What’s behind the Walls? The Story of Insulation (6-20-2020) This history of insulation was published in a November 10, 2017, blog by PJ Fitzpatrick, a home improvement company in Delaware. This edited version is...
Tuesday, December 15, 2015 This 2-part 365 story was written by Ward Randol, who chairs the board lake committee of the Lake Charnwood Property Owners Association, with the invaluable help of Kurt Bovensiep, Public...
Monday, December 14, 2015 This 2-part 365 story was written by Ward Randol, who chairs the board lake committee of the Lake Charnwood Property Owners Association, with the invaluable help of Kurt Bovensiep, Public Works...
Friday, October 30, 2015 There are 25 cities in the United States named Troy, including two in Michigan– the City of Troy and New Troy, which a tiny unincorporated community of 508 residents in...
Thursday, October 1, 2015 The Michigan tradition of buying cider and donuts each fall is the extension of an important part of history. Drinking cider, especially hard (fermented) cider, was a European practice that...
Sunday, July 12, 2015 This week the 365 Stories will recall fun places, people, and local foods that defined living in southeast Michigan between 1950 and 1990. Lunch always ended with a pie in...
Saturday, July 11, 2015 This week the 365 Stories will recall fun places, people, and local foods that defined living in southeast Michigan between 1950 and 1990. He was born...
Friday, July 10, 2015 This week the 365 Stories will recall fun places, people, and local foods that defined living in southeast Michigan between 1950 and 1990. Ben and Perry Feigenson...
Thursday, July 9, 2015 This week the 365 Stories will recall fun places, people, and local foods that defined living in southeast Michigan between 1950 and 1990. Dick Purtan arrived in Detroit in...
Wednesday, July 8, 2015 This week the 365 Stories will recall fun places, people, and local foods that defined living in southeast Michigan between 1950 and 1990. Any metro Detroiter knows: there’s no treat...
Tuesday, July 7, 2015 This week the 365 Stories will recall fun places, people, and local foods that defined living in southeast Michigan between 1950 and 1990. Ask any native of SE...
Monday, July 6, 2015 This week the 365 Stories will recall fun places, people, and local foods that defined living in southeast Michigan between 1950 and 1990. Even Hudson’s shoppers at...
Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Many who have lived or worked in Troy for a few decades think of the building at 3179 Livernois Road as the old Troy High School, and more recent arrivals...
Looking north on Rochester Road at Big Beaver in 1914 The Big Beaver Corridor today Monday, February 23, 2015 While the name of Troy’s corporate corridor doesn’t exactly fit...
What Would the City of Troy Look Like? 1958 Predictions vs. 2015 Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2015 George Vilican a partner in the planning firm Vilican Lehman defended the need for the City of Troy’s...