Detroit Pistons

Purple Gang, the The Purple Gang was a loosely-bound Jewish criminal gang in prohibition-era Detroit, MI. It began as a group of children of Eastern European immigrants from Detroit’s lower east side who were taken under the wing by mobsters. As the children grew up, they progressed from petty crimes to armed robbery and extortion. After The Damon Act of 1916 prohibited the sale of alcohol in Michigan, the burgeoning Purple Gang focused on hijacking shipments of bootlegged Canadian whisky; when…

From the first report we have learned a bit about the harms of shipping jobs overseas and how it causes harm to the U.S economy now it this second we can get into the juicy details and help explain the problems of off sourcing jobs to other countries. From the last report we have learned that America has lost about total of 8 million jobs in just 30 years not only is this bad for the American economy, but it also makes America look bad since with less jobs usually tend to crime which cause…

Campus Martius: Where are we going? Campus Martius is an important gathering place in the heart of Detroit. More importantly, it is the signature place for Detroit’s major events. Detroit Free Press writer Zlati Meyer states that Campus Martius helps revitalize the city of Detroit by getting people outside and enjoying their city and generating new business, restaurants and cafes (Meyer). With the park undergoing constant renovations such as adding new street side restaurants and creating new…

Introduction Detroit, Michigan is a unique city boasting of an iconic past, a gloomy present, and a potentially bright future. Once one of America’s largest and most thriving cities because of professional opportunities in the automotive industry, Detroit fell to devastating lows after the loss of thousands of jobs from Ford Motor, General Motors, and Chrysler. Detroit is the 18th overall most populated city in the United States, the largest city in the State of Michigan, and recently became the…

Birmingham is one of the wealthiest cities in the state of Michigan, located in one of the wealthiest counties in the nation. People come from all over to the popular shopping area downtown. Maple Road intersects Woodward Avenue at the heart of downtown Birmingham, where many of the businesses are clustered. Maple is one of the main roads used by shoppers to access the downtown. I regularly run through Birmingham and down Maple so I know how important the road is to people trying to enter the…

dangerous cities are Detroit, Flint, Saginaw, and Jackson. All cities encounter different crimes, but these 4 cities have the top rates in Michigan. Some types of crimes these cities face experience are murder, non-negligent manslaughter, property crime, rape, robbery, motor vehicle theft, and arson. You may want to research your next getaway spot in Michigan before visiting. The population decrease in Detroit has made a big impact on the crime rates. As many know Detroit is one of the most…

John Francis Dodge was born on October 25, 1864, in Niles, Michigan. Four years later, Horace Elgin Dodge was born on May 17, 1968. Their parents were Ezekiel and Anna Dodge. They had a sister named Delphina Dodge. Battle Creek, Port Huron, and Detroit, Michigan are all cities that they lived in.…

In the 2013 mayoral election for Detroit, MI, the citizens experienced in a close race {55%-45%} the victorious win of Michael E. Duggan over Benny N. Napoleon, to become the first white mayor to lead the city in four decades. The great city of Detroit has for long experienced much calamity that has in a sense permeated throughout every vein in Detroit, and is responsible for its decrepit semblance. Mayor Michael Edward Duggan has brought to the city an energy that has been much needed and…

thriving community with a promise of a greater, more successful tomorrow. The American dream of owning a home, cars and property reduced to nothing more than just that, a dream. As we witnessed in Anthony Bourdain's documentary, "Parts Unknown": Detroit, one of the greatest cities of progress and manufacturing now covered with graffiti and littered, empty buildings. Run down houses, and huge sky skyscrapers selling for only a few million dollars. ("Of the 13 recessions that the American public…

into bankruptcy in 2009. This 2011 Super Bowl advertisement makes a phenomenal impact, reviving their broken brand, drawing buyers back, and reminding the nation that hope and resilience can rise from the ashes. The commercial opens with shots of Detroit seen through a car window as it drives…