A watercolor painting of the Mollicone Park sign in Detroit's historic Indian Village neighborhood by local artist Courtney Jentzen.

CuriosiD: Who was Thomas Mollicone? The story behind the naming of an east side Detroit park

, August 22, 2024

WDET’s CuriosiD podcast answers your questions about everything Detroit. Subscribe to CuriosiD on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, NPR.org or wherever you get your podcasts. In this episode of CuriosiD, we...

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Henry Bell, Army veteran and Piquette Square resident.

Detroit’s veteran housing residents: ‘We deserve better than this.’

April 25, 2023

It was Christmas Day of last year. Four in the morning. Henry Bell woke up to the sound of rushing...

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Shoes Are Being Made in Detroit for the First Time Since 1953 Thanks to Pingree Detroit

November 12, 2018

Jarett Schlaff talks with Essential Music host, Ann Delisi, about putting veterans to work using reclaimed leather from the auto...

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