The yin and yang of Detroit’s fastest changing neighborhood
For the first article in our series on walking as a means of neighborhood discovery, Walter Wasacz heads to Chinatown, a place where booming economic activity confronts history.
Walter Wasacz's Latest Articles
10 Years of Change: Harnessing the power of P-Funk
Former Model D managing editor Walter Wasacz reflects on the changes he's witnessed in the last decade in Detroit, and how to harness the power of P-Funk to inspire your own.
Constant ‘Movement’: 10 years managing one of the world’s largest electronic music festivals
In 2006, Detroit's renowned electronic music festival nearly disappeared for good. That is, until Paxahau took on the challenge of running it. 10 years later and the festival is as strong as ever.
The future of Hamtramck is being built today
Business development in Hamtramck is booming thanks to a mixture of immigrant entrepreneurs, who kept large parts of the city afloat during economic hardships in the 1990s, and newer owners looking to experiment.
Bangla School of Music thrives in neighborhood known for artists and immigrants
In the Play House in Banglatown, Akram Hossein teaches the traditional music of his homeland to a new generation of singers.
The state of the creative economy in Michigan
Michigan has over 73,000 people working in various creative industries, contributing significantly to the the state's economy and those of its biggest cities. But according to Creative Many, we have lots of room to grow our creative sector.
The “no curfew economy” and other ideas for Detroit from the Music Cities Convention
A conference held last week in Washington, D.C., discussed the pros and cons of music-based economic development strategies. Here's what Detroit can learn.
A new American Gothic
In a sugar beet field in Michigan's Thumb, Detroit artist Scott Hocking is transforming a deconstructed 1890s barn into a boat.
The three quiet kings of Detroit’s music scene
A conversation with Greg Baise, Joel Peterson, and Adriel Thornton, three Detroit promoters of underground and (slightly) above ground cultural events from the early 1990s to the present.
‘Keep Detroit weird’ and other takeaways from second Detroit-Berlin Connection conference
The second-annual Detroit-Berlin Connection conference began by redefining what "techno" is and ended with a declaration that "we must keep Detroit weird."
