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Man about town and Mr. Friday Devon O'Reilly is here for all things fun on Friday.

We're talking about the possibility of what's going into the old Calexico space at Woodward and Gratiot. It looks like a celebrity chef with a Chicago restaurant.

The historic Grand Army of the Republic Building (GAR) has sold. We discuss what's next, including a steakhouse.

The QLINE is starting a park and ride trial for those coming downtown.

And, we have a question for you where our wonderful and connected listeners might be able to help us in 2023. As always - feedback, dailydetroit - at - gmail - dot - com.

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Today, we're diving into the life and legacy of Motown legend Barrett Strong.

He passed away over the weekend at the age of 81, and although born in West Point, Mississippi, when came to Detroit after World War Two, the Motor City is became where he made his name.

To dive in on this, i'm joined - from all away across the pond in the UK - by Adam White.

His excellent book is Motown, The Sound of Young America; and he writes the West Grand Blog, where if you want to keep up with what's happening in the Motown music world it's a great place to go.

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Motown-Sound-America-Adam-White/dp/0500518297

West Grand Blog: https://www.adampwhite.com/westgrandblog

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Busy Wednesday show.

- Shianne has a love of Olga's snackers, and we talk about maybe trying their new wings

- We talk with the dad, Keith Stonehouse, of the kid who ordered something like $1k of food on Grubhub and how it happened.

- A Detroit city councilmember wants to ban cashless establishments in the city. Jer shares a personal story.

- Metropolis bike shop is expanding into Ferndale in an old market

- Taystee is setting up in Little Caesars Arena - who knew they expanded to Ann Arbor, too?

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Three topics to talk about today as we get into sports around Metro Detroit.

First, the USFL made a big splash with the media at their announcement at Ford Field. The opposite-season football league has gotten some attention with the Michigan Panthers and Philadelphia Stars playing in the motor city, and metro Detroit is American football crazy. So will you watch? Will it be a thing?

Then, Mike Florio suggested Tom Brady for the Lions. Do we want to be the divorced dad's rebound team?

And finally, we wrestle with a ranking about offseason progress by John Morrissey of USLTactics putting DCFC in not the best light; and answer if we think Detroit City needs a ten goal scorer to make the offense work, or can it be done by committee.

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Devon and Jer jump into the thick of it with mostly fun stories for your Friday. As always - feedback, dailydetroit - at - gmail - dot - com.

The Exchange in Downtown Detroit has captured people's imagination because it's being built from the top down. But why is that happening? Turns out, it's a very efficent way to build a building and it might be happening more in the future.

Steve Houston of LIFTbuild is my guest to get into the details.

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Big, busy show.

Jer went and checked out the new affordable housing development Marwood + Marston in the North End. Neat townhomes and a rehab of an apartment block.

Popular pizza place Michigan & Trumbull is moving out of their Corktown spot. But where isn't known yet as rents rise.

More than $400k is still missing from a theft from the Detroit Public Library. https://outliermedia.org/detroit-public-library-fraud-400k-missing/

Ferndale dive bar institution Warrilows is for sale. Who will bring back the Doritos nachos?

Mezcal is opening a second location in Midtown Detroit and so is Sugah Please.

And we remember Elmo's as there's word that Rose's is going to see a new chapter as a cooking school and more. https://www.crainsdetroit.com/restaurants/roses-diner-market-new-plan-cooking-school

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A little offseason chat about our local USL Championship pro soccer team, Detroit City FC.

There's the addition of Adrian Billhardt, but some concerns (including the number of players on the roster) remain as opening day creeps up. Teams across the USLC have been spending, and we hope Le Rouge follows suit.

Plus:

- We get word of a friendly from the Riverhounds

- A performance coach has left for MLS

- Fletcher Sharpe has two more suggestions for the roster

- And we evaluate a scorer who became available and if he'd be a fit for the club

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Population. Affordable housing. First time homebuyers. And more. There's a lot going on and facing Metro Detroit, and Bank of America's president for Detroit joined me at the Detroit Policy Conference to talk about them for a bit.

00:55 - What we're drinking. Artificial Intelligence IPA from Atwater and Spruce Tip from Eastern Market Brewing Co

04:52 - Is Calexico Detroit closed for good? Looks like it may be. They stayed closed for two days beyond their temporary closure sign, the location is off the website, no one picked up the phone and corporate didn't get back with us.

10:39 - Do we need to push people back to work in person? Jer thinks whatever happens if the change doesn't happen soon it's sticking. Feedback welcome.

16:16 - Americans are getting their drivers licenses later than ever before, and 1 in 5 Americans have no drivers license at the age of 24. What kind of shifts does this mean? How could this impact autos, a key industry for Metro Detroit?

22:01 Devon will fight anyone who tries to take away his 313 area code as it looks like a new overlay area code is being issues for metro Detroit.

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