a Spirit of Detroit Award and City Council President Pro-Tempore Mary Sheffield welcomed her to District 5. The Kitchen offers smoothies, entrees and some of Brodens favorites including vegan mac n cheez, sauteed kale and lavender lemonade.

Owners of the Fisher Building announced that it began work this week to prep Detroits Largest Art Object for restoration of its exterior and entrances. It will also soon begin long-deferred work to repair entrances on both Grand Boulevard and Third Avenue. In July 2019, the owners of the Fisher Building closed on a major loan refinance to continue much-needed maintenance and preservation efforts on the historic Art Deco building in New Center. Soon after, they announced up to $100 million in upgrades to the Fisher and adjacent Albert Kahn buildings. In October 2019, Strategic Staffing Solutions announced that it would move all of its estimated 1,400 employees into the Fisher, making it the buildings largest tenant.

A lot of developments are happening in Milwaukee Junction at the moment. So its no wonder that lofts in the neighborhood near New Center are going for over $200 per square foot. Thats also the case for the one at 445 East Milwaukee Avenue, the largest of five newly-rehabbed units in a classic 1910 building, now called The Milwaukee Lofts. Its got many of the signature features of a turn-of-the-century buildingturned loft: exposed brick walls, high ceilings, glass block windows. Theres also a little, second-floor deck that gives a view of New Center and the Fisher Building.

Mapping all the developments in and around New CenterShare All sharing options for: Mapping all the developments in and around New CenterMapping all the developments in and around New CenterShare All sharing options for: Mapping all the developments in and around New CenterOne neighborhood that has been changing dramatically over the last couple years is New Center. And its set to change even more in the near future. Anchored by the Fisher Building, new construction and renovations that feature a broad mix of residential and commercial projects are well underway in seemingly every corner of the district. For this map, we also included projects in nearby areas like Milwaukee Junction and Northwest Goldberg. Note: Developments are listed from west to east.