Corktown

P.J. Ryder ready for the crowds surrounding St. Patrick's Day celebrating. (WWJ/Kathryn Larson)

Corktown Business Ready To Serve St. Paddy’s Day Merrymakers

Many Corktown businesses believe the “Luck of the Irish” is with them this weekend

WWJ Newsradio 950–2013/03/09

Scene In Detroit: Happenstance-ing In The City

A few weeks ago I happened upon a beach party. It was in the parking lot of Ponyride, a Corktown warehouse that provides studio/work space for artists and entrepreneurs.

CBS Detroit–2012/10/03

Photo: Amelia Kanan. Nancy Whiskey is the place to be on Sunday nights.

Top Neighborhood Bars In Detroit: Corktown

Corktown, Detroit’s oldest neighborhood, has many bars that have a friendly, neighborhood atmosphere.

CBS Detroit–2012/08/23

16-Mile Bike Lane Connects Detroit Neighborhoods

A series of bike lanes stretching 16 miles and connecting three neighborhoods has joined Detroit’s popular RiverWalk and Dequindre Cut to make parts of the city more accessible to bicyclists.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/10/10

Illusionist Plans To Make Detroit Icon Disappear

Now you see it, now you don’t. A local magician wants to make the Old Train Depot disappear as part of a vanishing act.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/05/25

The Marathon gas station on Michigan Ave. where an off duty Detroit Police Officer was shot and wounded in the early morning hours on Friday, May 6. (Credit: WWJ Photo/Marie Osborne)

Detroit Shootings Overnight, Off Duty Officer Wounded

Detroit police report an off-duty officer was shot at a gas station in the Corktown area. A mile away from that scene, two people were shot, one fatally, outside Club Envy.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/05/06

Good Friday Walk For Peace In Detroit

A Good Friday, “Stations of the Cross” walk through Corktown and downtown Detroit will include meditations on Peace Zones for Life and on Non-violent responses to Islamophobia.

WWJ Newsradio 950–2011/04/22